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MP to organise events at 75 historical places on International Yoga Day

Moradabad: Students participate in a yoga programme organised to create awareness for environmental cleanliness, on the eve of World Environment Day, in Moradabad, Saturday, June 4, 2022. (PTI Photo)(



The government will organise yoga events at 75 historical places across the state on June 21 to mark the International Day of Yoga.


Besides the 75 historical places, yoga sessions will be conducted in all of the state’s 52 districts.


Chief Minister on Friday took stock of the preparations during a meeting with the officials.


Chouhan, who will attend a yoga event at the Lal Parade Ground in Bhopal on June 21, said: “All the state ministers should participate in the programmes, as well as youth and social organisations.”


The Chief Minister also sought information about preparations from the collectors of Gwalior, Raisen, Chhatarpur and Anuppur districts, virtually attended Friday’s meeting.


He also directed the officials for wide publicity of the programmes.


According to officials who attended the meeting, arrangements would be made to broadcast the message of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief MinisterChouhan at all the venues in the state.


As per the step-by-step programme issued by the Centre, all the participants will have to be present from 6 a.m.


Chouhan’s message will be broadcast at 6.30 a.m., followed by that of the Prime Minister’s.


Yoga sessions will begin at 7 a.m.


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Morgan Lee Wins Two Events; Team Places Third – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics

Morgan Lee Wins Two Events; Team Places Third - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – Morgan Lee won the 1500 meters and the 5000 meters, Maya Verma captured the high jump and two others had second place finishes for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women’s track & field team, which placed third in the Liberty League Championship hosted by Vassar College. The University of Rochester won the team title with 230 points, followed by Ithaca College with 216 and the Engineers with 132.

Lee, a junior, ran the 1500 meters practically uncontested as she won with a time of 4:41.21, which was three minutes in front of the runner-up, Lindsay Scott of Ithaca, who crossed in 4:44.21. Jillian Lees, another Rensselaer junior, earned a fifth place finish with a time of 4:52.58.

In the 5000, Lee won by six minutes with a time of 17:44.36, easily outdistancing Ava Fowler of Ithaca, who finished second with a time of 15:50.74. RPI’s Nia Goddard, who won the 10000 meters on Friday by two minutes, came in third with a time of 17:55.72.

Also on the track, both the 4×100 relay team and the 4×400 squad had top 4 finishes. Elizabeth Evans, Kat Morin, Christine Mallette and Caitlin Smith combined for a 49.35 in the 4×1, while Fadyia Thompson, Evans, Mallette and Jordan Porter were fourth in the 4×4 with a 4:11.48. Individually, Morin was fifth in the 100. 

Verma, a senior, led the field events with her victory in the high jump, reaching 1.63 meters on her first attempt at that height. The runner-up, Eileen Bequette of Rochester, managed a 1.58-meter effort, but could not match Verma in three attempts.

The triple jump featured two Engineers in the top 4 with Emily Vallee placing second at 10.92 meters and Julia Hubbard coming in fourth at 10.59. Rochester’s Alyssa Hoogs won with a leap of 11.27 meters. 

Morgan Daley, who won the hammer on Friday, was second in the discus. She reached 37.35 on her fifth throw but could not out-do the 39.02 of St. Lawrence’s Kimberly Merchant.



And in the heptathlon, Maria Domingo was fifth overall with 3220 points.

A select number of team members will continue to compete in attempts to qualify for the NCAA Championship with the next opportunity coming on May 16 at Swarthmore.

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MSS robotic team places well at Mississaga event, co-captain invited to participate in world event

MSS robotic team places well at Mississaga event, co-captain invited to participate in world event

Wiky High coach predicts bright future for fledgling squad

MANITOULIN—Two Manitoulin Island high school robotics teams came home from the provincial First Robotics Canada (FRC) championships this past week weekend with a bevy of team and individual awards!

“With the provincials being held over four days it was much more reasonable and comfortable for all the competitors than the regional championships (held in Mississauga),  which were one-day events. The provincials ran from Wednesday to Saturday in Mississauga,” said MSS team mentor Yana Bauer. “It was a great event and we ended up with a number of awards.”

The MSS Manitoulin Metal team won the provincial “Entrepreneurship Award for its business model,” said Ms. Bauer. “The judges liked our team because it is interested in entrepreneurship and sustainability, not just our financial but environmental business model. Our spirit, team comprehensive business plan helps to define, manage, organize our ongoing objectives to ensure a self-sustaining program.”

Ms. Bauer noted, “when this award was announced, members of our team’s heads snapped up. When they realized they had won, the entire team had to get out of the stands and go onto the field for a victory lap with their trophy and plaque. Everyone was super excited including the other teams that were clapping and congratulating our team.”

The judges “also announced that Jocelyn Kuntsi was named as the winner of the Dean’s List Award,” said Ms. Bauer. Ms. Kuntsi has now qualified for the world championship in this category, which will be held later this week in Houston. The MSS team had nominated her for the award, recognizing she had demonstrated excellent leadership skills  and outstanding contributions to the team and having done well in the judge’s interviews (done virtually). 

“Jocelyn will represent Ontario at the World’s (championship) for the district of Ontario,” said Ms. Bauer, who noted she won’t actually be attending the ceremony (she will watch the awards online) being held later this week.

“When the award was announced, there was a moment of stunned silence. Then she received a standing ovation from everyone in attendance as she took a victory lap on the field,” said Ms. Bauer. “You could hear the Wikwemikong and North Bay teams screaming.  During the provincials, Ms. Kuntsi was announced as the winner of the First Robotics Shad scholarship winner (although not all details could be provided by this week’s press deadline).

