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Kerala asserts its supremacy
By Our Special Correspondent
The triumphant Kerala team, the overall champions of the National inter-state junior athletics meet which concluded in Chennai on Sunday.
CHENNAI, JAN, 13. Amidst a carnival atmosphere, the five-day National inter-state junior athletics meet concluded at the JN Stadium with Kerala asserting its hegemony for the fifth time in a row, underlining the range and depth of the talent available in the State, with a tally of 378 points, followed by Tamil Nadu at 347.5.
In retaining the team championship won amidst a touch of controversy last time at Bangalore, the Kerala competitors confirmed yet again why they are in the forefront of competitive athletics in the country.
Uttar Pradesh claimed the team championship for boys with an aggregate of 171.5 points, while Kerala, expectedly, took the top spot among the states for the girls category totalling a whopping 259 points.
Uttar Pradesh's Suman Devi returned a creditable performance in javelin throw (under 20) with a splendid effort of 48.88m, improving her previous best by 3.89m set at Bangalore last year. A product of the School of Excellence from Lucknow, Suman, coached by J.S. Bhatia, is a second year undergraduate.
Kerala's E.C. Kunjumol expanded the triple jump mark in girls under 20 with a distance of 12.67m, which was 0.27m more than the previous best of Kalpana Das of West Bengal set at Salem in 2000.
Exemplary too was the performance of S. Geetha of Andhra Pradesh, who completed a hat-trick of gold medals on Sunday winning the 200 metres. Earlier, she had won the 100 metres and 400 metres.
Mr. T. Martin, Managing Director, Best & Co. (Coimbatore) was the chief guest along with Mr. Lalit Bhanot, Secretary, Amateur Athletics Federation of India. Mr. Walter I. Dawaram, President, Tamil Nadu Amateur Athletics Association, gave away the trophies and certificates.
Cash prizes (Rs. 2,000 each) were awarded for the competitors who established new marks. Nineteen records were broken during the course of the meet.
The results: Boys: under-20: pole vault: 1. Naseemudin (UP) (4.05m), 2. K.K. Biju (Ker) (4.05m), 3. Gajanan Kumar Upadyaya (Bih) (4.05m). Hammer throw: 1. Kulvinder Singh (Pjb) (59.03m), 2. Ashish Kumar Singh (UP) (54.87m), 3. Himanshu Misra (UP) (53.91m). 200 metres: 1. Jagpreet Singh (Pjb) (22.04s), 2. Rajib Kumar Rana (Ori) (22.17s), 3. Ramnik Singh (Del) (22.25s). 4x400 relay: 1. Punjab (3:17.6s), 2. Kerala (3:18.3s), 3. Tamil Nadu (3:20s).
Under-18: hammer throw: 1. Madhu Kumar (Har) (52.56m), 2. Minto Ahlawat (UP) (49.54m), 3. Moha Naseemudin (UP) (49.22m). 200 metres: 1. Surender Singh (Har) (22.07s), 2. Rajesh Prem (TN) (22.34s), 3. Vishal Saxena (UP) (22.60s). 4x400 relay: 1. Andhra Pradesh (3:18.78s), 2. Orissa (3:19.48s), 3. Kerala (3:19.48s). Heptathlon: 1. S. Krishna Raju (AP) (6145 points), 2. M. Palani Kumar (TN) (5874), 3. N. Raja (TN) (5690).
Under-16: 5km. walk: 1. M. Lokendra Singh (Mani) (22:48.2s. NMR), 2. Sandeep (Delhi) (23:12.1s), 3. Anil Kumar (Har) (23:15.9s). High jump: 1. Jeethu Mathai (Ker) (1.83m), 2. Madhvi Durja Ram (Mah) (1.81m), 3. Rajesh Kumar (Har) (1.81m). Pentathlon: 1. S. Basil Paul (Ker) (4305. NMR), 2. Baidyanath (WB) (4284), 3. K. Shivanagaraju (AP) (4249).
Under-14: Triathlon: 1. Jinesh Ashraff (Ker) (2449), 2. Lakhan Mardi (Jhar) (2415), 3. Satinder (UP) (2403).
Girls: under-20: Triple Jump: 1. E.C. Kunjumol (Ker) (12.67m, NMR), 2. K.N. Priya (TN) (12.65s), 3. Noosheen Rajindran (TN) (12.37m). 10,000 metres: 1. Rupinder Kaur (UP) (38:11.68s), 2. Paso Heima Devi (Mani) (38:18.31s), 3. Manju Kumari (HP) (38:36.93s). Javelin throw: 1. Suman Devi (UP) (48.88m), 2. M.K. Prajisha (Ker) (43.20m), 3. P.J. Sheena (Ker) (38.84m). 200 metres: 1. S. Geetha (AP) (24.83s), 2. Dipti Jose (Ker) (24.97s), 3. Muthulakshmi (TN) (25.07s). 4x400 relay: 1. Tamil Nadu (3:50.15s), 2. Kerala (3:50.20s), 3. Karnataka (3:50.81s). Heptathlon: 1. Manju Poulose (Ker) (4534 points), 2. S. Bindu Sree Madhavi (AP) (4517), 3. Ramya Raghunath (Mah) (4002).
Under-18: Long jump: 1. Nabanita Ghosh (WB) (5.76m), 2. A. Amudha (TN) (5.56m), 3. Salamna Antony (Ker) (5.52m). 3,000 metres: 1. Iqbal Kaur (Pjb) (10.27m), 2. Renuka Gupta (Mah) (10:29.25s), 3. C.V. Reimol (Ker) (10:31.88s). 200 metres: 1. T. Swaroopa (Kar) (25.37s), 2. V.D. Suila (Ker) (25.38m), 3. Pavneet Kaur (Del) (25.80m). 4x400 relay: 1. Kerala (3:53.67s), 2. Karnataka (3:56.70s), 3. Tamil Nadu (3:59.20s). Heptathlon: 1. A. Amudha (TN) (4121 points), 2. Salamma Antony (Ker) (3830), 3. Semi Sebastian (3646).
Under-16: Discus throw: 1. Indu Bala (Har) (34.35m), 2. Priyanka (Har) (33.70m), 3. Arpita Rai (Kar) (32.25m). Long jump: 1. P. Lakshmi (TN) (5.42m), 2. K. Revathy (TN) (5.41m), 3. Reshmi Bose (Ker) (5.28m). Shotput: 1. Aplesh (Har) (10.96m), 2. Priyanka (Har) (9.92m), Arpita Rai (Kar) (9.55m). Pentathlon: 1. Sabina Khatu (WB) (2615 points), 2. K. Revathy (TN) (2571), 3. T. Bindu (TN) (2560).
Under-14: 1. Safina Khatum (WB) (1754 points), 2. K. Priyadarshini (TN) (1730), 3. Vani (TN) (1576).
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