Craig D'Souza of Cathedral and John Connon (Fort) won his maiden gold medal in the 100m boys' U-17 category of the District Sports Office inter-school athletic championships at Priyadarshini Park (PDP) yesterday.


Craig D'Souza of Cathedral and John Connon (in white) en route his gold medal run in U-17 100m event at the DSO inter-school athletic championships at Priyadarshini Park yesterday. Pic/Atul Kamble

Craig clocked 11.9 secs, with Samarth Bhogte (13.1s) of Our Lady of Salvation second and Pankaj Yadav (12.4s) of Navy Children (Colaba) third. Interestingly, had it not been for a health concern, the 15-year-old would have been a footballer instead.