MU is overall champion in inter-varsity athletics meet

Mangaluru:

Mangalore University

emerged as

overall champions

in the

81st All India Inter-University Athletics Championship

, by clinching six gold, six silver, and four bronze medals.

This is the fourth time that the men from MU won the cup, by securing 105 points in the athletics meet, in which 350 universities from across India participated.

The gold medalists are Adesh Yadav (10,000m), Vanam Sharma (shot-put), Parvez (800m), Vikrant Malik (javelin throw), and relay teams (4x100, 4x400).

The silver medalists are Paramjeet Singh (5,000m walk), Nihal Joel (400m), Anila Kumar (half marathon), Devaiah T H (800m), Vignesh A (200m) and Ajay Kumar (hammer throw).

The bronze medalists are Hardeep (5000m walk), Parvez Khan (1,500m), Bhanu Sharma (discuss throw),and Sumith Kumar (3000m steeplechase).

Incidentally, of 42 winners who represented Mangalore University, 36 winners are from Alva’s Education Foundation,

Moodbidri

.

Runners-up

Lovely Professional University, Punjab, stood second by securing 42 points, while Maharshi Dayananda University, Rohtak, stood third by obtaining 37 points. Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, secured fourth place with 23 points.

Best Athlete

Akshdeep Singh of Punjabi University, Patiala was declared as the best athlete in the meet, for securing 1,077 points. He created a new meet record in the 20 km walk, by clocking 1:26:09.08 seconds.

Eight new meet records

In total, eight new meet records were set during the competition. Adesh Yadav (10,000m), Akshdeep Singh (20km walk), Harendra Kumar (1,500m), Prince (5,000m), Sidharth A K (pole vault), Vikas (discus throw), Lokesh Chaudhar (3000m steeplechase), and Mangalore University (4x100 relay) created new meet records.

Mangalore University is also the host of the meet, along with Alva’s Education Foundation and Association of Indian Universities. The four day meet was inaugurated on January 4 at Swarajya Maidana, Moodbidri.