Alva's wear overall crown

Athletics State Junior and Senior meet : Khyati, Nayan set new marks in pole vault

 The dominant Alva’s Moodbidri expectedly emerged overall champions as the State Junior and Senior Championship came to an end at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Sunday.

Enjoying a great success in all categories of the track and field events, Alva’s bagged the overall championship for the tenth straight year. 

In the men’s category MEG, Bengaluru bagged the top honours while Alva’s finished on top in the women’s section.  

On the third and final day, five meet records were recorded with Alva’s athletes setting four of them.

In the women’s pole vault, seasoned campaigner Khyati Vakharia of MR Sports Foundation clinched the gold, vaulting 3.70 metres to wipe out her own meet record of 3.40 set in 2001.   

In the boys’ U-18 decathlon, Abhijeet Singh defended his title, bagging the top spot on the podium with 6,255 points. Abhijeet, a pentathlon bronze medallist in the South Zone Nationals held in Hyderabad in 2014, surpassed his previous record of 4838, created last year.

In the boys’ under-20 pole vault, Nayan produced a brave effort to set a new meet mark. Fighting a knee injury, Nayan cleared 3.75 metres, breaking the previous best meet mark of 3.70 which was in the name of Sharvan Kumar for two years. 

In the men’s 100 metres final, Radesh MG of Mysuru powered to the gold while in the corresponding women’s final, veteran HM Jyothi, who won the 200 metres gold on the opening day, finished first.  

Results: Men: 400M: Jeevan KS (Karnataka Postal) 47.00, 1; Mijo Chacko Kurian (Dakshina Kannada) 47.4, 2; Tarun Shekar (Yuva Club) 47.8, 3. 10000M: Borappa M (MEG) 32:02.1. 1; Santhosh (MEG) 32:11.3, 2; Shridhar B (MEG) 32:19.3, 3. 400M hurdles: Nagabhushan CP (Alva's) 53.1, 1; Nitosh Rathod (MEG) 55.3, 2; Bhakshith Salian (DK) 55.5, 3. Pole vault: Balakrishna P (SWR) 4.60M (NMR; OMR: 4.50M, K Rajesh, 2011 & Vishnu Unni, 2015) 1; Bineesh Jacob (SWR) 4.40M, 2; Sanjay Yadav (MEG) 4.20M, 3. Shot put: Alfin VP (Alva's) 16.69M, 1; Sai Raj (MEG) 14.55M, 2; Gowtham G (Alva's) 12.92M, 3. Decathlon: Abhishek Shetty (Alva's) 6510 Points, 1; Sharath Kumar (MEG, Bengaluru) 4523, 2; Nelson P Thomas (BSC) 4439, 3. 20 km walk: Kamba Singh (MEG) 1:38.28.0, 1; Annasaheb Patil (Belagavi) 2:00.32.3, 2; Hanumantha JK (Udupi) 2:20.29.0, 3. Champions: MEG, Bengaluru. U-20: 400M: Siddartha MG (DYES, Bengaluru) 48.3, 1; Akshay D (SAI, Bengaluru) 48.7, 2; Gowri Shankar (Athlon Fleet Olympus) 49.0, 3. 1500M: Devaiah TH (DYES, Bengaluru) 4:09.5, 1; Sharath B (DYES, Bengaluru) 4:09.9, 2; Nitin N (Alva's) 4:12.5, 3. 10000M: Sanjay Kumar Patel (SAI, Bengaluru) 32.18.0, 1; Anila Kumara (Alva's) 33.20.5, 2; Hithesh Patel (SAI, Bengaluru) 33.23.6, 3. Pole vault: Nayan (NITTE) 3.75M (NMR; OMR: 3.70, Sharvan Kumar, 2014), 1; Pavan Kumar (Alva's) 3.30M, 2; Mukund (Alva's) 3.30M, 3. Shot put: Suryaprakash (YSC) 14.09M, 1; Shantharam Tendulkar (DYES, Bengaluru) 14.06M, 2; Rahul R Suvarna (Udupi) 13.05M, 3. Decathlon: Dheeraj (Alva's) 6223, 1; Puneeth (SDM, Ujire) 4806, 2; Charith (2457), 3. Champions: Alva’s.  

U-18: 400M: Rohan D Kumar (Dakshina Kannada) 50.00, 1; Bharath Kumar (Athlon Fleet Olympus) 50.6, 2; Afridh (Udupi) 50.8, 3. 1500M: Dinesh (Udupi) 4:29.01, 1; Shashidhara BL (Alva's) 4:31.68, 2; Rakshith (Alva's) 4:34.78, 3. 2000 steeplechase: Naveen Patil (Dharwad) 6:51.08, 1; Thimmanna (SAI, Dharwad) 6:55.27, 2; Ramappa TK (SDM, Ujire) 7:10.10, 3. Pole vault: Srimanth H (Alva's) 3.70M (NMR; OMR: 3.35, Samarth S Hegde, 2014), 1; Yogeesh GP (Alva's) 3.30M, 2; Ranjith (Udupi) 2.70M, 3. Javelin throw: Sharukh HT (Alva's) 52.14M, 1; Manu DP (Alva's) 51.41M, 2; Keerthi Raj KS (Alva's) 51.18M, 3. Decathlon: Abhijeet Singh (Alva's) 6254 points (NMR, OMR: 4838, Abhijeet Singh, Alva’s, 2015), 1; Harsha (SDM, Ujire) 4884 points, 2; Muhyadeen Ajmal (DYES, Bengaluru) 2791, 3. Overall champions: Alva’s. 

