With most of the pre-event favourites enjoying top of the podium finishes, Muttappa lit-up an overcast Sunday at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium. The Dakshina Kannada athlete set up a new state record in the men’s hammer throw en route to the gold at the Karnataka State Senior Men and Women Athletic Meet here. The 22-year-old’s 59.30-metre throw in his third attempt erased the previous mark of 58.69m set by Sachin last year. Incidentally, Sachin of Koppal also went better than his old record with a 59.25m throw but it could fetch him only a silver. Udupi’s Dheeraj completed the podium by winning a bronze (54.90m).In the most anticipated race of the opening day, the men’s 100m dash, Bengaluru’s Aryan Manoj held off stiff challenge from his competitors to cross the finish line first. The 21-year-old clocked 10.34 seconds while city-mate Gagan L Goeda, with a time of 10.42s, ended a close second. Mysuru’s Prajwal R, 10.54s, claimed the third spot.As expected, Sneha S S lived up to the top billing in the women’s 100m final as she blazed from start to finish to clinch gold in comfortable fashion. Representing Chikkamagaluru, the 27-year-old, who was part of the silver medal-winning Indian women’s 4x100m quartet at the 26th Asian Athletics Championships in Korea last month, stopped the clock at 11.52 sec. Belagavi’s Daneshwari A T (11.78s) won silver while Chitradurga’s Prakruthi (11.85s) took home a bronze.In the only surprise of the day, Bengaluru’s Vijaya Kumari (53.3 sec) outpaced seasoned athlete M R Poovamma (54.4 sec) of Dakshina Kannada to claim the women’s 400m gold. Kodagu’s Sinchal Kaveramma (55.2 sec) picked up the bronze.Results: Men: 100m: Aryan Manoj (10.34s, Bengaluru) 1; Gagan L Goeda (10.42s, Bengaluru) 2; Prajwal R (10.54s, Mysuru) 3. 400m: Balakrishna (47.36s, Hassan) 1; Rihan C H (47.67s, Bengaluru) 2; Samuel D (48.51s, Bengaluru) 3. 800m: Tushar Bheka (1:50.6, Belagavi) 1; Kamala Kannan S (1:51.0, Bengaluru Urban) 2; Vinayak (1.52.4, Belagavi) 3. 1500m: Vaibhav Maruthi Patil (3:52.9, Belagavi) 1; Sangamesh Kuri (3:58.5, Bengaluru) 2; Arrohith (4:00.6, Bengaluru) 3. 5000m: Onkar Rajendra P (14:18.72, Bengaluru) 1; Shivaji Madappa Gouda (14:41.01, Uttara Kannada) 2; Rohith A R (14:51.53, Bengaluru) 3. 110m Hurdles: Krishik M (14.27 sec, Tumkur) 1; Adesh G Hegde (15.78s, Bengaluru) 2; Labbaik Nalband (15.98s, Belagavi) 3. 400m Hurdles: Yashas P (51.3s, Tumakuru) 1; Rakshith R Arvindra (52.3s, Uttara Kannada) 2; Rakshith (53.4s, Udupi) 3. Long Jump: Anush T R (7.49m, Udupi) 1; Arya S (7.47m, Bengaluru) 2; Naveen B (7.38m, Tumakuru) 3. High Jump: Sudeep (2.05m, Shivamogga) 1; Harshith S (1.85m, Bengaluru) 2; Sinan Sinan (1.85m, Udupi) 3. Triple Jump: Jesse Sandesh (15.38m, Bengaluru) 1; Abdul Munaf R (14.65m, Bengaluru) 2; Ganesh Kumar (14.25m, Mysuru) 3. Pole Vault: Subash Chandvan (4.60m, Bengaluru) 1; Siddaram (3.80m, Bengaluru) 2. Shot Put: Ajay Ashok (16.88m, Belagavi) 1; Prajwal M Shetty (16.74m, Udupi) 2; Mohan E (14.82m, Mysuru) 3. Javelin Throw: Shashank Patil (76.36m, Belagavi) 1; Sharukh (66.18m, KSP) 2; Kolloleppa B (64.41m, Belagavi) 3. Hammer Throw: Muttappa (NMR: 59.30m, Old: 58.69m, Sachin) 1; Sachin (59.25m, Koppal) 2; Dheeraj (54.90m, Udupi) 3.Women: 100m: Sneha S S (11.52s, Chikkamagaluru) 1; Daneshwari A T (11.78s, Belagavi) 2; Prakruthi (11.85s, Chitradurga) 3. 400m: Vijaya Kumari (53.3s, Bengaluru) 1; Poovamma (54.4s, Dakshina Kannada) 2; Sinchal Kaveramma (55.2s, Kodagu) 3. 800m: Rekha P B (2.14.4, Dakshina Kannada) 1; Manushree G (2.25.9, Bengaluru Urban) 2; Pratheeksha (2.28.8, Udupi) 3. 1500m: Smitha D R (4:33.1, Hassan) 1; Priyanka C (4:33.6, Bengaluru) 2; Rashi C M (4:43.2, Kodagu) 3. 5000m: Thejaswi (18:11.89, KSP) 1; Aradhana (18:36.61, Bengaluru) 2; Seema M N (18:37.04, Belagavi) 3. 100m Hurdles: Shreeya Rajesh (14.39s, Bengaluru) 1; Keerti B S (16.23s, Dharwad) 2. 400m Hurdles: Deekshitha R Gowda (1:00.4, Uttara Kannada) 1; Prajna K (1:01.4, Udupi) 2; Megha Munavalli (1:01.3, Dharwad) 3. Long Jump: Varshitha C (5.91m, Mandya) 1; Shreedevika (5.77m, Udupi) 2; Akshatha (5.71m, Udupi) 3. High Jump: Pallavi Patil (1.80m, Yadgiri) 1; Supriya S B (1.73m, Chikkamagaluru) 2. Triple Jump: Varshitha C (12.60m, Mandya) 1; Aishwarya (11.30m, Belagavi) 2. Pole Vault: Sindhushree (3.70m, Bengaluru) 1; A Nisha Banu (3.40m, Railways) 2. Discus Throw: Sushma B (41.08m, Dakshina Kannada) 1; Madhurya (40.36m, Udupi) 2; Pragya Goyal (27.87m, Bengaluru) 3. Shot Put: Ambika V (14.20m, Mysuru) 1; Nivetha T (13.35m, Karnataka FD) 2; Brunda S Gowda (12.87m, Mysuru) 3. Hammer Throw: Spruha Raju Naik (46.10m, Belagavi) 1; Amreen (42.58m, Dakshina Kannada) 2; Kushisalyan (36.70m, Dakshina Kannada) 3.
