The sports day of Saveetha School of Engineering

The sports day of Saveetha School of Engineering

The sports day of Saveetha School of Engineering was held on
19th of October 2015at Saveetha School of Engineering .
Padmashree Mr.V.Baskaran, Arjun awardee, and Former captain-Indian Hockey  team was
the chief guest.
 Vice Principal,Dr.D.Dhanasekaran who gave  welcomed the
 gathering,a brief introduction of the chief guest was given.
Padmashree Mr.V.Baskaran , He captained the Indian team, which won the
gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union
 which was followed by a speech by our chief guest who motivated
the participants and also spoke about the importance of sports and games.
 The participants did the March Past Parade honoring the flag which was
 followed by the drills. The chief guest lit the College Olympic Torch and
handed it over to the champion of the college,Mr.Arunachalam,whohas won
 2 bronze and silver medals in the state athletic meet 2012 and 2013.The torch
 was then handed over to Mr.Rakesh,a National level handball player followed
by handing over the torch to Ms.R.K.Divya,a specialist in 800 meters and won
the college individual championship in athletics for 3 consecutive years. The
champions took the Olympic Oath. Later, the chief guest released the pigeons
signifying peace and prosperity. Then the Chief guest declared the Sports Meet open,
which was followed by the  track and field events for 4*100 relay boys category ,
 4*100 relay girls category,4*400 relay boys category,100 m girls,100 m boys
and 200 m boys.The overall championship for the sports day was bagged by the team
 ”STARKS” led by Captain Jayachandran.