Date:09/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/09/stories/2008080955931700.htm

Sport - Athletics

Three meet records set

Coimbatore: Three new meet records were set on the opening day of the 20th South Zone junior athletic championship at the Nehru Stadium on Friday.

T. Manisha of Tamil Nadu threw the spear to a distance of 35.17m for a new javelin record in the under-16 girls’ section. She thus erased her own mark of 32.18m set last year.

In the under-18 category, G.M. Aishwarya of Karnataka jumped to a new distance of 6.01m and shattered the old mark of 5.74m set by her State-mate Shilpa Sundar in 2004.

The other record that fell by the wayside came in the under-18 boys’ 1,500m. K. Ramesh of Andhra Pradesh stopped the clock at 4:05:0s and broke a decade old record set by Sammaiah of AP in Pondicherry.

The results:

Boys: U-20: 100m: 1. Hemant Kirulkar (TN) 10.7s, 2. K. Pavan Kumar (AP), 3. D. Suresh Babu (TN). 10,000m: 1. Chandra Bushan (Kar) 33:00.9s, 2. T. Muhammed Ali (Ker), 3. J. Mouli Sab (AP). Discus: Sheetal Kumar (Kar) 44.47m, 2. R. Ramdass (TN), 3. Santhosh Devadas (TN). 1,500m: 1. Yellappa (Kar) 4:01.6s, 2. Sivananda S. Hadappa (Kar), 3. B. Anil Kumar (AP). Long jump: 1. Sobin George (Ker) 7.18m, 2. A. Rositto Sax (TN), 3. S.S. Angelo (Ker).

U-18: 100m: 1. M.M. Sreeraj 10.9s, 2. K. Siva Chidambaram, 3. T. Blesson (Ker). High jump: 1. Nikil Chittarasu (TN) 2.00m, 2. P. Sivanandam (TN), 3. Arun S. Kumar (Ker). Long jump: 1. B. Azarudeen (TN) 7.19m, 2. S. Manivannan (Pud), 3. N. Vinod (AP). 1,500m: 1. K. Ramesh (AP) 4:05.0s (NMR), 2. Jinson Johnson (Ker), 3. Ifthikar Ahmed (Kar).

U-16: 100m: 1. J. John Fredrick (TN) 11.2s, 2. M. Jeffery (TN), 3. Bichu Joseph (Ker). Shot put: 1. R. Devi Sigamani (TN) 12.80m, 2. G.M. Jaswant Kumar (AP), 3. K. Karthik Das (TN). 1,500m: 1. C.H. Yerram Naidu (AP) 4:13.6s, 2. P. Perumal (TN), 3. Shettappa (Kar).

U-14: 100m: 1. J. Ramachandran (TN) 11.6s, 2. P. Mahesh (AP), 3. P. Anburaj (TN).

Girls: U-20: 5,000m: 1. M.V. Remeswari (Ker) 18:40.2s, 2. Manju Mathew (Ker), 3. V. Prabhavathi (AP). 1,500m: 1. L. Surya (TN) 4:52.0s, 2. B.E. Indira (Kar), 3. Manju Mathew (Ker). Javelin throw: 1. K.P. Nirup (Kar) 37.39m, 2. K. Sajitha (Ker), 3. E. Rubi (TN).

U-18: 100m: 1. C. Shilpa (Ker) 12.2s, 2. Rebecca Jose (Kar), 3. R. Kowsalya (TN). Long jump: 1. G.M. Aishwarya (Kar) 6.01m (NMR), 2. Pallavi Sukumar (Kar) 5.75m (BMR), 3. J. Hemasree (TN). High jump: 1. G.M. Aishwarya (Kar) 1.60m, 2. Steny Michael (Ker), 3. K. Anandhi (TN). 1,500m: 1. V.V. Shoba (Ker) 4:48.9s, 2. G. Suvarna (TN), M.D. Thara (Ker).

U-16: 100m: 1. Nirupama Sunderraj (Kar) 12.3s, 2. M. Sushma (AP), K. Manju (Ker). Discus throw: 1. T. Manisha (TN) 37.88m, 2. M.R. Gunasundari (TN), 3. Neena Elizabeth Baby (Ker). High jump: 1. Carol Reyona Monte (Kar) 1.56m, 2. A. Sorna Malathi (TN), 3. Jinu Maria Manuel (Ker). Javelin throw: 1. T. Manisha (TN) 35.17m (NMR), 2. T. Madhu Priya (TN), 3. Reshma Raveendran (Ker).

U-14: Shot put: 1. A. Lakshmi Priya (TN) 9.46m, 2. Athira Muralidharan (Ker), 3. D. Divya (TN). — Sports Reporter