2-day 55th Annual Athletic Meet Concludes At GNDEC

Ludhiana, February 27, 2015: Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana organised a two day 55th Annual Athletic Meet which was inaugurated on 26th February,2015 and came to a fantastic close on Friday evening.

In continuation to day 1, various track and field events like 3000m, 5000m, 100m finals, 4*100 m relay, 4*400m relay, tug of war took place on day 2 of the meet. To add on to the importance of sports for every window of life, various races among the teaching and non-teaching staff of GNDEC were held. Scintillating performances by the athletes pumped up the sportsman spirit of all.

Chief Guest for the meet- Satvir Singh Atwal (ADCP, Ludhiana) International Javlin Thrower and Guest of Honour- Arpinder Singh, Common Wealth Games bronze medalist, along with the Principal awarded the students. The prize distribution ceremony took place and winners marched proudly to the Victory stand to receive their medals, certificates and trophies. Mandeep Kaur (B.tech IT) was declared as best athletes among girls and Mandeep Singh (B.tech IT) was adjudged as best athletes among boys. Civil engineering department was declared as the best department among boys and Computer science was declared as best Department among girls. The Principal expressed his satisfaction at the performance of the students and declared the meet closed. 

The Chief Guest congratulated the participants, winners and organisers of the event. 

The Sports Day Celebrations Concluded with the lowering of the flag. All the faculty members and a large number of students were present on this occasion. In the last, Dr. Gunjan Bhardwaj, Director Sports thanked all the conveners and organising committee student members for organising such a wonderful event. The detail of 8 new records set during Athletic meet is as under: 

Name of student	Event	New Record
Karamvir Kaur	100 m Race	13.91 seconds
Mandeep Kaur	100 M Hurdles	20.25 Seconds
Karamvir Kaur	200 M Race	30.41 Seconds
Balpreet Kaur	JAVELIN THROW	32.50 Meters
Pooja Rani	3000 M Race	14.51 Minutes
Mandeep Kaur	Long Jump	4.09 meters
Jabanpreet Singh	High Jump	175. 3 Cm
Civil department	4*400 relay	3 min 49.69 sec