Shillong, Sep 13: The Meghalaya State Senior Athletics Championship 2026 will begin on Monday at the Sports Authority of India centre on the NEHU Shillong campus here.
The three-day event will conclude on Wednesday. It is being organised by the Meghalaya Athletics Association with the support of the Directorate of Sports & Youth Affairs.
There are 17 track and field events scheduled to be held. Each affiliated district unit of the MAA was allowed to submit two entries per event with no reserves allowed except for the relay races, where two reserves will be accepted. Each district is limited to 32 athletes (16 men and 16 women).
The events will be 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 5000m, 10000m, long jump, high jump, triple jump, javelin (800g), discus (2kg), shot put (7.26kg), hammer throw (7.26kg), half marathon, 4x100m relay, 4x400m relay and 4x400m mixed relay.
The new Director of Sports & Youth Affairs, Alertson Nongbri, will be the chief guest at the opening ceremony, which will take place at 2PM. The guest of honour will be Deputy Director of Sports and Youth Affairs Paia B War Nongbri.
(Representative photo)