<p>Haryana will look to retain their hold over the team title when the ninth National Youth (U-18) Athletics Championships begin at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Haryana had pushed favourites Kerala to second spot in last year’s championships at Ranchi but the southern state has the ability to bounce back, with a clutch of talented athletes in their ranks.<br />Karnataka have fielded a squad of 56 athletes, with Meghana Shetty, who will be doubling in 100M and 100M hurdles, spearheading their challenge. Meghana had won a bronze in the Senior inter-state meet in Hyderabad late last month.<br /><br />It’s the third time that Bangalore is hosting the meet after 2005 and 2007 and this time around 459 athletes from 20 States are expected to compete in the three-day meet.<br /><br />The rule changes made by the International Association of Athletics Federations regarding throwing implements for girls — 3kg shot put and hammer besides javelin weighing 500 grams — will be implented here, Athletics Federation of India’s technical committee chairman P K Srivastava told a press conference.<br /><br />The National Anti-Doping Agency, meanwhile, has informed that it will be conducting dope tests during the event. <br /><br />The team: Boys: M M Shivakumar (100M, 200M, relay), Rithesh (100M, relay), Rakesh R (400, 800, relay), Vijay N (800M), Sairaj (discus, shot put), G Gowtham (discus), Jesse Sandesh (high jump), P M Manjunath (high jump), Mohit Kumar Chavan (long jump), Suraj Mandala (long jump), Lakshmi Kanth Patel (3000M), Suraj (3000M), Rahul Astagi (10000M walk), Mohantesh T Benakatti (10000M walk), Gaviswami (hammer throw), Siddarth S Puthran (hammer throw), Jason Beuben Salins (shot put), Fakeerappa V Bangi (110M hurdles, 400M hurdles), C Shiva Kumar (100M hurdles), Sachingouda U Patil (1500M), C Naveen Gowda (1500M), Sharath Poojari (pole vault), Samarth G Hegade (pole vault), N Manjunath (octathlon), Vinod V N (octathlon), A K Raghu (400M, 400M hurdles, relay), Karthik (javelin), Binod Munda (javelin), K Ashrith Nanjappa (2000M steeplechase), Saleem (200M, relay).<br /><br />Girls: Meghana Shetty (100M, 100M hurdles, relay), Nischitha S S (100M, 200M, relay), Soujanya K G (100M hurdles, 200M, relay), Priayanka V (800M), Archana K A (800M, 400M, relay), Srishti Sunil (high jump, long jump), Jeen Lasvy Oliveira (high jump), Deeksha K (javelin), A D Chathana (javelin), J S Priyanka (discus, shot put), Navya Shetty M S (discus), Anusha K (3000M, 1500M, Sowmya (3000M, 1500M), Praneetha Pradeep (long jump, triple jump), Vaishali Somaiah (400M hurdles, triple jump), G K Vijaykumari (400M, relay), Prathiksha S R (5000M walk), Akhila M N (5000M walk), Preethi (pole vault), Punyashree S Rai (hammer throw), Chaitra (hammer throw), Abhimathy (heptathlon), Ranjana Narayan Badri (shot put), Ganima A (400M hurdles).<br />Officials: S V Ramachandra (manager, boys), V R Beedu (coach, boys), Ananda Kumar (manager, girls), Krishnamurthy S (coach, girls).</p>
<p>Haryana will look to retain their hold over the team title when the ninth National Youth (U-18) Athletics Championships begin at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Haryana had pushed favourites Kerala to second spot in last year’s championships at Ranchi but the southern state has the ability to bounce back, with a clutch of talented athletes in their ranks.<br />Karnataka have fielded a squad of 56 athletes, with Meghana Shetty, who will be doubling in 100M and 100M hurdles, spearheading their challenge. Meghana had won a bronze in the Senior inter-state meet in Hyderabad late last month.<br /><br />It’s the third time that Bangalore is hosting the meet after 2005 and 2007 and this time around 459 athletes from 20 States are expected to compete in the three-day meet.<br /><br />The rule changes made by the International Association of Athletics Federations regarding throwing implements for girls — 3kg shot put and hammer besides javelin weighing 500 grams — will be implented here, Athletics Federation of India’s technical committee chairman P K Srivastava told a press conference.<br /><br />The National Anti-Doping Agency, meanwhile, has informed that it will be conducting dope tests during the event. <br /><br />The team: Boys: M M Shivakumar (100M, 200M, relay), Rithesh (100M, relay), Rakesh R (400, 800, relay), Vijay N (800M), Sairaj (discus, shot put), G Gowtham (discus), Jesse Sandesh (high jump), P M Manjunath (high jump), Mohit Kumar Chavan (long jump), Suraj Mandala (long jump), Lakshmi Kanth Patel (3000M), Suraj (3000M), Rahul Astagi (10000M walk), Mohantesh T Benakatti (10000M walk), Gaviswami (hammer throw), Siddarth S Puthran (hammer throw), Jason Beuben Salins (shot put), Fakeerappa V Bangi (110M hurdles, 400M hurdles), C Shiva Kumar (100M hurdles), Sachingouda U Patil (1500M), C Naveen Gowda (1500M), Sharath Poojari (pole vault), Samarth G Hegade (pole vault), N Manjunath (octathlon), Vinod V N (octathlon), A K Raghu (400M, 400M hurdles, relay), Karthik (javelin), Binod Munda (javelin), K Ashrith Nanjappa (2000M steeplechase), Saleem (200M, relay).<br /><br />Girls: Meghana Shetty (100M, 100M hurdles, relay), Nischitha S S (100M, 200M, relay), Soujanya K G (100M hurdles, 200M, relay), Priayanka V (800M), Archana K A (800M, 400M, relay), Srishti Sunil (high jump, long jump), Jeen Lasvy Oliveira (high jump), Deeksha K (javelin), A D Chathana (javelin), J S Priyanka (discus, shot put), Navya Shetty M S (discus), Anusha K (3000M, 1500M, Sowmya (3000M, 1500M), Praneetha Pradeep (long jump, triple jump), Vaishali Somaiah (400M hurdles, triple jump), G K Vijaykumari (400M, relay), Prathiksha S R (5000M walk), Akhila M N (5000M walk), Preethi (pole vault), Punyashree S Rai (hammer throw), Chaitra (hammer throw), Abhimathy (heptathlon), Ranjana Narayan Badri (shot put), Ganima A (400M hurdles).<br />Officials: S V Ramachandra (manager, boys), V R Beedu (coach, boys), Ananda Kumar (manager, girls), Krishnamurthy S (coach, girls).</p>
