2 Day Annual GMCH Athletic Meet Concludes : The 26th Annual Athletic meet of Government Medical College & Hospital (GMCH) concluded. The chief guest on the occasion was Deepak Thakur, Arjuna Awardee for his excellent performance in hockey.
The meet was declared open on Saturday as Sports Complex, Sector 46, Chandigarh by Prof. B.S. Chavan, Director Principal of GMCH, Sector 32.
The students presented an impressive march past while the Director Principal took the salute. The 2015 batch bagged the best march past trophy. During the two days, the students, faculty and staff participated in a variety of track and field events.
In 1500 meters race, Sonu Sharma won the same in the Boys MBBS, BSc Category. In Shot Put Varnika Punia was the first prize winner in MBBS Girls Finals while, Navkiran was the first position holder in Shot Put BSc Girls Finals.
In Discus Throw, Deepinder won the same in MBBS Boys Category, while Saloni won the same in MBBS Girls Category. In Javelin Throw, Paras managed to win in MBBS Boys Category, while Simranjeet Singh won in BSc Boys Category.
In 400 m BSc Girls, Dency won the title while in MBBS Girls Category, Rutvi won the same. In High Jump, Gina Gill won the MBBS Girls Category, while Chetna won in the BSc Category. Gina Gill also won in Long Jump and 200 mts MBBS Girls finals. In High Jump among MBBS Boys, Vipul was the winner while Simranjeet Singh won in the BSc Boys Category.
In 800 meters race, Sonu secured the first position in the MBBS Boys category, while in BSC Boys finals Surag bagged the first position in 800 meters.
In 400 meters relay from MBBS Girls category, Rutvi, Ankita, Prema and Navya bagged the first position, while in MBBS Boys category, Parth, Jaspreet, Aryan and Baristar secured the first position.
Dency clinched the first position in Discuss throw, BSC girls category, while Rohan won the first prize in BSC boys category.
In Javelin throw, Dr. Ajay won the first position in the Faculty Male category, while from the Faculty female category Dr. Meenu bagged the first position in Javelin throw.
Prizes were also given for various indoor games which were held during the past week.
The results of the indoor games are as below:
In Table Tennis Singles Boys, Michelin won the gold medal while he in partnership with Anuj also managed to win the Table Tennis Doubles Boys. Anandita won the Table Tennis Singles Girls while in Doubles, she in partnership with Arshita won the title. In Mixed Doubles, Anuj and Arshita bagged the title.
In Badminton Singles Boys, Vaibhav Pathania won, while in Doubles Jaspreet and Yudhishter managed to win the game. Anisha Galhotra won the Badminton Singles Girls, while Anisha and Onam won the Badminton.
In Faculty Category, Ajay Dewan won the Table Tennis Singles, while in doubles Sunit Sharma and Sandeep Kumar managed to win. Dr. Deepak Thapa won the Chess while Dr Ranjeev Bhagat won the Badminton Singles. He in partnership with Dr. Deepak Aggarwal won the Doubles. In Women Category, Dr. Meenu Kalia won the Singles while she in partnership with Dr. Richa Saroa won the Doubles.
- Best Athlete (MBBS Boy): Sonu Sharma (2k16)
- Best Athlete (MBBS Girl): Gina Gill (2k15)
- Best Athlete (B.Sc. Boy): Simranjeet Singh (2k17)
- Best Athlete (B.Sc. Girl): Dency (2k16)
- Best Batch (MBBS): 2k16
- Best Batch (BSc): 2k17
- Best Faculty Department: Community Medicine