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Monday, February 22, 2010

LPU's Annual Athletic Meet ends with fanfare : Harinder Kumar and Shilpa of LIEd are the fastest man and woman of LPU

The Annual Athletic Meet of LPU drew to a close with some of the finest sporting feats displayed by athletes of various institutes and schools of the University. A number of records were made by the participating students, as the meet witnessed a more intense competition that ever in its history. The overall trophy was won by Lovely School of Education. Harinder Kumar was adjudged as the Best Male Athlete where the honour of Best Female Athlete went to Sandeep Kaur. Harinder Kumar ticked an amazing 11.89 sec to win the gold in 100m to become the fastest man in the meet. It is to be noted that the world record in the event is 9.58. In women's category the laurel was won by Shilpa with a timing of 15.88m. Both the athletes were from LI Ed. More than 500 athletes competed in 16 separate game contests in both men and women category.

Mrs. Rashmi Mittal, Executive Dean-LPU in her statement said, It is heartening to see that the students are more enthusiastic about the games than ever. I can see a marked change in the level of performance of players from student community than it was two decades ago. The results point towards the fact that the potential is on the rise. LPU will work more assiduously towards developing this potential and script possible success stories at national and international level.

The program ended with Prize Distribution Ceremony , in which Sh. Ashok Mittal, Chancellor-LPU honoured the athletes for their splendid performances. The overall trophy was awarded to Lovely School of Education for leading the score tally with 6925 points. The Runners Up trophy was won by Lovely School of Engineering and the First Runners up trophy went to Lovely Institute of Technology (Polytechnic), with 2300 and 1275 points, respectively. The vote of thanks was given by Dr. SS Bawa, Dean-LSEd, which was followed by a colourful Rajasthani Dance presentation and playing of National Anthem.

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