MAA to conduct State Athelitic meet

SHILLONG: The Meghalaya Athletic Association (MAA) as part of the celebration of the ‘Year of the Youth’ will conduct the Meghalaya State Athletic Meet in collaboration with the Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs and Tura District Sports Association as the host. The state meet will be held from May 23-25 wherein all 17 affiliated units, district and sub-division and about 600 athletes and officials are expected to participate in the meet which will be conducted in accordance with the Athletic Federation of India (AFI) norms. Three Age Groups, Under-14, Under-16 and Seniors section (both boys and girls) can take part in the event. The events to be conducted for the U-14 are 100mts, 600mts, High Jump, Long Jump and Shot Put. Events for U-16 would include 100mts, and 200mts, 400mts, 800mts, 1000mts, 1500mts and 3000mts and the Seniors events have been listed as 5000mts, 10000mts, High Jump, Long Jump, Shot Put, Javelin Throw, Discuss Throw, Medley Relay, 4×100 and 4×400 Relay.