SUPER X 2026 puts young MRSM athletes in the spotlight
GEORGE TOWN: The inaugural National Sports and Games Championship for Mara Junior Science Colleges (MRSM), SUPER X 2026, has emerged as a platform to identify and nurture young sporting talent, with 2,968 athletes from 14 MRSM contingents taking part.
GEORGE TOWN: The inaugural National Sports and Games Championship for Mara Junior Science Colleges (MRSM), dubbed SUPER X 2026, has showcased young sporting potential to the masses. Over 2,968 athletes from 14 MRSM teams participated in the four-day competition held at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), accompanied by 600 educators, officials and volunteers.
The event, organized by Mara's Education Division, highlighted the significance of sports in student development, offering young participants a chance to test their abilities, enhance their skills and gain valuable experience through healthy competition.
MRSM's director-general, Datuk Seri Zulfikri Osman, emphasized the importance of identifying, nurturing and developing talent among MRSM students during the closing ceremony at the USM Athletics Stadium. The ceremony, attended by Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Ramli Ngah Talib and Penang Island City Council mayor Datuk A Rajendran, underscored the platform's role in empowering the nation's youth.
Zulfikri highlighted that every athlete possesses unique potential that should be cultivated and given opportunities to achieve greater heights.
The experience gained through sports, Zulfikri noted, could serve as a foundation for future successes in life. Mara's education ecosystem spans secondary schools, colleges, universities and vocational institutions, with SUPER X exemplifying the organization's unity and commitment to empowering Malaysian youth. Currently, Mara manages 585 centers across the country and abroad, including 345 educational institutions.
With about 165,000 students pursuing studies domestically and overseas in 2026, Mara's ecosystem offers numerous opportunities for children to receive quality education and develop their skills. The MRSM Kedah contingent emerged as overall champions, winning 14 medals – six gold, three silver and five bronze. MRSM Penang finished second, claiming five gold, three silver and two bronze medals, while MRSM Perak B secured third place with 15 medals – four gold, four silver and seven bronze.
The ten sports contested included badminton, netball, football, volleyball, hockey, archery, table tennis, rugby, sepak takraw and tennis.
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