Three cheers for Adarsh loner Khopkar

Updated on: 20 December,2009 07:30 AM IST |
Anthony D'Souza |

Anuraag Khopkar was the lone participant from Adarsh English High School in the Nike-MSSA Inter-school Athletics Championship

Anuraag Khopkar was the lone participant from Adarsh English High School in the Nike-MSSA Inter-school Athletics Championship. But the loner emerged the star of the penultimate day as he broke three meet records on Saturday.u00a0

Similarly, Khopkar's 200m timing of 24.1 seconds saw him better the mark of 24.1 seconds, set by Jordon Serrao of St Mary's High School (Kalina) in 1989. Khopkar then completed the hat-trick of records with the mark in 400m run, clocking 54.3 seconds, which was 0.8 seconds faster than the previous record set by Ashish Agarwal of Gokuldham High School (Goregaon) in 1997.

Being the only student to have been participating from his school, Anuraag surely had a point to prove to his schoolmates. "I wanted to set an example for my schoolmates and hope I was successful in doing that," he said. "It's a great feeling when you set a new record. I have to still work hard and there is always room for improvement."

Meanwhile, Joshua Barretto of Jasudben ML School (Khar) clocked 52.6 seconds to set a new meet record in the boys' under-16 400m category. The Children Academy's under-8 boys also set a new meet record in the 4x50m relay, clocking 34.2 seconds.

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