Fighting Hemanth grabs 200M title

Elizabeth pockets shot put crown

20-year-old Hemanth, who came up with his personal best of 23.3 sesonds to pocket the yellow metal, was overjoyed with his feat and said he saw it coming. “I had a tough rival from Belgaum (Abhishek) but I was confident of a gold medal here,’’ he added. The third-year mechanical engineering student managed to retain his nerve towards the end of the race as he just about managed to outwit Abhishek P (23.4s) of KLE College of Engineering. Satyanarayan VV of SG Balekundri Institute of Technology won the bronze (23.5s).

The highlight of the day in the women’s section was Harshitha Manikantha (5:56.7s) of Government Engineering College, Ramanagara, romping home with the 1500m gold. Manasa B (6:06.3) of Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering grabbed the silver while Archana Suregaonkar of MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology bagged the bronze (6:19.2s).
Results: Men: 110m hurdles: Rakshith Shetty (SCEM) 16.8s, 1; Ashish GJ (NMIT) 17.1s, 2; Hemachandra B (SJEC) 17.5s, 3. 200m: Hemanth BC (MVIT) 23.3s, 1; Abhishek P (KLECET) 23.4s, 2; Satyanarayan VV (SGBIT) 23.5s, 3. 10,000m: Shivakumar SB (BVBCET) 36:29.7s, 1; Santosh Kumar Naik (MSRIT) 36:52.9s, 2; Mantosh Kumar (JNNCE) 37: 54.2s, 3. Triple Jump: Supreeth Gopal (DSCE) 13.24m, 1; Shailesh UK (SCEM) 13.11m, 2; Raju (SSEC) 12.75m, 3.
Women: 200m: Shruthi S Shetty (SCEM) 29s, 1; Nisha Prakash (MSRIT) 30s, 2; Saniya T (GIT) 30.2s, 3. 1500m: Harshitha Manikantha (GEC) 5:56.7s, 1; Manasa B (VCE) 6:06.3s, 2; Archana Suregaonkar (MSRIT) 6:19.2s, 3. 10000m: Jeevitha V (BTI) 52:50.4s, 1; Shilpa (BMSCE) 53:38.5s, 2; Renu Ramadurg (BVBCET) 53:54.8s, 3.

Shotput: Elizabeth Cheriyan (SJEC) 9.92m, 1; Harshitha A (AMCEC) 8.28m, 2; Sneha M (CEC) 8.20m, 3. Triple Jump: Caroline D’Souza (SJEC) 9.58m, 1; Bhavya N (VCET) 9.11m, 2; Mamatha E (VCET) 8.88m, 3.