Nirupama signs off on a high

Powerhouse Kerala retain overall championship; hosts finish fifth

Nirupama, who won the 100M title on Thursday, was at ease in the girls’ under-20 200M final, clocking 24.28 seconds for the gold.

In the process, Nirupama erased the five-year-old meet record of 24.83 that stood in the name of Maria James of Kerala. The twin golds helped the 18-year-old sprinter from Karnataka bag the best athlete award in the girls’ under-20 category with 1038 points. Nirupama thus repeated the feat she had achieved last year in Warangal.

Later, Nirupama anchored the 4x100M relay team to silver in 48.38 seconds.
Host athletes Vidya Sagar (under-20 boys’ 200M), Anitha N (under-20 girls’ 400M), Arpitha (under-18 girls’ 400M hurdles), Sharada S Desai (under-18 girls’ 3000M) and Varsha R (under-16 girls’ 200M) pocketed a silver each while Carl Denis Britto (under-20 boys’ triple jump), Shruthi KC (under-20 girls’ 800M) and Zeen Lassyy Oliveira (under-16 girls’ high jump) bagged the bronze on the final day.

Kerala took home the overall title with 28 gold, 19 silver and 23 bronze while Karnataka finished fifth (5 gold, 19 silver and 13 bronze). The Kerala girls made a clean sweep of team championship titles while their boys failed to grab any of the four crowns on offer. Eight National records and four meet marks were also obliterated on Saturday.

Results: Boys: U-20: 200M: Manish (Har) 21.85S, 1; Vidya Sagar (Kar) 22.27, 2; Shahansha KS (Ker) 22.30, 3. 800M: Jinson Johnson (Ker) 1:52.49, 1; Dattatray Zodge (Mah) 1:52.85, 2; S Arokiaraj (TN) 1:53.58, 3. 400M hurdles: Ramashankar Bharati (Mah) 53.46S, 1; Kuldip Singh (Guj) 53.65, 2; Ranjeet Kumar (Raj) 53.84, 3. 3000M steeplechase: Jiyalal Bind (MP) 9:30.85, 1; Satvender Kumar Patel (UP) 9:33.91, 2; Ram Milan Singh (UP) 9:35.66, 3. Triple jump: Arpinder Singh (Pun) 16.45M. National record (Old: 16.06, Renjith Maheswary, Ker, 2004) 1; J Surendhar (TN) 15.81, 2; Carl Denis Britto (Kar) 15.26, 3. Shot put: Gurwant Singh (Pun) 17.37M, 1; Umesh Kumar (Har) 17.16, 2; Deepak Kumar (Har) 16.99, 3. 4x100M relay: Kerala (41.64S) 1; Haryana (42.41) 2; Karnataka (42.67) 3.

U-18: 200M: Pratik Ninave (Mah) 22.22S, 1; M Sathvaseelam (TN) 22.26, 2; Sanjeev (Har) 22.44, 3. 3000M: Inderjeet (UP) 8:25.91. NR (Old: 8:27.31, Inderjeet Patel, UP, 2010) 1; Rahul Kumar Pal (Mah) 8:36.47, 2; Utara Pal (UP) 8:38.48, 3. 400M hurdles: Durgesh Kumar Pal (Mah) 51.74M. New meet record (Old: 53.14, Shejil Varghese, Ker, 2006) 1; Ajaykumar Mishra (Mah) 52.72, 2; Bastin Joseph (Ker) 54.08, 3. Javelin throw: Manoj Yadav (UP) 71.96M. NR (Old: 71.52, Rohit Kumar, UP, 2008) 1; Virender Kumar Singh (UP) 67.99, 2; Lalit Khatri (Del) 67.75, 3. Hammer throw: Ali Ahmed (UP) 64.34M, 1; Gaurav Bhardwaj (UP) 61.69, 2; Deepak Kumar (Har) 61.21, 3. Shot put: Surender Singh (Har) 16.98M, 1; Atam Parkash (Har) 16.77, 2; Ravi Parmar (MP) 16.61, 3. Pole vault: Parmender Patel (UP) 4.70M. NR (Old: 4.30, Parminder KR Patel, UP, 2008) 1; Kundan (Har) 4.00, 2; V Vignesh (TN) 3.90, 3.

