800 student athletes compete at Tau Devi Lal Stadium as ISSO meet concludes

Jaxon Keats Hall of The British School, New Delhi, won the under-14 boys’ 100m in 11.76 seconds and added gold medals in the 200m and 4x100m relay as the ISSO National Athletics Championship concluded at Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Gurugram.

The three-day meet brought together around 800 student athletes from 104 schools, competing in under-14, under-17 and under-19 categories for boys and girls. Rampal Chahar, a Paralympian and Asian Para Games medallist, opened the championship.

Sanjay Ghodawat International School finished as overall school champion with 176 points. Indus International School, Hyderabad, was first runner-up on 109 points, followed by CS Academy International with 77.

Other multiple-gold performers included Neev Academy’s Zohraab Abraham K, who won the under-17 boys’ 200m, 400m and 110m hurdles, and Brainiacs International’s Utkarshini Bhovad, who took the under-14 girls’ 200m, 400m and 600m titles. The event ended with medal and trophy presentations.