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 13 to 17 September. The selection was post his performance at the 18th National Pool Life Saving Championship held at Ray Centre, Wilson Garden Bangalore from   8 to 11 June 2023 and the time trials camp from 9 to 11 July 2023 at Pune, Maharashtra. In the Tournament which demanded astounding performance, Thrishul won two Gold Medals.

Currently Thrishul Gowda is studying in II B.A. 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.

The Correspondent Very Rev. Fr Lawrence Mascarenhas, Principal of the College Rev. Dr Antony Prakash Monteiro, Campus Director Rev Fr Stany Pinto and the faculty members of the College congratulate Thirshul Gowda for his achievement and wish him all well for his future endeavours and at the upcoming Championship in Canada.

The coaches Partha Varanashi, Rohit Prakash, Niroop GR, Seetaram Gowda of Vswim Academy and Puttur Aquatic Club are training the swimmers at Balavana Swimming pool, Puttur.

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 B.com, 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.