Date:18/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/18/stories/2008101851931800.htm

Sport - Sports : General

PSGCAS wins men’s overall championship

Coimbatore: PSG College of Arts and Science (74 pts) and PSGR Krishnammal (58 pts) emerged the men’s and women’s overall champion in the Bharathiar University inter-collegiate athletic championship at the Nehru Stadium here on Friday.

R. Rajesh of Government Arts College and Sajitha Banu of PSGR Krishnammal tallied 15 and 20 points for the individual championship in their respective categories.

The results:

Men:

200m: 1. K.S. Peter (PSGCAS) 22.6s, 2. A. Suresh (STC), 3. S. Vasanthakumar (STC). 800m: 1. C. Sanoj (Dr. NGP) 2:00.2s, 2. K. Uma Farook (GAC, Ooty), 3. M.M. Vinoth Kumar (Nandha CAS). 10,000m: 1. R. Rajesh (GAC, Cbe) 31:34.6s (NMR), 2. M. Rajesh (Dr. NGP), 3. Dinesh (GAC, Ooty). 400m hurdles: 1. R. Sathish Kumar (PSGCAS) 55.7s (NMR), 2. T. Saravanan (Dr. NGP), 3. N. Meenakshi Sundaram (PSGCAS). Long jump: 1. C. Sachin (Dr. NGP) 6.42m, 2. K.S. Peter (PSGCAS), 3. S. Hemraj (Dr. NGP). Pole vault: 1. P. Chinnakkaruppiah (SRMV) 3.10m, 2. P. Santhosh Kumar (Dr. NGP), 3. Cyril Anthony Gonsalves (SNMV). Discus: 1. S.K. Premkumaran (PSGCAS) 33.62m, 2. A. Stephen (STC), 3. Moses Jebaraja (PSGCAS). Decathlon: 1. T. Saravanan (Dr. NGP) 5864 (NMR), 2. S. Hemraj (Dr. NGP), 3. N. Pradeep (STC). Individual champion: R. Rajesh (GAC, Cbe) 15 pts. Overall champion: PSGCAS 74 pts.

Women:

200m: R. Sajitha Banu (PSGRK) 25.6s, 2. Sasireka (Bharathiar), 3. A. Saranya (Dr. NGP). 800m: 1. V.R. Rupadevi (Kongu CAS) 2:24.8s, 2. S. Padmavathi (Dr. NGP), K. Kalaiarasi (STC). 10,000m: 1. S. Padmavathi (Dr. NGP) 41:26.5s, 2. R. Ishwarya (Nirmala), 3. K. Revathi (PKR). 400m hurdles: 1. R. Sajitha Banu (PSGRK) 1:06.2s, 2. M. Uma Maheswari (Nirmala), 3. S. Sivapriya (Nirmala). Long jump: 1. G. Nandhini (PSGRK) 5.41m, 2. Thosny Felix (PSGCAS), 3. P. Radhika (Nirmala). Heptathlon: 1. K. Usha (PKR) 2494, 2. Sasirekha (Bharathiar), 3. A. Sante Jenitha (Nirmala). Pole vault: 1. Kamalam (Bharathiar) 1.58m, 2. P. Malathi (Nirmala), 3. Vishnu Priya (Bharathiar). Individual champion: Sajitha Banu (PSGRK) 20 pts. Overall champion: PSGR Krishnammal 58 pts.