MSS team member Lindsay Sheppard “won a Build a Dream Scholarship (one of two who received this recognition) of $3,000,” said Ms. Bauer. “The scholarship award is presented to a student who is dedicated to science, technology and math and is entering a skills trade in post-secondary school.”

MSS Manitoulin Metal team mentor Al Davy had been nominated for and was a finalist in the provincial mentor award category.

“Our robot performed very well. There were some glitches, but the team dealt with them as the event took place,” said Ms. Bauer. “And we had some really great matches. In match 90, we had Wikwemikong (High School) as our partners and we played a great match, and we came close to winning this match. We ended up losing by only two points. It was just sweet to be playing this match with our friends.”

“We didn’t qualify for the finals,” said Ms. Bauer, who pointed out that MSS won four of its 13 matches, finishing within the top 50 in the province.

“We watched the finals, and five of the six teams there have been previous world champions,” said Ms. Bauer. “They have a very long tradition of winning at the worlds which is something we had expected. “We knew we had great competition, but we held our own in the event and we received lots of positive comments and complements from other teams.”

The Wikwemikong High School STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) team, “did super well,” said coach Chris Mara. “The team exceeded our expectations. We didn’t even know if we would be able to go to the provincials until very close to the event starting.”

“We had a late start to the season, we weren’t able to even begin to build our robot until two weeks into the semester (due to pandemic lockdowns) and we never had the chance to have after-school or weekend builds,” said Mr. Mara. “To have a robot competitive on the field in the provincials was our big goal.”

Most of the teams that took part in the First Robotics Canada events leading up to the provincials, “had started in January and had two regional events they took part in. So we were about a month and a half behind all these teams and we were only able to take part in one regional event,” said Mr. Mara. “But we had a blast through it all,” he said, noting that “we have virtually an all-rookie team. There is only one member that had been to a robotics competition previously.”

At the provincials, “it took a day-and-a-half to get our robot firing on all cylinders, and prior to that we could only operate it with 25 percent of our motor power,” said Mr. Mara. “Marcus (Beaudry), one of the drivers on the team, made everything look good with some pretty exciting and spectacular driving.” He also praised the efforts of Ash Recollet. “Once everything was up and running well, our racers really did some tremendous driving.”

“Our team did really well representing the team and our school,” continued Mr. Mara. He explained, “three team members, Ryley Wassegijig Migwans, Tristan Wemigwans and Adrian Katt, received the Mark Bredner Leadership Awards. This was in recognition of their contributions and recognition of their leadership in the FRC program.”

“Next year, our team is going to be ready to go for FRC and First Technical Challenge events,” said Mr. Mara. “Our team did amazingly well this season, being competitive, even though they had a short period of time to get ready. It was because of their ability, motivation, tenancy and pulling things together to find engineering solutions to problems. It will be great to have this awesome group, made up of almost all Grade 9 students, to build on over the next few years.”

 The MSS team includes Rhys Allison, Autumn Davy, Morgan Green, Nevaeh Harper, Jocelyn Kuntsi, Xavi Mara, Patrick McCann, Grace Pennie, Lindsay Sheppard, Danika Skippen, Alan Wilkin, Ben Willis and Alexandra Wilson-Zegil.

The Wikwemikong High School team included Adrian Rampersad, Jane Hartley, Melissa Cooper, Cathy Harley, Jonas Assinewai, Marcus Beaudry, Tamara Bondy-Naokwegijig, Ben Lewis, Jordan Ominika-Cooper, Xavier Osawamick, Brayden Pangowish, Gaven Pangowish, Ash Recollet and Rakeja Wallace.

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Beijing Olympics: Team Jamaica Places Last in 4-Man Bobsled Event

Beijing Olympics: Team Jamaica Places Last in 4-Man Bobsled Event
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Motor racing-LA Coliseum race could lead to more NASCAR events in unlikely places

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LOS ANGELES — NASCAR’s first-of-its-kind race on a temporary asphalt track inside LA Memorial Coliseum on Sunday led drivers to offer their thoughts on where similar events could be staged in the future.

Joey Logano beat Kyle Busch to win the season-opening exhibition race at the century-old venue in downtown Los Angeles, which has hosted Olympics and Super Bowls but never a NASCAR event.

“I can’t believe we’re here,” Logano said after earning his second career win of a Clash event on a sun-soaked day in Southern California.

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“This is an amazing event. Congratulations to NASCAR. This is such a huge step in our industry to be able to do this and to put on an amazing race for everybody. I’m out of breath. I’m so excited about this. It was a big win.”

Third place finisher Austin Dillon suggested NASCAR build a temporary track inside the home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas.

Others saw opportunities for NASCAR to expand its reach overseas.

“For me, I look at the NFL and what they do in London,” said Kevin Harvick, who finished in 10th place.

“In order to really open doors, I think Wembley Stadium would be fun. I think everyone wants to do something but the weather has to be different.”

NASCAR officials said they are exploring a variety of options.

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“Everything is open,” Chief Racing Development Officer Steve O’Donnell told reporters after the race.

“We’ve proven we can go to a cool stadium with a track around it and we know what to do, we can get in and out,” he said.

“Ben, if he hasn’t already, is already studying the footprints of a lot of different stadiums in the U.S.,” said O’Donnell, referring to NASCAR Senior Vice President of Strategy and Innovation Ben Kennedy.

“What works, what may not work. But we’re also pretty happy here.”

NASCAR now moves on the Daytona 500, which will be held in two weeks.

(Additional reporting by Lewis Franck; Editing by Stephen Coates)