<p>Three records were created on the second day of the 75th All India inter-university athletics championship, being organised by the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, here on Saturday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>In men’s high jump, Srinith Mohan of Alva’s College representing Mangalore University set a new record clearing 2.20 metres. Srinath broke the record of Jagadeep Singh of Amritsar set in 2011. <br /><br />“My first two attempts were not satisfying. I was eager not to make any mistake in my third attempt and I was successful,” said Srinith. “I hope to create a new record in the National Games at Kerala next month.”<br /><br />In the women’s 5000 metres, Sanjeevini Baburao Jadhav of Savitribai Phule Pune University placed her name in the record books clocking 16:36.45, surpassing Naujoban Kaur’s mark (17:00). <br /><br />Sanjeevini thanked her coach for her performance. “Along with my hard work, my coach Vijendra Singh too has played a role by guiding me properly,” said Sanjeevini.<br /><br />In the 400M hurdles, Vijay Singh Malik of Punjabi University, Patiala emerged winner in 51.51 seconds, a new record. Vijay erased the previous mark set by Shelik Varghese of Calicut University (52.12 seconds).<br /><br />Priyanka S Kalagi of Alva’s College representing Mangalore University emerged winner in the women’s 100 metres race in a time of 11.96 seconds.<br /></p>
<p>Three records were created on the second day of the 75th All India inter-university athletics championship, being organised by the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, here on Saturday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>In men’s high jump, Srinith Mohan of Alva’s College representing Mangalore University set a new record clearing 2.20 metres. Srinath broke the record of Jagadeep Singh of Amritsar set in 2011. <br /><br />“My first two attempts were not satisfying. I was eager not to make any mistake in my third attempt and I was successful,” said Srinith. “I hope to create a new record in the National Games at Kerala next month.”<br /><br />In the women’s 5000 metres, Sanjeevini Baburao Jadhav of Savitribai Phule Pune University placed her name in the record books clocking 16:36.45, surpassing Naujoban Kaur’s mark (17:00). <br /><br />Sanjeevini thanked her coach for her performance. “Along with my hard work, my coach Vijendra Singh too has played a role by guiding me properly,” said Sanjeevini.<br /><br />In the 400M hurdles, Vijay Singh Malik of Punjabi University, Patiala emerged winner in 51.51 seconds, a new record. Vijay erased the previous mark set by Shelik Varghese of Calicut University (52.12 seconds).<br /><br />Priyanka S Kalagi of Alva’s College representing Mangalore University emerged winner in the women’s 100 metres race in a time of 11.96 seconds.<br /></p>