Interschool athletics: Many meet records for 6 talented athletes

Nov 16, 2024, 2:32 PM
Interschool athletics: Many meet records for 6 talented athletes

Male' Maldives: The MWSC interschool athletics championship ends with many meet records by 6 athletes in 3 age categories.

As such, when deciding winning athletes for the competitions under 15, under 17 and under 20 age categories, winning athletes in 2 age categories has gotten a meet record accumulating to a total of 9 new meet records in this year’s tournament.

With a total of 52 schools and 1563 athletes participating in the tournament, a lot of winners were decided after heated races. As such after the last event a lot of prize winners have been decided.

In the under 13 category the best 3 was selected. As a result, the women’s championship was taken by Qhiyasuddin international school. The men’s championship winner is Rehendhi school. In this age group second place holder for men’s is Abu Bakr school and third place holder is Hafiz Ahmed school. For women’s, second place holder is Mohamed Jamaaluddin school, and third place holder is Kanduhulhudhoo school.

The best school for under-15 category was selected as Muhammadu Jamaaluddin School for the girls' division and Sharafuddin School for the boys' division. In the under-17 category, Sharafuddin School was chosen as the best school for the girls' division, while GDH. Atoll Education Center was selected for the boys' division. For the under-20 category, Villa International High School won the title of best school for both girls' and boys' divisions.

Age groups best athletes

Under 15

Best female athlete: Aminath Auha AbduRahman (Afifuddin school), 100 meters, 200 meters and long jump gold medal (for 100 and 200 meet record).

Best male athlete: Ulwaan Ibrahim Umar (Iskandar school) 100 meter, 200 meter gold medal ( 200 meter meet record).

Under 17

Best female athlete: Zeek Ashraf Rasheedh (Iskandar school) 800-meter, 1500 meter gold medal (800 meter and 1500 meter meet record).

Best male athlete: Ahunaf Rayyan Fahumy (GDH atoll Education Centre) 100-meter, 200 meter and long jump gold medal (200 meet record).

Under 20

Best female athlete: Aishath Shaim Aziz (Addu High School) long jump, high jump and javelin throw gold medal (high jump and javelin throw meet record)

Best male athlete: Ahmed Absal Mohammed Jaleel (Addu High School) 100 meter and 200-meter gold medal (200-meter meet record).

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