Bopanna, Padmini bag top honours on opening day

DYES Mysore's Uma PS sets new shot put record

Fusion Athletica’s Bopanna GN and Padmini MG bagged the top honours in the 100 metres men’s and women’s races on the opening day of the Karnataka State Junior and Senior Athletics Championship at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Thursday.

The 25-year-old Bopanna clocked 10.40 seconds to emer­ge victorious while Padmini powered to victory in a time of 12.00 seconds, warding off a stiff challenge from Bhuvi Shankar of Alva’s, who finished 0.2 seconds behind for the silver.

In the girls’ under-20 shot put, Uma PS of DYES, Mysore, clinched the gold with an effort of 13.03 metres, erasing the meet record of 12.47 metres set by TP Preeti in 1993.

A first year Student from Teresian College, Mysore, the 18-year-old Uma’s previous laurels include a gold medal in Rural Nationals held in Kolkata in the year 2012-13 and a second place finish in the Pre-University Nationals in Ranchi in February, this year.

In the men’s high jump, Supreeth Raj of Dakshina Kannada emerged winner, clearing 2.10 metres. 

Results: Men: 100M: Bopanna GN (Fusion Athletica) 10.40, 1; Vaishak V (Alva’s) 10.60, 2; Sanjay Gowda 10.70, 3.
800M: Vishwambhar (Railways) 1:58.6, 1; Bharath KA (Alva’s) 1:58.8, 2; Vinay N (Jain College) 1:59.8, 3.
High jump: Supreeth Raj (DK) 2.10, 1; Chethan B (Alva’s) 2.05, 2; Ravi TS (Mysore) 1.75, 3.
Boys: U-20: High jump: Ramesh BS (Alva’s) 1.90, 1; Pramod SS (Shimoga) 1.85, 2; Durgesh (Udupi) 1.80, 3.
U-18: Discus throw: Sharath Babu RP (Alva’s) 41.9, 1; Vivek S Adiga (Alva’s) 41.29, 2; Surya Prakash M (DYSS, Bangalore) 40.50, 3.
High jump: Nithin K (Alva’s) 1.85, 1; Preran M (BSC) 1.80, 2; Ravi Teja DS (YSC) 1.80, 3.
U-16: 1000M: Laxmana (DYSS, Vidyanagar) 2:44.7, 1; Mokshith (DYSS, Kudige) 2:46.0, 2; Shankar (DYSS, Kudige) 2:46.0, 3.
Women: 100M: Padmini MG (Fusion Athletica) 12.00, 1; Bhuvi Shankar (Alva’s) 12.2, 2; Akshatha (SDM, Ujjire) 13.3, 3.
800M: Shruthi KC (South Western Railways) 2:21.9, 1; Jyothi Kolekar (South Western Railways) 2:23.9, 2.
High jump: Abhinaya Shetty (Alva’s) 1.50, 1; Harshini Kumari (LIC) 1.45, 2.
Shot put: Suma Gopalakrishna (Canara Bank) 10.87, 1; Sujatha Nayak (Canara Bank) 7.10, 2; Priya Shankar (Yuva, Bangalore) 6.59, 3.
Javelin throw: Priyanka BT (Alva’s) 34.14, 1; Deeksha K (Alva’s) 30.27, 2; Shantha (SDM College) 25.49, 3.
Girls: U-20: 800M: Archana Appaiah (Fusion Athletica) 2:17.3, 1; Priyanka V (DYSS) Mysore 2:21.8, 2; Uma Bhagyalakahmi (DKAA) 2:23.9, 3.
Javelin throw: Chetana AD (Alva’s) 34.14, 1; Deeksha K (aLVA’S) 30.37, 2; Akshatha S (SDM, Ujire) 29.50, 3.
Shot put: Uma PS (DYES, Mysore) 13.03 (NMR) (OMR, 12.47 TP Preeti 1993), 1; Ranjana Bhadri (SAI, Dharwad) 11.00, 2; Tanya Robbins (Jain University) 8.52, 3.
U-18: 800M: Poornima C (Alva’s) 2:27.1, 1; Ashwini MH (SP School, Kudige) 2:29.9, 2; Sinchana HS (Alva’s) 2:31.2, 3.
Javelin throw: Kannika M (Alva’s) 33.65, 1; Jagrithi K (ASF) 30.28, 2; Dharani Kallappa K (Alva’s) 30.28, 3.  
High jump: PK Tejaswi (Indo German) 1.49, 1; G Annapurna (YSC) 1.47, 2; Babitha (SDM, Ujire) 1.45, 3.
Medley relay: Alva’s 2:27.86, 1; SAI, Bangalore 2:29.56, 2; SDM, Ujire 2:33.28, 3.
U-16: 1000M: Jayalakshmi (Alva’s) 3:06.5, 1; Manya KM (DYSS, Vidyanagar) 3:08.2, 2; Harshitha K (Alva’s) 3:10.3, 3.
Javelin throw: Vaibhavi VB (UK) 26.86, 1; Soujanya (Alva’s) 25.08, 2; Janaki Ram (UK) 19.80, 3.
Medley relay: DYSS, Vidyanagar 2:24.47, 1; Alva’s 2:26.75, 2; Sports Club, Kodagu 2:27.36, 3.