Date:22/11/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2004/11/22/stories/2004112206361800.htm

Sport - Athletics

Vizag regains titles

VISAKHAPATNAM, NOV. 21. Visakhapatnam regained the boys and girls' overall titles after a gap of seven years, by topping the points' tables in the State junior athletic championships 2004-05 that concluded at the Port Stadium here on Sunday.

The results (winners only): Boys: Under-20: R. Sudhakar (Warangal) 200m, Pulla Reddy (RR) 10,000m, S. Krishna Raju (VZM) 110m hurdles, P.V. Mohan (Prakasam) pole-vault, B. Srinivasa Reddy (PKM) triple jump, Y.S. Naidu (VZM) javelin, S. Raju (GNT) hammer throw, B. Srinivas (GNT) decathlon, Khammam (V. Satish, K. Ashok, J. Lenin Babu and Ch. Srinivas) 4x100m relay.

Under-18 yrs: B.P.R.C. Rao (VSP) 200m, V. Veera Raghavan (GNT) 110m hurdles, Md. Abdul Nazeeb (Hyd) triple jump, A. Malleshwara Rao (East Godavari) pole-vault, K. Ramakrishna (Krishna) javelin, Md. Ubed Ul Rehman (Karimnagar) hammer throw, Ch. Rohit (K'nagar) octathlon, Visakhapatnam (T. Harikrishna Reddy, P. Chandrasekhar, S. Srinivasa Rao and BPRC Rao) 4x100m relay.

Under-16: B. Mahender (War) hammer throw, G. Srikanth (VZM) pentathlon, Visakhapatnam (A. Chandrasekhar, Ch. Kishore Kumar, U. Gouri Prasad and N. Rajesh) medley relay.

Girls: Under-20: G. Umadevi (VSP) 200m, P. Jyothi (Nalgonda) 5,000m, G. Hymavathi (Krishna) 110m hurdles, T. Swathi (Krishna) triple jump, K. Bhargavi (Khammam) hammer throw, B. Vijayalakshmi (Krishna) javelin throw, K. Vanaja (KHM) heptathlon, Visakhapatnam (R. Saraswathi, G. Umadevi, K. Meenakumari and Ch. Chanduleela Dantheshwari) 4x400m relay.

Under-18: Sowjanya (SAI SEC, GNT) 200m, K. Mrudula (SAI SEC, HYD) 400m, P. Nookarathna Kumari (VSP) 100m hurdles, Y. Bala Meenakshi (WG) triple jump, P. Asha Mary (GNT) javelin throw, N. Srivalli (West Godavari) discus throw, P. Swaroopa (K'nagar) hammer throw, Visakhapatnam (K. Meenakumari, N. Sudha, P. Nookarathna Kumari and K. Srilakshmi) 4x100m relay, Visakhapatnam (B. Umamaheswari Devi, P. Nookarathna Kumari, K. Meenakumari and N. Sudha) 4x400m relay, J. Mahalakshmi (GNT) heptathlon.

Under-16: G. Venkata Ramanamma (GNT) 100m hurdles and pentathlon, G. Harathi (Hyd) 400m, V. Tejaswani (VSP) discus throw, Visakhapatnam (R. Rajani Devi, Archana Rawath, P. Girija and G. Alekhya) medley relay.

Under-14: R. Veeramma (GNT) triathlon group A.