Chennai :
Dharun bags best athlete award
Dharun Ayyasamy who won two silver medals in 400m hurdles and 4x400m hurdles in the 18th Asian Games in 2018 was adjudged as the best male athlete at the 19th St Joseph’s Sports Academy annual day function held at St Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai.
In the women’s segment, PM Thabitha who won two gold medals in 100m hurdles and long jump in 3rd Youth Asian Athletics Championships held at Hong Kong, received the best female athlete award.
Thabitha won a gold and silver medal in 100m hurdles and 4x100mts relay and also created a new meet record in 100m hurdles at the 63rd SGFI Nationals held in Bhopal in 2018.
C Maruthaiyan was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution to the sport of Volleyball.
B Babu Manoharan, chairman St Joseph’s Group of Institutions, awarded a cash prize of `1 lakh to international athlete M Gomathi.
Achievers of the academy who excelled at national and international level this year were given `5 lakh. An amount of `3 lakh will be distributed to 20 outstanding athletes of the academy under scholarship scheme.
All the coaches who contributed for the development of the academy were honoured at the function with a cash award of `10,000 each.
Lifetime award
C Maruthaiyan was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution to the sport of Volleyball
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Chennai / by Express News Service / May 04th, 2019