STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: KC International School on Friday organized Marathon for students teachers and parents to instill the spirit of healthy life.
The aim was to inculcate and promote a healthy lifestyle among people and also the virtues of resilience, endurance and sportsmanship.
The Chief Guest of the event was the School President, Chaitanya Chowdhary.
The event witnessed the enthusiastic participation of more than 153 teachers, students and parents. Students from Class 6th to 8th covered distance of 3 km whereas teachers, parents and students from Class 9th to 12th covered the distance of 5 km in this run.
The marathon was flagged off by the Principal, Anupama Sinha. At the end of the event, runners were felicitated with gold, silver and bronze medals under three categories.
The medals were distributed by the Chief Guest. In 6-8 students’ category, first position was bagged by Raheem Rajput, followed by Harshdev Singh(2nd), Montek Singh (3rd), Sujal (4th) and Hardeep Singh (5th).
In 9-12 students’ category, Ashutosh Sharma (Sports Captain) got first position followed by Ashutosh Agnihotri who bagged second position, Adijay Mehta (3rd), Pradyuman (4th) and Shivansh (5th).
In Parents’ and Teachers’ category, first position was bagged by one of the enthusiastic Parent, Deepak Bhat, second position was registered by Navdeep Kohli, PGT, followed by Simranjeet Singh, PGT,(3rd), Sabita Rajput, PRT(4th),and another Parent, Preeti Sharma (JKAS) (5th).
Three more participants viz Bhavna Koul, PGT, Sonali Gupta, TGT, and Roma Gupta, Sr. School Coordinator received verbal mention for completing the run within the stipulated time limit.
Principal appreciated the efforts of all the students, teachers and organizing committee members, specially Bhuvnesh Sharma and Komal Gupta and congratulated them for the successful event.
