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Khammam athletes impress

VIJAYAWADA: Khammam athletes hogged the limelight on the inaugural day of the two-day AP State sub junior athletic meet by finishing first in five events at CBR Sports School grounds at Kethanakonda on Saturday.

Guntur’s A. Koteswara Rao won the u-10 boys’ shot put event with a distance of 4.52 metres. Adilabad’s Sakal Kumar and Guntur’s O. Mallikharjun took the second and third places respectively.

The results:

Boys: U-14: 400m: 1. S. Veeraswamy (Khm), 2. E. Naresh (Kri), 3. Y. Satish (Kri); 1000m: 1. M. Naresh (Khm), 2. K. Prabhakar (Mdk), 3. N. Nagaraju (Mdk).

U-12: 600m: 1. M. Bikshalu (Kri), 2. R. Veeresh (Nal), 3. R. Nehru (M. Nagar); 80m hurdles: 1. K. Dharmender (M. Nagar), 2. G. Dinesh (Kri), 3. K. Chandrasekhar (Kda); High Jump: 1. N. Pavan Kumar (Kri), 2. M. Gowtham (Vzg), 3. L. Naveen Kumar (Vzg).

U-10: 60m: 1. B. Chandra Kiran (Kda), 2. S. Shiva Venkata Rohit (Kda), 3. B. Lingaiah (Nal); 600m: 1. G. Sai Kiran (Adl), 2. Ch. Rakesh (Adl), 3. B. Naga Babu (WG); Shot put: 1. A. Koteswara Rao (Gtr), 2. Sakal Kumar (Adl), 3. O. Mallikharjun (Gtr).

Girls: U-14: 400m: 1. N. Sushma (Khm), 2. R. Kumari (Kri), 3. G. Snehaja (Hyd); 1000m: 1. P. Jaya Harika (Nlr), 2. K. Sravanthi (Khm), 3. B. Swapna (Mdk); High jump: 1. R. Kumari (Kri), 2. M. Rani (Kadapa), 3. V. Jhansi Lakshmi (WG).

U-12: 80m: 1. N. Srilekha (Khm), 2. B. Sakuntala (Kda), 3. C. Sowjanya (Kda).

U-10: 60m: 1. P. Mounika (Adl), 2. U. Spandana (Khm), 3. P. Ramya (Wgl); 600m: 1. B. Kanakalakshmi (Mdk), 2. R. Sneha (WG), 3. B. Tejasri (Vzg); Shot put: 1. M. Rajitha (Khm), 2. Rafiya (Vzg), 3. A. Mounika (Mdk); Long Jump: 1. U. Spandana (Khm), 2. K. Sirisha (Kri), 3. P. Mounika (Adl).