<p>Parasappa Halijor of Sports Hostel, Dharwad and U Priyanka of Mysore won the men’s and women’s races respectively in the Deccan Athletic Club’s K A Nettakallappa memorial road races, sponsored by Deccan Herald and Prajavani, here on Sunday.<br /><br />Parasappa faced stiff competition from Kanakappa of Mundaragi through the entire distance of 12 km before the former pipped his long-time rival by a just under a minute, by stopping the clock at 37 minutes and 14 seconds. Kanakappa finished second in 38:06 while Lingaraj I Haliyal of Dharward ended third in 38:18.<br /><br />In the women’s 6km race, Bangalore’s Priyanka, who now studies in Mysore, timed 23 minutes and 38 seconds to pip Udupi’s K Bindu to second place (23:46.00). Bindu, at one stage, had left the winner behind by about 10 metres but Priyanka picked up pace towards the closing stages to touch the tape first.<br /><br />In the boys’ section, S Tejas of Chikkaballapur emerged the winner by covering the 2.5 km distance in 7:51.69 while Bijapur’s LMalleshwari Ramu Rathod topped in the corresponding girls’ category by timing 8:46.54.</p>.<p>Tejas was involved in an interesting duel with N Sandeep before crossing the line just four seconds ahead of his Udupi rival.<br /><br />Results: Men (12 km): Parasappa M Halijor (SAI, Dharwad) 37:14, 1; Kanakappa S Donni (Mundaragi) 38:06, 2; Lingaraj I Haliyal (Dharwad) 38:18, 3.</p>.<p>Women (6km): U Priyanka (Mysore) 23:38, 1; K Bindu (Nitte Education Trust, Udupi) 2; 23:46, 2; HR Taramani (Mysore) 25:26, 3.<br /><br />Boys (2.5 km): S Tejas (Chikkaballapur) 7:51.69, 1; N Sandeep (SDM, Ujjire) 7:55.80, 2; Dinesh (Nitte Education Trust) 8:07.18, 3.</p>.<p>Girls (2.5 km): Malleshwari Ramu Rathod (Bijapur) 8:46.4, 1; R Rakshitha (Kyathanahalli) 8:56.78, 2; Neelamma Lakshman Rathod (Bijapur) 9:32.78, 3.</p>
<p>Parasappa Halijor of Sports Hostel, Dharwad and U Priyanka of Mysore won the men’s and women’s races respectively in the Deccan Athletic Club’s K A Nettakallappa memorial road races, sponsored by Deccan Herald and Prajavani, here on Sunday.<br /><br />Parasappa faced stiff competition from Kanakappa of Mundaragi through the entire distance of 12 km before the former pipped his long-time rival by a just under a minute, by stopping the clock at 37 minutes and 14 seconds. Kanakappa finished second in 38:06 while Lingaraj I Haliyal of Dharward ended third in 38:18.<br /><br />In the women’s 6km race, Bangalore’s Priyanka, who now studies in Mysore, timed 23 minutes and 38 seconds to pip Udupi’s K Bindu to second place (23:46.00). Bindu, at one stage, had left the winner behind by about 10 metres but Priyanka picked up pace towards the closing stages to touch the tape first.<br /><br />In the boys’ section, S Tejas of Chikkaballapur emerged the winner by covering the 2.5 km distance in 7:51.69 while Bijapur’s LMalleshwari Ramu Rathod topped in the corresponding girls’ category by timing 8:46.54.</p>.<p>Tejas was involved in an interesting duel with N Sandeep before crossing the line just four seconds ahead of his Udupi rival.<br /><br />Results: Men (12 km): Parasappa M Halijor (SAI, Dharwad) 37:14, 1; Kanakappa S Donni (Mundaragi) 38:06, 2; Lingaraj I Haliyal (Dharwad) 38:18, 3.</p>.<p>Women (6km): U Priyanka (Mysore) 23:38, 1; K Bindu (Nitte Education Trust, Udupi) 2; 23:46, 2; HR Taramani (Mysore) 25:26, 3.<br /><br />Boys (2.5 km): S Tejas (Chikkaballapur) 7:51.69, 1; N Sandeep (SDM, Ujjire) 7:55.80, 2; Dinesh (Nitte Education Trust) 8:07.18, 3.</p>.<p>Girls (2.5 km): Malleshwari Ramu Rathod (Bijapur) 8:46.4, 1; R Rakshitha (Kyathanahalli) 8:56.78, 2; Neelamma Lakshman Rathod (Bijapur) 9:32.78, 3.</p>
