CHANDIGARH, Nov 2: DAV Senior Secondary School-8 and Sharda Sarvhitkari School-40 bagged the overall trophies in the boys and girls section in the Central Board of Secondary Education (Cluster XI) athletic meet which concluded at Sector 7 Sports Complex today.Lakhbir Singh and Jatinder Bir Singh both of DAV-8 were declared best athletes in the under-18 and under-16 boys groups respectively. Akshi of DAV Public School, Shimla got the best athlete award in the girls under-18 section while Tripti was adjudged best athlete in the under-16 section.ResultsBoys: Under-18: 5,000m: 1 Hari Narain (NPS-18), 2 Sandeep Singh (SD-32), 3 Girish (GNPS-36). Javelin throw: 1 Haspinder (DAV-8), 2 Abhishek (SD-32), 3 Girish Singh (GNPS-36). High jump: 1 Jasneet (GNPS-36), 2 Manpreet (Bhawan Vidyalaya-27), 3 Ajay (DAV-8). 400m: 1 Harish Singh (SD-32), 2 Ajay Sharma (DAV-8), 3 Vikramjit (GNPS-36). 4 X 400m: 1 DAV-8, 2 SD-32, 3 GNPS-36.Under-16: 3000m: 1 Vinod Kumar (SD-32), 2 Gurmohan Singh (GNPS-36), 3 Supreet Singh (NPS-18). High jump: 1 Sukhjeet Singh (DAV-8), 2 Baldev (Sarvhitkari-40), 3 Kunal (Bhawan Viayalaya-27). 400m: 1 Harinder (DAV-8), 2 Amarjeet (St Soldier-28), 3 Rajesh Kumar (SD-32). 4 X 400m: 1 DAV-8, 2 SD-32, 3 Dayanand Public School, Shimla.Girls: Under-18: 3,000m: 1 Navjeet Kaur (GNPS-36), 2 Meenakshi (NPS-18), 3 Aman Sodhi (Sacred Heart-26). 400m: 1 Akshi (DAV, Shimla), 2 Natasha (Sacred Heart-26), 3 Meenakshi (NPS-18). High jump: 1 Gurmeet Gill (GNPS-36), 2 Jyoti Sharma (Sacred Heart-26), 3 Harspreet (NPS-18). Javelin throw: 1 Harshpreet Kaur (NPS-18), 2 Shruti Rai (Sacred Heart-26), 3 Ramanjeet Kaur (GNPS-36).Under-16: 400m: 1 Poonam (Sarvhitkari-40), 2 Amreena (NPS-18), 3 Anamika (Eicher School, Parwanoo). High jump: 1 Shashi (Sarvhitkari-40), 2 Simardeep Kaur (GNPS-36), 3 Amreena (NPS-18). Javelin throw: 1 Kriti Rana (Sacred Heart-26), 2 Gurpreet Kaur (St Soldier-28), 3 Amreena (NPS-18).Athletic trialsTrials to select Chandigarh senior team for the forthcoming Inter-State athletic meet to be held at Calcutta from November 15 to 17, will be held on November 5 at Sector 7 Sports Complex, according to Milkha Singh, president, Amateur Athletic Association, Chandigarh.Entries close on November 4, with Iqbal Singh, (athletic coach), Sector 46 Sports Complex. The selected athletes in both the men's and women's group would also attend a coaching camp.The selection is being done as per the communication Milkha Singh has received from Lalit Bhanot, secretary, Amateur Athletic Federation of India (AAFI).
