Bokaro Girl Taban Salam clinched Gold in the 200 metres free style Swimming Championship for Under 17 Girls and Bronze Medal in 100 mtrs free style in the same category in the 7th Jharkhand State Sub-Junior & Junior Swimming Championship. The students of DPS, Bokaro, make their mark in the Swimming Championship by winning 2 gold, 12 silver and 3 bronze medals in the overall tally where Bokaro District Team became first runners up.
In the under 14 boys, Yuvraj Singh won the gold medal in 200 mtrs free style. Yuvraj also won Silver medal in the 100 mtrs free style in the same category. Prateek Kumar won Bronze Medal in the Under 14 boys in 100 mtrs free style while in under 14 Girls, Prinyanka Bajpai won Bronze in 100 mtrs free style. Under 17 boys relay team Navneet Garg, Rudrajeet, Yuvraj Singh and Prateek Kumar won the silver medal while in the Under 17 Girls Relay team Samentha Melgandi, Taban Salam, Ausam Salam and Priyanka Bajpai also won the silver.
In the under 10 boys, Aditya Singh won Bronze medal in 100 mtrs free style. In fact out of 17 participants who participated in the 7th Jharkhand State Sub Junior and Junior Swimming Championship 16 participants were from DPS, Bokaro who were selected through open competition organised by Bokaro District Swimming Association (BDSA). Jaideep Sarkar, Secretary of BDSA and Dr. Hemlata S Mohan, Director & Principal, DPS, Bokaro congratulated the winners and appreciated the team for a superb performance. The team was coached by Rupesh Kumar while Nibha Kumari was the Manager for the team.