Date:05/01/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/01/05/stories/2007010513452000.htm

Sport - Athletics

Al Ameen wins men's team title

Principal Correspondent

BANGALORE: The Al Ameen quartet in the longer relay (4x400m) — G.K. Adhithya, A.P. Chirag, S.K. Prakash and K. Srinivas — established the lone record of the meet, stopping the clock at 3:26.9 seconds, as the curtains came down on the 42nd Bangalore University inter-collegiate athletic championship here on Thursday.

The earlier mark too stood in the name of Al Ameen College at 3:27.09 secs.

Al Ameen extended its hold on the men's team championship with 69 points for the 21st year in succession, while Sri Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain College annexed the women's title (46 points).

The results: Winners only:

Men: 100m: 1. Mohd. Mudassir (Al Ameen) 10.7s; 400m: 1. Jayaprakash C. Shetty (SBM Jain) 49.4s; 1500m: K. Srinivas (Al Ameen) 4:10.3s; 110m hurdles: 1. B.S. Ranjith Kumar (Vivekananda) 16.0s; Long jump: 1. Sachin Francis (Al Ameen) 6.65m; Pole vault: 1. Jose George (Kristu Jayanti) 3.30m; Shot put: 1. Manoj P. Kamath (Surana) 11.20m; 4x100m relay: 1. Al Ameen (42.9s); 4x400m relay: 1. Al Ameen (3:26.9s — NMR, Old: 3:27.09 secs, Al Ameen); Decathlon: 1. Nandish (Al Ameen) 4996 points. Half-marathon: 1. M.N. Arun (RBANMS) 1 hr 13:13 secs; Individual championship: M.N. Arun (RBANMS) 15 points.

Women: 100m: G. Bindu Rani (SBM Jain) 12.3s; 400m: 1. G. Bindu Rani (SBM Jain) 59.7s; 5000m: 1. Jyothi Kolekar (Al Ameen) 19:36.2s; Javelin: 1. Shilpa Sundar (Mount Carmel) 25.80m; 4x100m relay: 1. SBM Jain (55.1s); 4x400m relay: 1. Vidya Vahini (4:36.0s); Heptathlon: 1. N. Meenakshi (Maharani Science) 1244 points; Half-marathon: C.S. Sumitha (Al Ameen) 1 hr 35:10.2 secs; Individual championship: Shilpa Sundar (Mount Carmel).