Mysuru Division helped by excellent performances by the athletes in the men's and women's sections and in the team events, won the overall championship with a total of 225 points, on the concluding day of the State Level Dasara Games 2017, conducted by the Dept. of Youth Empowerment & Sports (DYES), Government of Karnataka and Dasara Sports Committee at the Chamundivihar Stadium, here yesterday. Mysuru Division hogged the limelight in the athletic events overall men & women with 120 points (56 in men & 64 in women), while Bengaluru City came a close second with 114 points (54 in men & 60 in women). On the final day of track and field events, new meet record was set by local girl Shahajhani who bettered her own mark (45.77mts-2016) with a new meet record of 46.25m. A total of 5 new meet records were set in the championships (3 in the men's section and two in the women's section). Manish of Mysuru Division (two golds-100m & 200m) won the Individual title in the men's section, while two athletes Prajna S. Prakash (Bengaluru City-100m & 100m Hurdles) and Navami (Mysuru Division-200m & 400m) shared the Individual championship title in the women's section.
