Povamma, Arpinder adjudged the best

Triple-jumper Arpinder Singh set a new national record en route to picking up the best male athlete award as the 54th National Inter-State Senior Athletic Championship came to a conclusion with Kerala expectedly sweeping the overall and team titles here on Sunday.

Punjab’s Arpinder leapt to a distance of 17.17 metres, obliterating Renjith Maheswary’s record of 17.07 set in 2010. The achievement helped Arpinder qualify for Commonwealth Games in Glosgow. 

Karnataka’s Poovamma MR, who took the best female athlete award, set a new meet record in the 400 metres after clocking 51.73 seconds, just 0.01 seconds faster than the previous record set by Mandeep Kaur in June 2008.

Results: Men: Krishnakumar Rane (Mah) 10.32 seconds (New Meet Record; Old: Sanjay Ghosh, 10.36, 2003) 1; Manikanta Raj (AP) 10.52, 2; Aniruddha Gujar (Mah) 10.63,

3. 110M hurdles: Sidhant Thingaliya (Mah) 13.84, 1; Surendhar (TN) 13.97, 2; Prem Kumar (Tlg) 14.06, 3. 400M: Arokiarajiv (TN) 46.13, 1; Kunhu Muhammed P (Ker) 46.17, 2; Sachin Roby (Kar) 46.79, 3. 1500M: Sajeesh Joseph (Ker) 3:48.16, 1; Anil Kumar (MP) 3:50.41, 2; Chandrakant Manwadai (Mah) 3:50.89, 3. 10000M: Suresh Kumar Patel (UP) 30:00.03, 1; Rahul Kumar Pal (Mah) 30:36.69, 2; Khetaram (Raj) 30:50.95, 3. 4x400M relay: Kerala ‘A’ (Manu K Zacharia, Anoop D, Jithu Baby, Kunhu Muhammed P) 3:10.64, 1; Karnataka ‘A’ (3:11.39) 2; Tamil Nadu ‘A’ (3:16.82) 3. Triple jump: Arpinder Singh (Pun) 17.17 metres (National Record; Old: Renjith Maheshwary, 17.07, Delhi 2010) 1; Ranjith Mageswari (TN) 16.54, 2; Karthik (Kar) 15.91, 3. Hammer throw: Chandrodaya Narain Singh (UP) 69.38 (New Meet Record; Old: Rakesh Kumar Yadav, 70.16, July 2003) 1; Kaushal Singh (Del) 65.31, 2; Neeraj Kumar (Raj) 63.74, 3.Women: 100M: Saradha Narayan (TN) 11.39 (New Meet Record; Old: Rachita Mistry, 11.48, July 2000) 1; HM Jyothi (Kar) 11.49, 2; Srabani Nanda (Ori) 11.59, 3. 100M hurdles: Sajitha KV (Ker) 14.16, 1; Gayathiri (TN) 14.21, 2; Hemasharee (TN) 14.51, 3. 400M: Poovamma MR (Kar) 51.73 (New Meet Record; Old: Mandeep Kaur, 51.74, June 2008) 1; Tintu Luka (Ker) 53.22, 2; Debashree Majumder (WB) 53.54, 3. 1500M: OP Jaisha (Pun) 4:16.27, 1; Sini A Markose (Kar) 4:18.94, 2; Jhuma Khatoon (Jhar) 4:20.53, 3. 10000M: Preeja Sreedharan (Ker) 34:34.98, 1; Suriya (TN) 35:26.75, 2; Monika Athare (Mah) 38:19.93, 3. 4x400M relay: Kerala ‘A’ (Anu Mariam Jose, Anilda Thomas, Chinchu Jose, Tintu Luka) 3:38.40 (New Meet Record; Old: 3:39.32, Kerala, Dec 1997) 1; West Bengal ‘A’ (3:50.84) 2; Uttar Pradesh ‘A’ (3:57.82) 3. Discus throw: Parmila (Har) 46.99, 1; Vasumathy (TN) 42.12, 2; Ankita Julka (Del) 41.03, 3. 20K walk: Rani Yadav (UP) 1::46:49.00, 1; Shanti Kumari (Del) 1::58:16.00, 2; Rajani (MP) 2::01:2.00, 3.

Heptathlon: Liksy Joseph (MP) 5386 points, 1; Niksy Joseph (MP) 5154, 2; Purnima Hembram (Ori) 4932, 3.

Overall championship: Kerala (152.5) 1; Tamil Nadu (133) 2. Men: Kerala (68) 1; Tamil Nadu (65) 2. Women: Kerala (84.5) 1; Tamil Nadu (68) 3.

Best athletes: Men: Arpinder Singh (Pun) 1174 points. Women: Poovamma MR (Kar) 1141 points.