The DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur here became the athletic champion with four gold, four silver and two bronze models in the recently concluded DAV Zonal Sports Meet, 2017 at the Dr AN Khosla DAV Public School, Rourkela.
Preety Rani Swain stood first in 400 meters, second in 800 meters, Abhinab Mohanty stood third in 100 meters, second in 200 meters, Sandeept Sahoo stood first in discuss throw and Sahil Biswal was third in long jump. While Soumya Mohanty was second in discuss throw, Soumyakanta Sahoo was first in shot-put, Preety Rani Swain, Komal Pradhan, Adyasha Jena, and Yukta Tanushree stood second in 4x400 meters relay and Tridebesh Nayak first in Taekwondo.Preety Rani, Soumya Mohanty, Abhinab Mohanty, Sandeept Sahoo, Tridibesh Nayak and Soumyakant Sahoo will participate in the DAV National Sports meet by virtue of their performances.
More than 50 DAV Public Schools of Zone-I and Zone-II will participated in the DAV Zonal Sports Meet. The DAV CDA, Cuttack and DAV Unit-8, Bhubaneswar emerged as the overall champion and runners-up respectively.