Abhigyan Nikam of Vasant Vihar School, Thane, emerged as the fastest athlete of the MSSA U-16 inter-school annual athletics meet at the University Pavillion in Marine Lines.

The 15-year-old sprinter bagged two gold medals on Day One of the three-day MSSA meet on Monday. He first dominated the boys U-16 long jump event, where his leap of 6.35m earned him the top spot, followed by Aarav Lathigara (5.99m) of Rustomjee International (Dahisar) and Thane Public School’s Sarthak Chaudhari (5.84m). Abhigyan then clinched the gold medal in the prestigious 100m race, clocking an impressive 11.38 seconds. Kaydin Prabhu of Don Bosco High School (Borivli) finished second, clocking 11.60 seconds, while Aarush Powar (12.22 seconds) of Pawar Public High School (Bhandup) secured third place.