KUNNAMKULAM: No shocks were reserved for the final day as Palakkad comfortably became the champions in the 65th Kerala school sports meet that concluded on Friday. Palakkad was unperturbed and was comfortably settled in the top spot with runners-up Malappuram being far down in the point table. This is Palakkad's hat trick win in the sports meet.

Palakkad amassed a total of 266 points from 96 events that included 28 Gold, 27 Silver and 12 Bronze. Ideal EHSS retained their crown for the most points (56 points) taken by a school. Malappuram came second with 168 points, which had 13 gold, 22 silver and 20 bronze.

Kozhikode came third with 95 points including 10 gold, seven silver and 12 bronze. On the school category, Ernakulam Kothamangalam Mar Basil HSS (46) secured the second spot while Palakkad Kalladi HSS Kumarambathur (43) came third.

K Kiran of VMHS Vadavannur, J Bijoy from Chittoor GHS, K C Sarvan from Kuttamath GHS, V Anupriya from Udinoor GHS and P Abhiram from CFD HSS & VHSS Mathur created new meet records.

Sarvan secured two meet records while four students won triple gold in the sports meet. Devaswom minister K Radhakrishnan distributed trophies to the winners. Palakkad were champions in 2019 and 2022. In 2022, Palakkad had a total of 269 points.