PAU's 45th athletic meet

Ludhiana: The sports and youth activities council of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) organized its 45th annual athletic meet on Friday at PAU Athletic Park which was inaugurated by vice-chancellor Manjit Singh Kang.
In his remarks, Kang said that PAU believed in excellence in sports and extra curricular activities. Saying that the university had produced renowned sportspersons, he said to honour its three Olympians -- Pirthipal Singh, Charanjit Singh and Ramandip Singh, the university had named the road from library to the gymnasium as Olympian Marg.
After Kang gave away various prizes and certificates to the winners, Dr PPS Lubana, Dean, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, proposed his vote of thanks to all participants.
Nirmal Jaura, deputy director (Public relations), said that Satnam Kaur of College of Agriculture was declared the best athlete (Women) while Raj Kamal Singh Dhillon was best athlete (Men). The second and third best athletes' positions went to Gauravdeep Singh of College of Agricultural Engineering (COAE) and Ramandeep Singh of College of Basic Sciences and Humanities (COBSH), respectively. The best march past contingent was of College of Home Sciences while the overall best performance in men and women category went to College of Agriculture.
In men's section, Gurpreet Singh, Periwinkle Grewal and Jaskirat Singh (all from College of Agriculture) got first, second and third positions in hammer throw. Gauravdeep Singh, Raj Kamal Dhillon and Manohardeep Singh (all from College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology) got first, second and third positions in 100-m hurdles. In triple jump, first three positions went to Rajkamal Singh, Azadwinder and Manohardeep Singh. The first two positions in 400-m hurdle were won by Gauravdeep Singh and Gurpreet Singh, both from College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology.
In the women's section, Shivani Sharda (COA), Vasuda Sharma (COA&T), Harmit Kaur (COA), Vasuda Sharma (COAE&T), Shivani Sharda (COA), Satnam Kaur (COA), Pratibha Chaudhary (COA), Harmit Kaur (COA), Satnam Kaur (COA), Vasuda Sharma (COA&T) and Sakshi Arora (COAE&T) got first position in Javelin throw, 800 m, shotput, high jump, 100 m, 400 m, 4x100 m relay, discuss throw, 200 m, broad jump and 1500 m events, respectively.