Media Release
Puttur, Jul 19: Thrishul Gowda of St Philomena College, Puttur will be representing India at the Commonwealth Lifesaving Championships 2023 to be held at Windsor, Ontario, Canada from September 13- 17.
The selection was post his performance at the 18th National Pool Life Saving Championship held at Ray Centre, Wilson Garden Bengaluru held from June 8- 11 and the time trials camp from July 9- 11at Pune, Maharashtra. In the tournament which demanded astounding performance, Thrishul won two gold medals.
Currently Thrishul Gowda is studying in II BA at St Philomena College, Puttur.
Being a team India member is an honour as it requires special commitment in terms of practice, performance and behaviour as representative of India in an unknown land.
St Philomena college has an excellent track record in the arena of weightlifting, football, cricket, and kabaddi along with the achievements in Swimming. In the year 2022 college football team emerged as the winners, weightlifting team secured the third overall position, a significant number of players represented Mangalore University in Cricket. In 2023, the college team achieved the runners-up position in the Mangalore University-level kabaddi championship.
Volleyball, athletics and badminton teams are performing extremely well across the years. College women team bagged runners-up in the university level invited teams volleyball tournament. Beulha PT of III Bcom, won gold medal in the state-level weightlifting competition among women athletes and this achievement paved her a way to represent the Karnataka State at the Khelo India weightlifting competition. The college extends every support with regard to the sports activities along with academics where too students exhibit brilliant performance.