Harita Bhadra of Udayachal HS (Vikhroli) grabbed all the attention by equaling the meet record to win the gold medal in the girls' U-16 200 metres event on the opening day of the Mumbai Schools Sports Association-organised annual inter-school athletic championship at University Sports Pavilion yesterday.

Harita was a bit slow off the blocks but gradually got into her stride and picked up pace on the bend before dashing towards the tape to finish in first, clocking 25.6 secs. Her efforts matched the meet record set by Nicole Franco of St Joseph's Convent last year. Shanaya Irani of Cathedral & John Connon (Fort) was second in 26.1s and Pranjali Patil also of Udayachal was third, clocking 26.5s.