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Shankar, Sundar & Sneha are champions

By Our Sports Reporter

CHENNAI MAY 12. So many notable performances. Out of which some could have very easily been new meet records only had the officials concerned had taken the necessary steps to possess the earlier records. As a result, the three-day Tamil Nadu Senior State athletics meet concluded at the SDAT-Nehru Stadium here on Sunday, with no (officially confirmed) meet records.

SAF Games gold medallist K. Shankar (Indian Bank) and S.S. Sundar (Southern Railway) shared the men's individual championship, with 14 points each, while R. Sneha Princy (Velammal Prime Sports Academy) with 28 points emerged the women's champion.

Nilgiris DAAA (58 pts) clinched the overall championship for men and VPSA (123 pts) garnered the women's team championship. Southern Railway (171 pts) was adjudged the overall champion.

Undoubtedly, the star today was S. Shanthi (gold in discus throw and hammer throw). Competing in the 800m for the first time, the J.J. College of Arts and Science girl from Pudukottai pipped the much famed N. Tharani (winner of the junior Nationals in January 2002 in Chennai) by two seconds to clinch the gold medal.

Yet another youngster A. Amudha of Velammal Prime Sports Academy came up with her best effort of 1.66m to clinch the first place in the high jump event, relegating S. Sangeetha to the second spot.

Mr. W.I. Davaram, President, TNAAA, at the prize distribution function, accepted responsibility for the association's inability to keep the records. Mr. C. Sylendra Babu, Joint Commissioner of Police, gave away the prizes.

The results:

Men: 200m: 1. S. Venkataraman (ICF) 22.2s; 2. B. Rajesh Premmenth (Tiruchi DAAA) 22.3s; 3. S. Berhobos (Royal AC) 22.4s; 400m hurdles: 1. R. Iyyappan (Kanyakumari DAAA) 55.3s; 2. A. Gopinath (Royal AC) 55.7s; 3. S. Babu (Royal AC) 55.8s; 800m: 1. S.S. Sundar (S. Rly) 1:52.4s; 2. P. Francis Sagayaraj (Tiruchi DAAA) 1:54.3s; 3. K.J. Santhosh (ICF) 1:54.5s; 4x400m relay: 1. S. Rly 3:26.2s; 2. Royal AC 3:26.7s; 3. Nilgiris DAAA 3:27.1s; 3000m Steeplechase: 1. A.R. Suraj (Nilgiris DAAA) 9:44.8s; 2. P. Gobi (Kovai AC) 9:56.3s; 3. C. Sivanandam (Karur DAAA) 9:59.8s; 5000m: 1. K. Shankar (Indian Bank) 14:43.23s; 2. Sathish Kumar (Nilgiris DAAA) 14:47.60s; 3. Nagendra Rao (Nilgiris DAAA) 14:54.10s; Shot put: 1. S. Doss (Kanchipuram DAAA) 14.20m; 2. Sarfraz Nawas 13.79m; 3. Edwin Pushparaj (GESC) 12.61m; Hammer throw: 1. G. Jayaseelan (KK District) 50.46m; 2. S. Viswanath (GESC) 45.34m; 3. Johnson Jacob (Nilgiris DAAA) 45.18m; Decathlon 1. P.J. Victor Jeba Singh (Sports Hostel of Excellence) 5838 pts; 2. Vijay Arul Raj (City Police) 5554 pts; 3. L. Ramakrishnan (GESC) 5388 pts.

Women: 200m: 1. Priya Rose (S. Rly) 25.0s; 2. K.N. Priya (VPSA) 25.2s; 3. N. Tharani (S. Rly) 25.3s; 400m hurdles: 1. Roselin Arokya Mary (S. Rly) 1:03.1s; 2. D. Keerthana (Velammal Prime Sports Academy) 1:05.0s; 3. K.S. Vinitha Devi (VPSA) 1:08.0s; 4x400m relay: 1. S. Rly 3:57.2s; 2. Velammal PSA 4:08.5s; 3. Run Bird AC 4:35.3s; 800m: 1. S. Shanthi (Pudukottai DAAA) 2:18.0s; 2. N. Tharani (S. Rly) 2:18.2s; 3. K. Krishna Veni 2:22.1s; 10000m: 1. S. Ramya (Pudukottai DAAA) 41:53.4s; 2. Pangadjme (Southern Railway) 43:21.5s; 3. R. Panchali (VPSA) 44:17.6s; Triple jump: 1. M. Krishna Priya (Dindigul District) 12.67m; 2. K.N. Priya (VPSA) 12.13m; 3. A. Amutha (VPSA) 11.99m; Shot put: 1. N. Latha (Southern Railway) 14.97m; 2. A. Saravani (Kanchipuram DAAA) 10.79m; 3. R. Sneha Princy (VPSA) 9.76m; Hammer throw: 1. Shanthi (GESC) 41.40m; 2. G. Subha (Kovai AC) 39.68m; 3. Tamilarasi (S. Rly) 37.39m; High jump: 1. A. Amudha (VPSA) 1.66m; 2. M. Sangeetha (SBOA Mat. SC) 1.63m; 3. K. Sangeetha (VPSA) 1.60m; Heptathlon: 1. R. Sneha Princy (VPSA) 4564 pts; 2. Roselin Arokia Mary (S. Rly) 4136 pts; 3. B. Praveena (SBOA Mat. SC) 3522 pts.

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