Nandini C of Arjun Track and Field (Bangalore) won the long jump event in the girls under-20 category on the opening day of the 23rd State junior athletic championships here on Monday.
Nandini cleared 5.13 metres to win the gold medal, ahead of Shobha Basappa Mantur (Bagalkote) and Yashodha Gundar (Dharwad), who took silver and bronze respectively.
In the boys U-18 discus throw event, Ashton Coelho of Dakshina Kannada district took the gold with a throw of 44.26M. He missed the record by 0.6M.
Tippanna (Dharwad), with 41.76M, and Robin K Francis (YSC, Bangalore), with a throw of 33.18M, claimed silver and bronze respectively.
Results:
Boys: U-20: 800M: Rajanna (SAI, Bangalore, 1:58.09) 1; Gangadhar (Udupi, DK, 2:01.09) 2; Basappa (Dharwad, 2:05.04) 3. 5000M: Yellappa Bhramanavar (Gokak,16:12.05) 1; B Rakesh (Arjun T&F, Bangalore, 16:14.09) 2; Nanda Gopal BR (Arjun T&F, Bangalore, 16:23.01) 3. Javelin throw: Prasanna Kumar (Udupi, 53.05M) 1; Anand V Haveri (Dharwad, 52.10M) 2; Nagesh (Udupi, 46.65M) 3. 4x400M relay: Mysore (3:38.08, Pawan, Punith, Bharath Nag, Manjunath) 1; MEG, Bangalore (3:47.08, Amaresh, Sudheer, Sharan Augustin, Seeni Kudike) 2; Belgaum (4:03.4, YS Anilkumar, UP Patil, G Rajendra Babu, Santhosh Kumar) 3.
U-18: 800M: Chinnappa Gowda (Gadag, 1:59.35) 1; Iftikar Ahmed (DYSS, Bangalore, 2:01.02) 2; Praveen Kumar (Dharwad, 2:02.04). 4x400M relay: Dakshina Kannada (3:33.00, Nishchit, J Shetty, Manju MR, Prajwal M) 1; DYSS, Bangalore (3:36.00, Babu, Sohail Iftikar Rehman, Manju Kumar, Mubeshi) 2; SAI, Dharwad (3:38.04, Ravindra, PK Gowda, Harsha, Krishna) 3. Long jump: Arshad (DYSS, Bangalore, 6.64M) 1; J Binu John (Arjun Track and Field, Bangalore, 6.46M) 2; Pundalik ML (Dharwad, 6.17M) 3.
U-16: 800M: Guruprasad MK (DYSS, Vidyanagar, 2:03.02) 1; Karthik (St Philomena’s, Puttur, 2:03.3) 2; Prathap (SAI, Shimoga, 2:07.09) 3. High jump: S Harshath (Bangalore SC, 1.62M) 1; Avinash Gonli (Chandargi SC, 1.52M) 2; Harsha Vardhana (Chandargi SC, Bangalore, 1.46M) 3. Shot put: Abhishek B (YSC, Bangalore, 12.65M) 1; Vijay Babu (YSC, Bangalore, 11.35M) 2; Amith (Dakshina Kannada, 11.30M) 3. Discus throw: Ashton Coelho (Dakshina Kannada, 44.26M) 1; Tippanna (SAI, Dharwad, 41.76M) 2; Robin K Francis (33.18M) 3.
Girls: U-20: 800M: Mangala S (SAI, Dharwad, 2:19.02) 1; Indira B (SAI, Dharwad, 2:19.03) 2. Long jump: Nandini C (Arjun T&F, Bangalore, 5.13M) 1; Shoba Basappa Mantur (Bagalkote, 4.45M) 2; Yashodha Gundar (Dharwad, 3.92M) 3. U-16: 800M: Swetha Sitaram (SAI, Shimoga, 2:27.3) 1; Vishalakshi (DYSS, Vidyanagar, 2:30.00) 2; Suma (Madikeri, 2:30.08) 3. High Jump: Rohini Rao (Bangalore, 1.38M) 1; Anusha NR (Bangalore, 1.38M) 2; Sumithra Prabhu (1.35M, Coorg) 3.
U-18: 100M: Sangeetha K (Rai Club, Bangalore, 14.1 sec) 1; Savithri ND (Dharwad, 14.9) 2. 800M: AK Shruthi (SAI, Medikeri, 2:20.03) 1; Poonam Yellappa (DYSS, Mysore, 2:25.00) 2; Anitha N (SAI, Dharwad, 2:27.08) 3. Discus throw: S Sushma (DYSS, Mysore, 29.77M) 1; Sharmila Kantha (DYSS, Mysore, 25.06M) 2; Shaha Jahani (DYSS, Mysore, 23.16M) 3. High jump: Prathana Nanaiah (SAI, Bangalore, 1.53M) 1; Padwika G Milli (Haveri,1.41M) 2; Jyothishree (Mysore, 1.23M) 3.
