Date:12/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/12/stories/2008071260561800.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Santosh, Saraswathy bag titles

TIRUVARUR: R. Santosh Kumar of Chennai won 10, 000m gold and D. Saraswathy of Tiruvannamalai bagged the 5,000m gold in the under-20 boys’ and girls’ sections respectively in the opening day of the 23rd Tamil Nadu inter-district junior athletics championship, conducted by Tiruvarur District Athletics Association, here on Friday.

The results:

Boys: U-20: 1500m: 1. M. Jagan (Kancheepuram), 4:15.7s, 2. R. Manoj Kumar (Nilgiris), 3. Mayakrishnan (Cuddalore).

10,000m: 1. R. Santosh Kumar (Chennai), 32:12.8s; 2. G. Lakshmanan (Pudukottai), 3. J. Jayaraj (Tirunelveli). Triple jump: 1. R. Manikandan (Kancheepuram), 14.11m, 2. V.C. Bobin Raj (Chennai), 3. S.M. Kalindeso (Kancheepuram).

U-18:

1500m: 1. S.F. Shijilin (Kanyakumari), 4:17.5s, 2. S. Dharma (Kancheepuram), 3. V. Manjunathan (Krishnagiri). High jump: 1. P. Sivanandam (Vellore), 1.86m, 2. L. Silver Star (Kancheepuram), 3. V.B. Pranav (Kancheepuram).

U-16:

Shot put: 1. R. Deivasigamani (Cuddalore), 12.81m, 2. K. Karthik Das (Dindigul), 3. S.M. Diwahar Raja.

U-14:

Shot put: 1. S. Lakshmanamoorthy (Namakkal), 12.76m, 2. P. Praveen Kumar (Tiruvannamalai), 3. K. Murugesan (Kancheepuram).

Girls:

U-20: 1500m: 1. M. Selvi (Kancheepuram), 5:09.1s, 2. V. Rubadevi (Erode), 3. C. Tamilarsi (Erode).

5000m: 1. D. Saraswathy (Tiruvannamalai), 17:57.5s, 2. C. Tamilarasi (Erode), 3. K. Jothi (Chennai).

Triple jump: 1. P. Subashini (Kancheepuram), 11.50m, 2. P. Radhika (Coimbatore), 3. M. Alagamma (Kancheepuram).

U-16:

High jump: 1. A. Somamalachi (Tuticorin), 1.48m, 2. K. Lavanya (Tirupur), 3. Sophia Lawrence (Tiruvallur).

U-18:

1500m: 1. G. Suvarna (Dharmapuri), 5:02.1s, 2. S. Renuka (Pudukottai), 3. M. Nithya (Kancheepuram).

U-14: Shot put: 1. A. Lakshmi Priya (Kancheepuram), 9.24m, 2. A. Lakshmi Priya (Kancheepuram), 3. G. Divya (Coimbatore).

Stanes in boys’ final

Riding on the brilliance of Kabilan (15 pts) and Ashwin (14 pts), Stanes AIHSS notched up a 56-35 win over Lisieux MHSS and entered the junior boys’ final of the 54th YMCA basketball tournament for the S. Venkatakrishnan Trophy at the YMCA courts in Coimbatore on Friday.

The results:

Boys: Semifinal: Stanes AIHSS 56 (Kabilan 15, Ashwin 14) bt Lisieux 35 (Arun Kumar 13).

Girls: Quarterfinal: Rajalakshmi Mills HSS 20 (Kavya 10) bt Stanes ‘B’ 14.