U-16: 400M: Rince (Alva's) 53.1, 1; Tejus H  (SAI, Bengaluru) 53.6, 2. 5000M walk: Deekshith M (Alva's) 29:46.9, 1; Chandan Gowdah M (Mandya) 30:12.9, 2; Ashish SA (DYES, Kudige) 30:56.3, 3. Champions: Alva’s. U-14: 600M: Raj (Alva's) 1:35.3, 1; Chandru GK (Kudige) 1:35.5, 2; Murthy (DYES, Vidyanagar) 1:38.4, 3. Shot put: Shreekanth (Alva's) 11.61M, 1; Shreenivas (Alva's) 11.33M, 2; Narahari Kripa M (BSC) 11.32M, 3. Champions: Alva’s

Women: Triple jump: Anusha G Poojary (Alva's) 12.52M, 1; Priya A (SDM) 11.98M, 2. 10000M: Akshatha A (Davanagere) 43:18.6, 1; Anitha N (Chitradurga) 48:51.9, 2; Lakshmi M (Chitradurga) 51:10.6, 3. High jump: Sahana Kumari (SAI, Bengaluru) 1.71M, 1; Chandana KG (SWR) 1.68M, 2; Anitha Mathew (SWR) 1.55M, 3. Pole vault: Khyati Vakharia (MR Sports Foundation) 3.70M (NMR; OMR: 3.40, Khyati Vakharia, MR Sports Foundation, 2001), 1. Hammer throw: Harshitha WR (DYES, Mysuru) 41.18M, 1; Rashmi K (Alva's) 38.34M, 2; Ramya HC (Alva's) 30.62M, 3. Champions: Alva’s.

Girls: U-20: 3000M: Deeksha B (Alva's) 11:35.9, 1;  Suma (Udupi) 11:42.2, 2; Priyanka HB (Alva's) 12:09.3, 3. High jump: Chaitra Revannakar (Alva's) 1.55M, 1; Sahlini KR (Alva's) 1.50M, 2; Nishmitha MN (SDM, Ujire) 1.45M, 3. Pole vault: Pavithra (Alva's) 2.71M (NMR; OMR: 2.70, Preethi, 2013); Sindhu R Bhat (Alva's) 2.20M, 2; Rakshitha (Alva's) 2.20M, 3. Triple Jump: Aishwarya D (Alva's) 12.55M, 1; Harshitha Kumari (SDM, Ujire) 11.23M, 2; Babitha K (SDM, Ujire) 11.22M, 3. Champions: Alva’s. 

U-18: 400M: Sarah Joseph D'Souza (Dakshina Kannada) 59.7, 1; Mythri CC (SAI, Bengaluru) 1:00.0, 2; Bhumika D (Alva's) 1:00.5, 3. High jump: Abhinaya S Shetty (Alva's) 1.65M, 1; Divya (SDM, Ujire) 1.45M, 2; Lochana CM (Kodagu) 1.40M, 3. Pole vault: Poorna (Alva's) 2.20M, 1; Rachana R (Alva's) 2.10M, 2. Triple jump: Tanisha (Indo German) 11.16M, 1; Anitha VS (Alva's) 11.13M, 2; Pavithra G (Udupi) 10.92M, 3. Shot put: Ambika V (Mysore) 11.97M, 1; Vaibhavi V Bhandari (Uttara Kannada) 10.60M, 2; Kalavathi BT (Dyes, Vidyanagar) 10.60M, 3. Hammer throw: Amreen (Dakshina Kannada) 39.20M, 1; Manasa (HSC Hoskote) 26.13M, 2; Vandana GA (Shivamoga) 18.58M, 3. 5000M walk: Arpitha HS (Alva's) 28:01.3, 1 (NMR; OMR: 28.38.3, Vimala D’Souza, 2013), 1; Hithashree TN (SAI, Bengaluru) 30:57.8, 2; Sradha M (Alva's) 34:01.9, 3. Champions: Alva’s.

U-16: 400M: Pragna K (DYES, Udupi) 59.3, 1; Remal Jasminepais (Dakshina Kannada) 1:00.8, 2; Preethal (Dakshina Kannada) 1:01.9, 3. 2000M: Shruthi Narayan (Belagavi) 7:07.9, 1; Rashi CM (DYES, Kudige) 7:17.0, 2; Sowbhagya NM (Mandya) 7:26.0, 3. High jump: Supriya SB (Alva's) 1.55M, 1; Kavana HG (Tumkur) 1.50M, 2; Aparajita J (BSC) 1.45M, 3.  Shot put: Sakshi Kundapur (Dakshina Kannada) 11.13M, 1; Akshatha Prabulinga (Alva's) 10.13M, 2; Vijaya Lakshmi (Alva's) 9.95M, 3. 3000M walk: Dhanusha (Alva's) 17:38.4, 1; Gowthami (New St Mary) 17:55.2, 2; Pooja MK (Mandya) 19:45.9, 3. Champions: Alva’s.

U-14: 600M: Gauthami Shetty (Dakshina Kannada) 1:42.4, 1; Deepashree (Alva's) 1:42.6, 2; Rachel Rose Pais (Dakshina Kannada) 1:43.2, 3. High jump: Spoorthy KC (BSC) 1.53M, 1; Tarunya Prasad (BSC) 1.35M, 2; Mezyani (Udupi) 1.30M, 3. Champions: Dakshina Kannada.