Venkateshwar Rao sets record

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD OCT 19. L. Venkateshwar Rao of Andhra Pradesh hurled the shot to a distance of 14.75 metres to create a new meet record in the event for boys under 18 on the first day of the South zone junior athletic championships which was inaugurated at the Lal Bahadur stadium here today.

The previous meet record was in the name of Lijo N. Joy of Kerala who had chalked up a distance of 13.87 metres in 1999. The surprising aspect of the performance was that Venkateshwar Rao has had no formal coaching till now.

In the 110 metres hurdles for boys under 18 Kiran Prasad of Kerala also created a new meet record by clocking 15.0 seconds. The previous record was in the name of B. Ramesh Babu of TN who had timed 15.1 seconds in 1996 and it was later equalled by P. Senthil Kumar also of TN in 1997.

Another record came in the high jump for girls under 16 where M. Sangeetha of TN cleared 1.63 metres. The earlier record was also in her own name at 1.58 metres created in 1999.

The results:

Boys (Under 20): 110m hurdles: 1. B. Nimesh (Ker). 15.3s. 2. Akhilesh (Kar). 3. K. Shyam Sunder (AP). 800m: 1. Joseman Mathew (Ker) 2m 1s. 2. Jijo Geroge (Ker). 3. Kangaraj M. (TN). 100m: 1. Mustaq Ahmed (Kar) 10.9s. 2. Nimayath Ali Khan (AP). 3. Anish George (Ker). Shot put: 1. G. Edwin Pushparaj (TN) 13.11m. 2. Lijo N. Joy (Ker). 3. Sunil Kumar (AP). Javelin throw: 1. Lijish Kumar (Kar) 60.53m. 2. H. Suresh (Kar). 3. A. Praveen Kumar (AP).

Under-18: Shot put: 1. L. Venkateshwar Rao (AP) 14.75 mts. (NMR - OR 13.87 by Lijo N. Joy of Ker). 2. Jijo Nair (Ker). 3. S Anil Kumar (AP). Javeline throw : 1. Abin Joy (Ker) 53.00 mts. 2. Don John (Ker). 3. Pramod S. Dabu (Kar). 110m hurdles: 1. Kiran Prasad (Ker) 15.0s. (NMR - OR 15.1s by S. Ramesh Babu (TN) and P. Senthilkumar (TN). 2. K. Krishna Mohan (AP). 3. Bipin Joseph (Ker). 800m: 1. Natarajan C. (TN) 2m 1.5s. 2. Mustaq Ahmed (Kar). 3. P. Sunny Sharma (AP). 100m: 1. Girish V. (Kar). 10.9s. 2. Prasana M. (TN) . 3. Ranjit Pran Matyan (TN).

Under-16: High jump: 1. S. K. Praveen Kumar (Kar) 11.15m. 2. V. Shankar (AP). 3. M. Murali (TN). 110m hurdles: 1. R. Srinivas (AP) 14.2s. 2, Basil Paul (Ker). 3. Vijaya Kumar (TN). 800m: 1. Lokanatham Lamani (Kar). 2m 9.5s. 2. L. Vasiram (AP). 3. K. Appa Rao (AP). 100m: 1. Gopal (Kar) 11.0s. 2. B. Chenna Keshav Goud (AP). 3. Pradeep Rufus (TN). 2,000m: 1. Loknatham Lamani (Kar). 6m 20s. 2. Daljit Singh (AP). 3. A. Raju (AP).

Girls Under-20: Long jump: 1. M. Krishna Priya (TN) 5.32m. 2. Shanas Sulaiman (Kerala) . 3. Noosheen Rajendran (TN). Javeline throw: 1. S. Shanthi (TN) 39.98m. 2. Sheena Samuel (Ker). 3. Nisha K. Joy (Ker). 100m hurdles: 1. Smithabol Joseph (Ker) 15.4s. 2. Shanas Sulaiman (Ker). 3. Ramya L. Rao (Karnataka). 800m: 1. Tarani N. (TN) 2m 30.8s. 2. Swapna Abraham (Ker). 3. Resmi S (Ker). 100m: 1. N. Lalitha (AP) 12.4s. 2. Ch. K. M. Laxmi (AP). 23. Princy Mathew (Ker).

Under-18: Javeline throw: 1. P. Setha Devi (AP) 34.81m. 2. A. Sujatha (TN). 3. Sheena P.J. (Ker). Shot put: 1. Sandra D'Souza (Kar) 11.15m. 2. Reena Rodrigues (Kar).3. T.Anthony (Ker). 100m hurdles: 1. Bindu Sri Madhavi (AP) 14.7s. 2. Anju Alex (Ker). 3. Priya K. N. (TN). 100m: 1. Gouramma G.D. (Kar). 12.5s. 2. Muthu Laxmi (TN). 3. Priya K. N. (TN). 800m: 1. Harni (Kar) 2m 26.6s. 2. S. Ambika (Kar). 3. Ramya S. (TN). Long jump 1. V. S. Surekha (TN). 5.46m. 2. Sangitha Mannappa (Kar). 2. Manjusha Joseph (Ker).

Under-16: 100m hurdles: 1. M. Sangeetha (TN) 16.1s. 2. Sheena Joy (Ker). 3. Divya Sukumaran (TN). 800m: 1. Greshma H. S. (Kar) 2m 26.6s 2. Mangala B. P. (Kar). 3. M. Sravanthi (AP). High jump: 1. M. Sangeetha (TN) (NMR - OR 1.58m by Sangeetha in 1999). 2. Bichitra Rani Senapathi (AP). 3. A. Amutha (TN). 100m: 1. Deepthi M.C. (Ker) 12.4s. 2. Divya Sukumaran (TN). 3. Jona K. (Ker). 2,000m: 1. Sandhya Basappa (Kar) 7m 15s. 2. M. Saraswathi (AP). 3. Swetha Urs (Kar).

C. Natarajan of Tamil Nadu (left) winning the 800m in the boys under-18 category of the South Zone junior athletic championships at Hyderabad on Thursday. Others in the picture are bronze medallist Sunny Sharma of AP (middle) and silver medallist Mustaq Ahmed of Karnataka. Right: Abin Joy of Kerala winner of the boys under-18 javelin throw.

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