Vedant races to gold

Athletics DAC Weekend meet : Evangeline takes top spot in girls' U-15 100M dash

 Vedant Banerjee of Bishop Cotton Boys School clinched the gold in the under-16 boys’ 100 metres in the first leg of the 27th edition of the Deccan Athletic Club (DAC) Weekend meet, sponsored by Deccan Herald and Prajavani, at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Sunday.

Banerjee clocked 12 seconds to finish ahead of Sharwin Pinto (St Joseph’s Indian High School, 12.2 seconds) while Sanil SK of Bishop Cotton claimed the third spot with a timing of 12.3.

In the girls’ (U-15) 100 metres race, Evangeline Sharon B from Bishop Cotton Girls’ High School took the top honours in 13.2 seconds.

Sophia School’s HH Preethi Chand finished second in 13.5 seconds, while  Vidya J of Indiranagar High School completed the podium in 13.9 seconds.

Yashas BR of St Joseph’s Indian High School won both the long jump (5.52M) and triple jump (12.00M) in the boys’ U-16 category while Lovely Leon clinched two golds in the 100 metres and long jump in the boys’ U-13 section.

In the girls’ U-12 section, New St Mary’s High School’s Priyanka and Spoorthy K Chengappa of Vidyaniketan School grabbed two gold medals each.

Priyanka won the 800M (2:48.5 seconds) and 1500M (5:35.8) races while Spoorthy finished at the top spot in the triple jump (9.37M) and high jump (1.21M) events.
DH News Service

Results: Boys: U-16: 100M: Vedant Banerjee (Bishop Cotton Boys’ School) 12.0, 1; Sharwin Pinto (St Joseph’s Indian High School) 12.2, 2; Sanil SK (Bishop Cotton Boys’ School) 12.3, 3. 800M: Sarvesh Kumar (Rashtriya Military School) 2:18.0, 1; Prabhakar J (Samarthanam High School) 2:19.3, 2; Aman Koshal (Rashtriya Military School) 2:24.7, 3. 3000M: Om Kumar (National Public School) 10:56.8, 1; Aman Koushal (Rashtriya Military School) 11:09.3, 2; Sarveshkumar (Rashtriya Military School) 11:14.8, 3. 110M hurdles: Sanjay Kumar (Rashtriya Military School) 18.3, 1; Jayant Kumar (Rashtriya Military School) 18.7, 2; Yogesh (Rashtriya Military School) 19.2, 3. Long Jump: Yashas BR (St Joseph’s Indian High School) 5.52M, 1; Vedant Banerjee (Bishop Cotton Boys’ School) 5.35M, 2; Koushal Singh (Rastriya Military School) 5.29M, 3. Triple Jump: Yashas BR (St Joseph Indian High School) 12.00M, 1; Koushal Singh (Rashtriya Military School) 11.38M, 2; Sharwin Pinto (St Joseph’s Indian High School) 11.33M, 3. High Jump: Rahul Raghu (Vidyanikethan School) 1.46M, 1; Md Shadab Pash (St Mary’s Public School) 1.43M, 2; Vishal Dubey (Rashtriya Military School) 1.43M, 3. Shot Put: Sagar G (Soundarya Primary School) 9.67M, 1; Deepak Antil (Rashtriya Military School) 9.30M, 2; Ayush (Rashtriya Military School) 9.25M, 3.

U-13: 100M: Lovely Leon (Bishop Cotton Boys’ School) 12 seconds,  1;  Naraharikripa Mehta (Vidyanikethan School) 12.5, 2; Nithin P (Carmel School) 13.1, 3. 800M: Pushparaj (Sacred Heart High School) 2:29.9, 1; Rajshekar L (New St Mary’s High School) 2:32.2, 2; Himanshu (Rashtriya Military School) 2:32.2, 3. 3000M: Rajshekar L (New St Mary’s High School) 11:18.6, 1;  Anil L (Sacred Heart High School) 11:58.7, 2; Manish (Rashtriya Military School) 12:11.8, 3. 80M hurdles: Subham Pandey (Rashtriya Military School) 15.1, 1; Reuben Jacob Mathew (Bishop Cotton Boys School) 15.7, 2; Viraaj Anand Kumar (Vidyanikethan School) 15.8, 3. Long Jump: Lovely Leon (Bishop Cotton Boys School) 5.19M, 1; Daniel Mathew (Bishop Cotton Boys’ School) 5.07M, 2; Priyanshu (Rashtriya Military School) 4.37M, 3. Triple Jump: Daniel Mathew (Bishop Cotton Boys’ School) 10.23M, 1; Prithvi H (St Francis School) 9.92M, 2; Shaurya Appiah (Vidyanikethan School) 9.55M, 3. High Jump: Shaurya Appiah (Vidyanikethan School) 1.36M, 1; Nishant Vasan (Vidyanikethan School) 1.33M, 2; Md Requeebuddin (St Mary’s Public School) 1.33M, 3. Shot Put: Naraharikripa Mehta (Vidyanikethan School) 9.75M, 1; Deepak Singh (Rashtriya Military School) 8.01M, 2; Sachin Arvinda (St Joseph’s Indian Middle School) 7.80M, 3.

