A. Deepan Chakravarthi of STC Pollachi sprinted his way to a new meet record in the men’s 400m on the penultimate day of the 33rd Bharathiar University inter-collegiate athletic meet at the Nehru Stadium here on Thursday.
The Pollachi student did not enjoy a great start but worked hard midway through to stop the clock at 48.1s, erasing his own mark of 49.7s set last year.
The 4x100m for both men and women turned out to be pretty close encounters. Dr. NGP College of Arts and Science edged out a fighting STC for the men’s gold and a new record, while PSGR Krishnammal squeaked past Nirmala College for the top spot in the women’s section.
The results Men: 110m hurdles: 1. P. Ashpin Raja (PSG CAS) 15.4s; 2. P. Pravin Kumar (Dr. NGP); 3. S.M. Aalam Imran (Sri Krishna). 400m: 1. A. Deepan Chakravarthi (STC, Pollachi) 48.1s-NMR; 2. A. Dharun (Dr. NGP) 48.7s-BMR; 3. B. Senthil Ramani (Sri Krishna). 1500m: 1. P. Karthi (PSG CAS) 4:05.1s; 2. B. Venkateswaran (PSG CAS); 3. P. Karthikeyan (Sri Krishna). Javelin: 1. R. Dinesh Kumar (BUD) 55.22m; 2. T. Ganesh Kumar (Sri Krishna); 3. R. Rahul (Chikkanna Govt. ASC). 4x100m: 1. Dr. NGP 43.4s (NMR); 2. STC Pollachi 43.4s (BMR); 3. PSG CAS 43.8s.
Women: 100m hurdles: 1. P. Jayanthi (Dr. NGP) 16.6s; 2. M. Koteshwari (Sri Krishna); 3. R. Mohana (Nirmala). 400m: 1. D. Anitha (Dr. NGP) 59.9s; 2. P. Iniya (PSGR Krishnammal); 3. S. Parameshwari (PKR ASC). 1,500m: 1. K. Anupriya (Dr. NGP) 5:09.1s; 2. K. Divya Lakshmi (PSGCAS); 3. A. Tamilarasi (PSGR Krishnammal). High jump: 1. A. Santhya (Sri Krishna) 1.58m; M. Deebika (Nirmala); 3. K. Mano Sakthi (BUD). Discus: 1. A. Anjali Bai (PSGR Krishnammal) 34.34m; 2. P. Madhu Priya (Nirmala); 3. S. Ponni (PKR ASC). 4x100m: 1. PSGR Krishnammal 51.8s; 2. Nirmala 52.0s; 3. PKR ASC 54.5s.
