PANAJI
Regional Coaching Centre (RCC) Peddem produced a dominant all-round performance to emerge overall champions of the 57th Goa State Athletics Championship 2026, held at the Atal Athletic Stadium, Bambolim.
The three-day championship, organised by the Goa Athletics Association in association with the Athletics Federation of India and the Sports Authority of Goa, was conducted in memory of former Defence Minister and Padma Bhushan awardee Dr Manohar Parrikar.
RCC Peddem topped the overall standings with an impressive 214 points, comfortably ahead of hosts RCC Bambolim, who finished runners-up with 107 points.
Peddem also completed a clean sweep of the team titles, winning both the men's and women's championships. In the men's category, RCC Peddem amassed 104 points to finish ahead of RCC Bambolim (68), while in the women's section they dominated with 110 points, leaving Bambolim a distant second with 39 points.
Among the individual honours, Moses Wolfango Mascarenhas of RCC Fatorda was named Best Athlete (Men), while Sakshi Kolekar of RCC Peddem claimed the Best Athlete (Women) award.
RCC Peddem also enjoyed success in the junior categories, with Rehan Chapparband (Boys U-20), Rani Degvekar (Girls U-20), Niket Nikhil Chodankar (Boys U-18) and Cindrella Daniel Pawar (Girls U-18) taking home the top athlete honours in their respective divisions.
Other Best Athlete award winners included Samarth Neugi (Boys U-16), Neeva Naik (Girls U-16), Daksh Naik (Boys U-14), Dhriti Madkaikar (Girls U-14), Adam Lobo (Boys U-12), Kannuru Tejasree (Girls U-12), Raghav Kumar (Boys U-10), Avishi Agarwal (Girls U-10), Aishwa Bupendra Gaonkar (Boys U-8) and Rhea Rupesh Fondekar (Girls U-8).
The championship also recognised emerging talent through the Promising Athlete Awards, which were presented to Chandan Ghosh (Boys U-18), Xanelle Evanca Lacerda (Girls U-18), Nigel Fernandes (Boys U-16), Archi Katkar (Girls U-16), Satyag Saksena (Boys U-14), Snesha Kalekar (Girls U-14), Viplav Bind (Boys U-12) and Addison Elise Dias (Girls U-12).
