The DAV Zonal Athletic Meet, which was being held at the Shakti Stadium, Talcher, concluded on Sunday in which the DAV CDA Cuttack became the overall champion and the DAV Chandrasekharpur bagged the runners-up trophy.
In the meet comprising around 50 schools and more than 400 athletes, the DAV MCL, Dera and LR DAV Cuttack emerged as the champion and runners-up respectively in athletic events.
Panchu Majhi of DAV Langigarh and Arpita Rachana Sahoo of DAV Pokhariput were adjudged as the best athletes in boys and girls categories respectively.
On the concluding day, Angul Collector Anil Kumar Samal, DIG Narasingha Bhol, Sub-Collector Basudev Satapathy, Talcher Sub-Collector Paresh Chandra Nayak, Angul Additional SP Santosh Kumar Mishra, NTPC Group General Manager Mithilesh Kumar Singh, DAV Zone-I Regional Officer Dr KC Satapathy and Zone-II Regional Manager LN Pradhan attended as guests and felicitated the winning athletes with certificate and trophies.
The best performers in individual as well as team events would represent Odisha at the DAV National Sports Meet scheduled in December.