SPJIMR-Mumbai Concludes its Annual National Inter B-school Sports Meet, "Sprint '09"

SPJIMR-Mumbai Concludes its Annual National Inter B-school Sports Meet, "Sprint '09"

Participants from Various B-schools During Sprint '09 at SPJIMR-Mumbai

Think of an MBA graduate and the image which comes to one's mind, is of a guy in plated suit with a chauffeur-driven car. All those who thought so, were up for a rude surprise. They witnessed the heated action going here at SPJIMR campus for the 2 days. The sheer amount of talent and grit among the participants made Sprint '09 look similar to serious Olympic trials, rather than a B-school event.

Sprint '09 covered several sporting events like Athletics (12 categories), Swimming, Chess, Carrom, Basket Ball, Badminton, Volleyball, Throw-Ball, Cricket, Football and Table-Tennis. The race to win the overall Sprint Championship Trophy intensified on the final day, with teams putting in extra thrust to grab the title. It all went down to the wire, with last few events deciding the fate of the eventual standings of colleges. In a nail-biting ending, SPJIMR edged out NMIMS-Mumbai to triumph and retain the Sprint Championship Trophy.

There were incidents like a B-school cricketer being hit by a bouncer and bleeding profusely, but declining to walk back cowardly, a badminton player strapping her swollen knee to take on competition even when her team-mates begged her not to play, a 4x100 meter relay team winning a silver despite one of their runners stumbling and falling to ground. All these reflect all what Sprint stands for.

Sprint is all about that Adrenalin surge of winning and still retaining the humility thereafter, the retrospection after losing and the determination to try harder the next time, the combined cheering and mourning of teams after each win and loss, the smiling faces moving all over even though they were being carried by stiff legs and a bruised body, of future managers coming together on a common platform interacting and bonding with each other. Sprint stands for much, much more. It champions the cause of Hope. It champions the cause of Courage. Its champions the cause of Human Spirit and Goodwill.

Concluded.

Contributed by -
Sripradish Kapikad,
PGDM, Batch of 2008-10,
S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai.

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