Girls: U-15: 100M: Evangeline Sharon B (Bishop Cotton Girls High School) 13.2, 1; HH Preethi Chand (Sophia High School) 13.5, 2; Vidya J (Indiranagar High School) 13.9, 3. 800M: Jahnavi BG (Soundarya Primary School) 2:49.8, 1; Meena Iyer (Sri Kumaran Childrens Home School) 2:52.1, 2; Samhithaa VS (St Francis Xavier Girls High School) 2:52.2, 3. 1500M: Meena Iyer (Sri Kumarans Childrens Home School) 5:40.3, 1; Jahnav BG (Soundarya Primary School) 5:46.17, 2; Priyanka V (Sacred Heart High School) 5:50.9, 3. 100M hurdles: Chaitanya Hemanth Wuluvarana (St Francis Xavier Girls High School) 19.3, 1; Tejaswini G (St Francis Xavier Girls High School) 19.5, 2; Kushi Sunil (The Brigade School) 19.7, 3. Long Jump: HH Preethi Chand (Sophia High School) 4.9M, 1; Mihika Gonsalves (St Francis Xavier Girls High School) 4.85M, 2; Evangeline Sharon B (Bishop Cotton Girls’ High School) 4.63M, 3. Triple Jump: Niharika Vaz (Bethany High School) 9.53M, 1; Tarunya Prasad (Bishop Cotton Girls’ High School) 9.27M, 2; Vidya J (Indiranagar High School) 9.18M, 3. High Jump: Tarunya Prasad (Bishop Cotton Girls’ High School) 1.25M, 1; Malavika (Deccan International School) 1.25M, 2; Eshwari D (Vidyaniketan School) 1.15M, 3. Shot Put: Aadya Thammaiah (Sophia High School) 7.83M, 1; Niharika Vaz (Bethany High School) 7.15M, 2; Preksha H (Deccan International High School) 6.86M, 3. U-12: 100M: ML Anu Thangamma (Sophia High School) 14.3, 1; Neole Anna Corneio (St Francis Xavier Girls High School) 14.4, 2; Tara Parmar (Greenwood High School) 14.9, 3. 800M: Priyanka (New St Mary’s High School) 2:48.5, 1; Aishwarya L (New St Mary’s High School) 2:55.6, 2; Akshitha (New St Mary’s High School) 2:58.4, 3. 1500M: Priyanka (New St Mary’s High School) 5:35.8, 1; Aishwarya L (New St Mary’s High School) 5:45.5, 2; Shloka Murthy (Sri Kumarans Childrens Home School) 5:55.6, 3. 60M hurdles: Bipasha Thammaiah (Sophia High School) 13.9, 1; Purva Smitha VS (St Francis Xavier Girls High School) 14.1, 2; Gunjal K (St Francis Xavier Girls High School) 14.4, 3.

Long Jump: Rithushree N (Cluny Convent High School) 4.02M, 1; Disha Alige (Cluny Convent High School) 3.87M, 2; ML Anu Thangamma (Sophia High School) 3.81M, 3. Triple Jump: Spoorthy K Chengappa (Vidyaniketan School) 9.37M, 1; Disha Alige (Cluny Convent High School) 8.81M, 2; Bipasha Thammaiah (Sophia High School) 8.69M, 3. High Jump: Spoorthy K Chengappa (Vidyaniketan School) 1.21M, 1; Niharika M Reddy (Vidyaniketan School) 1.17M, 2; Vishnavi Ravi (St Francis Xavier Girls High School) 1.05M, 3. Shot Put: Priyanka Ojas Oza (Vidyaniketan School) 6.55M, 1; Niharika M Reddy (Vidyaniketan School) 6.26M, 2; Deepthi C (Deccan International School) 5.65M, 3.