Students run to win at district-level race

MYSORE: Hundreds of children participated in the ninth annual district-level race for high school and pre-university students on Saturday.
In the race, high school girls had to cover 2km, while boys had to run for 3km and PU students 16km in the 'golden mile run' event organized by Challengers' Athletic Club in association with the physical education department at Ovals ground.
Kurbur High School students Megha, Manjula and Veena were the winners in high school girls' division. Among the boys, Krishna of Vidyavardhaka High School bagged the first place, Chikkaranganayaka of HD Kote came second and St Rita School's Vishnu Prasad got the third place. Teresian College's Poornima, Likitha and Tara Mani bagged the first, second and third place, respectively, in the golden mile run for girls.
The winners for boys' golden mile run were Hassan's M Aravind, Marimallapa College's Pavan and Vidyavardhaka College's Sandeep Kumar.
The annual sports meet for District Armed Reserve Police was inaugurated at DAR grounds on Saturday. Events on the first day included 800m run, 100m sprint, shot-put, discuss throw, javelin throw, high jump, kabaddi, volley ball and fast walk.