Date:01/12/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/12/01/stories/2007120157172200.htm

Sport - Athletics

Vishnu Dev emerges fastest

KOCHI: A couple of hours after breaking his own year-old senior boys’ javelin record, Vaduthala Chinmaya’s Vishnu R. Dev emerged the fastest boy in the 25th Dr K.M. Munshi memorial inter-school athletics meet at the Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir, Eroor, on Friday.

St. Peter’s, Kadayiruppu, led the opening day’s points table with 62.5 points, while Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir (Elamakkara, 59) and host Bhavan’s (Eroor, 58.5) were close behind.

The two-day meet, which has attracted over 1,00 children, was inaugurated by S. Anantha Narayanan, Director of NPOL.

The winners: Boys: Seniors: Vishnu R. Dev (100m, Chinmaya, Vaduthala, 11.8s); Vishnu Dev (javelin, Chinmaya, 51.56m, new record, OR, own, 50.17m, 2006); Karthik Rana (long jump, BVB, Kodunganoor, 5.49 m).

Juniors: Abhishek Srinivasan (100m, Bhavan’s Adarsha, Kakkanad, 12.3s); T.M. Sooraj (long jump, Christava Mahilalayam, 4.98); Arun Mathew (discus, St. Peter’s, Kadayiruppu, 31.65m).

Sub-juniors: Gourisankar Chandrasekharan (high jump, BVM, Thiruvankulam, 1.26m); Geomon George (long jump, St. Peter’s, 4.44m); Thomas Oommen George (shot put, BVM, Elamakkara, 7.37m).

Kiddies: Melvin Thomas Varghese (100m, Christava Mahilalayam, 15.1s); Kurian Bincy (long jump, Chinmaya, Vaduthala, 4.02m), Sanjay Shaji (high jump, BVB, Kodungallur, 1.17m).

Girls: Seniors: Poornima Mahadevan (100m, BVM, Eroor, 14s); Chippy Joseph (discus, St. Peter’s, 20.64m).

Juniors: L.B. Revathy (100m, BVM, Eroor, 14.1s); Vaishnavi V. Tantry (high jump, BVM, Girinagar, 1.34m); Jewel Jacob (shot put, MG Public School, Ambadimala, 7.33m).

Sub-juniors: Gouri S. Kumar (long jump, Bhavan’s, Kodungalloor, 3.79m); Anna M. Bose (high jump, St. Peter’s, 1.12m); Yamuna Menon (shot put, Bhavan’s Munshi Vidyashram, 6.19m).

Kiddies: Shilpa Jaby (100m, St. Peter’s, 16.4s); Maria Teresa (high jump, Vidyodaya, Thevakkal, 1.04m); Nalina Biju (shot put, The Choice, 4.38m); Merin Sabu (long jump, BVM, Velloor, 3.10m). — Principal Correspondent