Rajesh, Harisankar leap into record books

By Our Special Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, FEB. 5. The creation of nine new meet records, the completion of a golden double by seven athletes and the continued dominance of Kerala at the head of the points table were the key features of the hectic fifth day's action in the athletics events of the 45th National School Games at the University Stadium here on Saturday.

And among those who shared the limelight, there were two who really stood apart. R. Rajesh of Kerala, the winner of the triple jump gold two days back, kicked sand at an impressive 7.03m to eclipse Satish Kumar's three-year-mark in the boys under-17 long jump by a centimetre and Harisankar Roy of Bengal, jumping with the out-dated scissors style, cleared a new high of 1.80m in the boys under-14 high jump.

The day also gave reason for S. Geetha, H.M. Jyothi, T.K. Sheeba, Kamlesh Baghel, Sukuram Birua and Paretam Bind to celebrate after completing a golden double each. Kerala, which took four of the six relay golds decided this morning, enjoys an unassailable lead of 136 points ahead of Punjab (93) and Haryana (74).

The results (all finals):

Boys:

Under-19: 200m: 1. Umesh Kumar Patel (Guj), 22.45s, 2. P. Shankar (AP) 22.48s, 3. Sajjan Kumar (Del) 22.79s; 1500m: 1. P. Sammiah (AP) 4:00.53 (NR, OR: 4:01.5, Jaidev (Har), 1990), 2. Kashmir Singh (Pun) 4:02.83, 3. Vikas Kumar Singh (UP) 4:03.51; Discus: 1. Rajesh Kumar (Har) 47.70m (NR, OR: 46.90s, Baljinder Singh, Har, 1996), 2. Naresh Kumar (Raj) 43.41m, 3. Amritpal Singh (Pun), 42.31m; 5km walk: 1. Jasvir Singh (Pun) 23:10.0, 2. Jobin Thomas (Ker) 24:08.2, 3. Raj Kumar (UP) 24:11.5; 4 x 100m relay: 1. Gujarat 43.42s, 2. Tamil Nadu 43.45s, 3. Haryana 43.64s.

Under-17: 200m: 1. Sukuram Birua (Ori) 22.85s, 2. Amol Pandurang Khatal (Mah) 22.94s, 3. R. Srikanth (AP) 23.08s; 1500m: 1. Paretam Bind (UP) 4:06.94, 2. Anil Kumar (Bih) 4:07.18, 3. Prabhjot Singh (Pun) 4:07.94; Long jump: 1. R. Rajesh (Ker) 7.03m (NR, OR: 7.02m, Satish Kumar (Del), 1996), 2. Vikramjit Singh (Pun) 6.84m, 3. Rupesh Thakur (MP) 6.78m; Pole vault: 1. Sijo Sebastian (Ker) 3.80m, 2. Vijay Kumar Yadav (UP) 3.70m, 3. Rampal (Guj) 3.70m; 5km walk: 1. Rajesh K. Patel (UP) 23:27.1, 2. Sooraj Vasudevan (Ker) 23:28.5, 3. P.S. Jalan 25:26.6; 4 x 100m relay: 1. Kerala (K.B. Sivadevan, P.A. Hemanth, C.M. Muthu, N.A. Shameermon) 43.63s (NR, OR: 43.85s, Kerala, 1996), 2. Uttar Pradesh 44.00s, 3. Karnataka, 44.09s.

Under-14: 200m: 1. B. Jumma Mushagara (Guj) 24.06s, 2. B. Chennakeshavulu Goud (AP) 24.08s, 3. Rahamatullah Molla (Ben), 24.09s; High jump: 1. Harisankar Roy (Ben) 1.80m (NR, OR: 1.76m, R. Purushotham Raju (AP), 1996), 2. Harminder Singh (Pun) 1.72m, 3. Durjan Rama (Mah) 1.69m. Shot put: 1. Birnath Singh (Ben), 12.83m, 2. Altaf Z. Mazagal (Guj) 12.73m, 3. Kalu Ram (Raj) 12.66m; 4 x 100m relay: 1. Bihar 45.82s, 2. Punjab 45.84s, 3. Kerala 46.02s.

Girls:

Under-19: 200m: 1. S. Geetha (AP) 25.60s, 2. Manjit Kaur (Pun) 25.73s, 3. Sapinder Kaur (Pun) 25.91s; 1500m: 1. Naginder Kaur (Pun) 4:42.69 (NR, OR: 4:43.4, Sunitha Rani (Pun), 1995), 2. Swati K. Gurnule (Mah) 4:43.16, 3. L. Manjula (Kar) 4:44.63. Discus: 1. Satwant Kaur (Pun) 37.26m, 2. Ritu Rani (Del) 35.08m, 3. Archana Mondal (Ben) 34.89m; Javelin: 1. Gurpreet Kaur (Har) 41.68m (NR, OR: 40.56m, Vidya Devi (Pun), 1990), 2. K.R. Suman (UP) 38.87m, 3. Kailash Rampal (Guj) 34.37m; 4 x 100m relay: 1. Kerala 50.10s, 2. Punjab 50.24s, 3. Karnataka 50.25s.

Under-17: 200m: 1. H.M. Jyothi (Kar) 25.85s, 2. Meera Singh (Del) 26.16s, 3. G.D. Gouramma (Kar) 26.49s; 1500m: 1. Kamlesh Baghel (UP) 4:51.98, 2. Abha Rani (Guj) 4:52.80, 3. Dipa Roy (Ben) 4:54.60; 3000m: 1. Rajeshree Y. Patil (Kar) 10:45.87, 2. P.R. Renju (Ker) 10:54.48, 3. Shital Patil (Kar) 11:05.62; Shot put: 1. Pooja Merita Jose (TN) 10.95m, 2. Chabbi Ghosh (Ben) 10.18m, 3. M. Amsu (TN) 9.96m; 4 x 100m relay: 1. Kerala (Deepa Mathai, Sunitha Varghese, Ponny George, M.C. Deepthi) 49.23s (NR, OR: 49.65s, Kerala, 1998), 2. Karnataka 50.66s, 3. Bengal 50.73s.

Under-14: 200m: 1. T.K. Sheeba (Ker) 26.97s, 2. Jaheda Khatun (Ben) 27.14s, 3. Anita Antony (Ker) 27.22s; 4 x 100m relay: 1. Kerala (T.K. Sheeba, A.K. Saranya, Anita Antony, Mariya James), 50.32s (NR, OR: 53.2s, Maharashtra, 1994), 2. Bengal 52.96s, 3. Punjab 54.56s.

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