Kohima District Athletic Association to host District Meet 2025 on August 30

DIMAPUR — Kohima District Athletic Association (KDAA) has announced that the District Meet 2025 for U-14, U-16 and U-18 (boys and girls) will be held on August 30 at Meriema Village Ground, near IG Stadium, Kohima.

According to a press release issued by KDAA, the meet aims to select quality athletes from the district to represent Kohima district at the 2nd Nagaland Junior Athletics Championship, tentatively slated for September 10.

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The last date of registration will be August 29 (evening). For more details, interested persons may contact 7005066719 or 7005306020. Age verification will be carried out, and only Aadhaar will be accepted as a valid document for verification of the age of athletes.

The events for the District Junior Athletics Meet 2025 are categorised into three groups.

For the U-14 category (boys and girls), the event will be a triathlon (A), which includes 60 m, long jump (5 m approach) and high jump (scissor).

For the U-16 category, the boys will compete in 60 m, 600 m, high jump (scissor only), long jump (5 m approach) and shot put (4 kg) (standing), while the girls will participate in 60 m, 600 m, high jump (scissor only), long jump (5 m approach) and shot put (3 kg) (standing).

For the U-18 category, the boys will compete in 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 1000 m, high jump (scissor only), long jump (5 m approach) and shot put (5 kg) (standing), while the girls will participate in 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 1000 m, high jump (scissor only), long jump (5 m approach) and shot put (3 kg) (standing).

An athlete will be eligible to participate in only two events for U-16 and U-18, while in the U-14 category an athlete can opt for any one of the triathlon events out of the three.

The age brackets are as follows: U-14 boys and girls should be born between September 25, 2011, and September 24, 2013. U-16 boys and girls should be born between September 25, 2009, and September 24, 2011. U-18 boys and girls should be born between September 25, 2007, and September 24, 2009.