U-16: 200M: Kamberdeep Singh (Pun) 22.33S. NR (Old: 23.03, Jatin Jain, Pun, 2009) 1; Arjun Khokhar (Har) 22.46, 2. BMR; L Ramachandran (TN) 22.80, 3. BMR. High jump: Ajay (Har) 1.91M, 1; Rahul (Del) 1.91, 2; Sreenith Mohan (Ker) 1.88, 3.

U-14: Long jump: Ashaful Mondal (WB) 6.62M. NR (Old: 6.33, Anburaja, TN, 2008) 1; Saurabh Rajput (MP) 6.14, 2; B Ramesh (AP) 6.01, 3.

Girls: U-20: 200M: Nirupama Sunderraj (Kar) 24.28S (clocked 24.76 in heats). New Meet
Record (Old: 24.83, Maria James, Ker, 2005) 1; Chhavi Sharawat (UP) 25.10, 2; Arya C (Ker) 25.20, 3. 800M: Anju (Har) 2:13.81, 1; Ritu (Har) 2:13.94, 2; Shruthi KC (Kar) 2:14.79, 3. Long jump: Shraddha Ghule (Mah) 6.30M. NR (Old: 6.25, Ruta Patkar, Mah) 1; Neena V (Ker) 6.19, 2; Tanjila Khatun (WB) 6.10, 3. 400M hurdles: Anju Rani (Har) 1:02.56, 1; Anitha N (Kar) 1:02.61, 2; Tinu Jacob (Ker) 1:05.14, 3. Discus throw: Parmila (Har) 49.10M. NMR (Old: 48.74, Saroj, Har, 1999) 1; U Vasumathy (TN) 44.25, 2; Santosh Kumar (Har) 40.43, 3. 4x100M relay: Kerala (48.38S) 1; Karnataka (48.76) 2; Tamil Nadu (49.16) 3.

U-18: 200M: Renjitha C (Ker) 24.79S. NMR (Old: 25.00, Chitra Soman, Ker, 2001), 1; Ammu K (Ker) 24.89, 2; G Mounika (AP) 24.91, 3. 3000M: Sahanara Md Kalam (WB) 10:29.53, 1; Sharada S Desai (Kar) 10:37.25, 2; P Dhanapriya (TN) 10:42.31, 3. 400M hurdles: Anu R (Ker) 1:02.65, NR (Old: 1:03.43, Geetha Roby, Ker) 1; Arpitha (Kar) 1:02.94, 2. BMR; M Sushma (AP) 1:04.06, 3.

U-16: 200M: Ruma Sarkar (WB) 25.42S, 1; Varsha R (Kar) 25.78, 2; Hemashree Roy (WB) 25.98, 3. High jump: Merlin (Ker) 1.56M, 1; Akshaya Susan Thomas (Ker) 1.53, 2; Zeen Lassyy Oliveira (Kar) 1.50, 3.

Overall champions: Kerala (28 gold, 19 silver, 23 bronze).

Team championships: Boys: Haryana (10g, 20s, 8b); Girls: Kerala (21g, 15s, 11b).
Boys: U-20: Haryana (5g, 5s, 4b). U-18: Maharashtra (7g, 2s, 1b). U-16: Uttar Pradesh (3g, 1s, 1b). U-14: West Bengal (2g, 1b).

Girls: U-20: Kerala (6g, 4s, 6b). U-18: Kerala (8g, 4s, 3b). U-16: Kerala (5g, 7s, 1b). U-14: Kerala (2g, 1b).

Individual championships: Boys: U-20: Arbinder Singh (Pun, 1096 points). U-18: K Prem Kumar (TN, 1096). U-16: Shuvhendu Mishra (UP, 931). U-14: Shakti Solanki (Del) 982.
Girls: U-20: Nirupama Sunderraj (Kar, 1038 points). U-18: Anu R (Ker, 999). U-16: Dutee Chand (Ori, 1026). U-14: R Mac Farlane (TN, 949).