SSPN conducts cross country competition
Dimapur, November 2 (MExN): The Sainik School Punglwa, Nagaland (SSPN) today conducted its annual Inter House Cross-Country Competition.
The chief guest, Lt Col M Kiran Meitei, the officiating Principal of the school, flagged off race in the early hours of November 2.
Cross country run is an annual mega event that tests an individual’s mental and physical robustness, a press release from the school informed.
Cadets of different houses were categorised into three groups- Group A comprising of class VI and VII; Group B comprising of class VIII and IX; and Group C comprising of class X and XI. They ran three km, five km and seven km respectively.
In Group A category, Cdt S Rito secured first position clocking in at 12:25 seconds while in Group B Cdt Sukmeshwar stood first completing his run in 18:59 seconds. In Group C Cdt Tsering Sonam completed his run in 28:08 seconds and secured the first position, the release said.
Patkai house emerged as the overall winner of the competition followed by Japfu house and Saramati house in the second and third position respectively, it added.
