Bokaro students shine in the CBSE Cluster I & II Athletic Meet held at DAV, Rajrappa Project.DPS, Bokaro team stand out by winning 19 medals while the BSl schools team comprising 14 participants won four Gold, two Silver and one Bronze medal in the meet. More than 65 schools from across the state, with over 1100 students participated in the event.
Riya Kumar student of BIV 12A grabbed 2 gold medals in long Jump and 100 mts run. The others Madhusudan Gope gets (gold) in ling Jump and Ghola Thakur won 1 Gold and 1 Silver in 1500 and 5000 mts run. Rakesh Soren and Rahul Kumar Silver and Bronze respectively in 100 mts run. The teams were coached by V K Singh and K Srivastwa.
DPS, Bokaro team comprising of 15 Boys and 15 Girls participated in the event and made its mark by winning 1Gold, 8 Silver and 10 Bronze medals making its tally to 19 medals altogether.DPS, Bokaro’s, Rini Raavi was adjudged the Best Athlete in the meet for winning a Gold Medal in High Jump and a Bronze medal in 4X100 Relay.Medal winners from DPS, Bokaro were Rini Raavi, Hadeeqa Kirti, Anmol Sharma, Damini won Bronze medal in 4X100 mt Relay; Samiksha won silver medal in long Jump; Prachi Minal won the Silver Medal in Javlin Throw; Abhishek Jha ran 100mts for a Silver; Abhishek Jha, Aryan, Sunny Damai, Shubham Priyadarshi and Pratyush Kumar Sandilya won Silver Medal in 4X100 mt Relay, Junior Category; Naman Nidhish got a Bronze medal in 400mt Race. Avinash Utkarsh, Rohan Sarkar, Rahul Pandey, Naman Nidhish won Bronze in 4X100 mt Relay in the Senior Category. The team was coached by Brajesh Kumar Singh and Usha Shrivastav.
Director and Principals of the school congratulated the athletes and wished them success for the future.Since it was also a National Education Day Dr. Hemlata S. Mohan, Director and Principal DPS, Bokaro invoked pride in students about the real sense of education and what it actually stands for. She said that this was the best occasion to recall legendary freedom fighter, eminent scholar and the first education minister of independent India Maulana Abul Kalam Azad for his contribution to the cause of education.