Rajasthan’s Ravi Kumar shattered the under-18 boys’ decathlon National record by more than 300 points at the 31st National junior athletics championship at Ranchi on Tuesday. Uttarakhand’s Harsh Kumar and Kerala’s Jisna Mathew broke the meet records in the under-18 boys’ and girls’ 400m.
The results (winners only):
Boys: Under-20:100m: Gaurav Kumar (UP) 10.66s. 400m: Mohan Kumar (TN) 48.01s. 4x100m relay: Kerala (D. Sreekanth, U. Nithin, T.K. Jyothi Prasad, M. Joseph Joe) 41.65. High jump: Mothi Arun (TN) 1.99m. Discus throw: Ravinder (Har) 53.18m. 10,000m walk: Vikash Singh (Jhd) 44:45.59s.
Under-18: 100m: Princedeep Singh (Pun) 10.78s. 400m: Harsh Kumar (Ukd) 47.51s [MR, OR 47.97]. 1,000m medley relay: 1. Haryana (1:55.01s). Shot put: Ashish Bhalothia (Mpr) 18.14m. Decathlon: Ravi Kumar (Raj) 6418 pts [NR, OR 6081].
Under-16: 100m: Chaudhary Palendra Kumar (UP) 11.01s [ENR.]. 400m: Naveen (TN) 48.96. Long jump: S. Lokesh (Kar) 7.14m. 5,000m walk: Lalit Singh Bisht (Utd) 23:23.19s. Under-14: 100m: Sunil Vatas (Guj) 11.42s. Shot put: Tushar Singh (Guj) 15.35m.
Girls: Under-20: 100m: M. Akhila (Ker) 12.21s. 400m: Rajni Nagar (Har) 55.39s. 4x100m relay: Kerala ‘A’ (Soumya Varghese, Ramya Rajan, A.P. Shilbi, M. Akhila) 47.83s. Triple jump: Athira Surendran (Ker) 12.41m.
Under-18: 100m: Rashmi Sheregar (Mah) 11.89s [MR, OR 11.93]. 400m: Jisna Mathew (Ker) 53.85 [MR, OR 54.92]. Long jump: Priyanka Kerketta (Jkd) 5.95m. Pole vault: Chellamangai (TN) 3.05m. Hammer throw: Komal (UP) 50.57m. 5,000m walk: Bandana Patel (UP) 26:16.69s.
Under-16: 100m: Santra Teresamartin (TN) 12.71s. 400m: Sumita Bhowmick (WB) 58.93. 1,000m medley relay: West Bengal (2:19.05s). Javelin throw: Samar Singh (UP) 65.14m. 3,000m walk: A. Divya (Ker) 16:09.36s.
Under-14: 100m: Mansi Pendharkar (Mah) 12.74s. Long jump: P.S. Prabhavathi (Ker) 5.40m. High jump: Kevinaa Ashwine (TN) 1.50m. Shot put: Anshika (UP) 10.96m.
