Bala vaults to new record

Athletics State Senior and Junior meet : Ganesh wins 200 and powers Alva's to 4x100 gold

Sprinter Gan­esh Shanakatta bagged a fi­ne double while Balakrishn­an P set a new meet re­­cord in men’s pole vault to hog the limelight on the second day of the State Junior and Senior Athletics Champion­ship here at the Sree Kante­erava Stadium on Saturday. 

Ganesh, representing Alva’s, Moodbidri, powered to gold in 21.7 seconds in the men’s 200 metres, ahead of team-mate Manohara C (22.1) and Akshay Tarale (22.4) of Belagavi. 

Ganesh, hailing from Kundapura, then anchored Alva’s to gold in the men’s 4x100 metres relay to complete a fine double. Alva’s (42.0) beat Fusion Sports Club (43.0) for the first spot. MEG, Bengaluru (43.3), settled for the third spot. 

In the men’s pole vault, Balakrishnan produced a fine performance to emerge champion. The South Western Railways employee cleared 4.6 metres on his first attempt itself, setting a new meet mark in the process. The 26-year-old erased the previous best meet record of 4.50 metres, set by K Rajesh (2011) and Vishnu Unni (2015). 

Nagendra Appanna, who set a new meet record in discus throw, bagged another gold in boys’ under-16 shot put on Saturday, his throw of 14.29 metres equalling the previous meet record, set by Manusha B, last year.

Intruder in 400M race 

In a bizarre incident, the men’s 400 metres semifinal race saw an intruder almost disrupt the event. The non competing athlete appeared to have entered the track for a warm-up run without the knowledge of the race in progress. 

As the athletes crossed the final bend of the race, the athlete, wearing a red PESIT college jersey, stepped on to the track and began sprinting, much to the shock and confusion of the crowd and the officials. The athlete ran hard till the finish line only to be questioned by the officials, who issued a stern warning before letting him off.

Results: Men: 200M: Ganesh S (Alva's) 21.7, 1; Manohara C (Alva's) 22.1, 2; Akshay Tarale (BEL) 22.4, 3. 

110M hurdles: Sumanth MK (Tumkur) 15.55, 1; Sagar R (Mysuru) 15.60, 2; Lohith Sagar (Elite SC) 19.39, 3.  

5000M run: Immanuely (MEG) 15:19.4, 1; Santosh (MEG) 15:37.6, 2; Shiju K (MEG) 15:44.4, 3. 

Long jump: Shamsheer SE (Alva's) 7.24M, 1; P Rahul (MEG) 7.20M, 1; Radha Krishna R (JU) 7.19M, 3. 

Discus throw: Deepak Choudhary (MEG) 46.25M, 1; Sai Raj (MEG) 40.40M, 2; Abhishek (Alva's) 38.67M, 3. 

Hammer throw: Gaviswami M (Alva's) 52.20M, 1; Rajendra Tripathi (MEG) 52.05M, 2; Surender Kumar (MEG) 51.90M, 3. 

4x100 relay: Alva's Sports Club (42.0) 1; Fusion Sports Club (43.0) 2; MEG Bangalore (43.3) 3. 

U-20: 200M: Manish (Udupi) 22.0, 1; Gajanan Thankre (Alva's) 22.1, 2; Rohit (Udupi) 22.2, 3. 

110M hurdles: Amarnath MD (Belagavi) 14.7, 1; Tushar G (Dakshina Kannada) 14.9, 2; Kishan (Alva's) 14.9, 3.   1500M: Vishwambhar (SWR) 4:04.6, 1; Satheesh J (MEG, Centre) 4:08.1, 2; Ajith G (MEG) 4:09.02, 3.

10 km walk: Rakshith BS (SAI, Bangalore) 50:06.00, 1; Nikhilesh TN (SAI, Bangalore) 56:43.3, 2; Joywin Jerome Fenandes (St Claret) 56:43.6, 3. 

Long jump: Sandesh (Alva's) 6.93M, 1; Darshan (SDM, Ujire) 6.90M, 2; Anusha TR (Udupi) 6.74M, 3. 

Discus throw: Sharath Babu RP (St Claret College) 40.40M, 1; Abhilash R (Alva's) 36.83M, 2; Prasad Nayak (Uttara Kannada) 34.20M, 3. 

Javelin throw: Manish Laxman (Udupi) 57.68M, 1; Amit Kumar Jain (Alva's) 48.94M, 2; Kuldeep Naik (Alva's) 48.92M, 3. 

Hammer throw: Keshavan R (Alva's) 52.04M, 1; Sudarshan (Udupi) 49.92M, 2; Balachandra (Koppal) 42.19M, 3. 

4x100 relay: Udupi (42.7) 1; Alva's Sports Club (43.2) 2; Fusion Sports Club (43.8) 3. 

U-18: 200M: Raj Dhruva (Jayanagar Athletic) 22.5, 1;  Afridi (Udupi) 22.7, 2; KR Prajwal Mandanna (Alva's) 22.9, 3.  

110M hurdles: Aman Arun (Alva’s) 14.7, 1; Shravan S Ullal (Dakshina Kannada) 15.00, 2; Amogh M (Tumkur) 16.00, 3.  

3000M: Gowtam B Kavalagi (Dharwad) 9:35.5, 1; Prashanth Kumar (Alva's) 9:39.8, 2; Basavaraj N Godi (Alva's) 9:45.6, 3. 

10km walk: Zinith CP (SAI, Bengaluru) 53:56.5, 1; Sachin (Mandya) 59:46.8, 2; Vivek Chanran (Alva's) 1:00.2, 3. 

Long jump: S Lokesh (CTF Bangalore) 7.08M, 1; Pruthvi Seregar (SAI, Bangalore) 6.63M, 2; Ashwin Nayak (Dakshina Kannada) 6.45M, 3. Shot put: Md Saqlain Ahmed (Mysuru) 14.24M, 1; Prathyush (Alva's) 13.27M, 2; Prinson (Udupi) 12.77M, 3. 

Hammer throw: Yamanoorappa RV (Alva's) 55.34M, 1; Sachin (Alva's) 47.11M, 2; Praveen V Kalli (Alva's) 46.24M, 3. 

Medley relay: Alva's Sports Club (2:00.5) 1; Dakshina Kannada (2:03.5) 2; Udupi (2:03.7) 3. 

U-16: 200M: Abhin (Udupi) 22.8, 1; Mahantesh (Alva's) 23.4, 2; Ashton (Dakshina Kannada) 23.8, 3. 

110M hurdles: Sujith George (Alva’s) 14.3, 1; Irfan Aman Rashmin Khan (Sports School, Kudige) 14.4, 2; Annappa M Gowda (DYES, Udupi) 14.8, 3.  

Long jump: Prashanth KR (DYES, Udupi) 6.29M, 1; Akshay Kumar (Bangalore Urban) 6.28M, 2; Irfan Aman Rashim Khan (SS Kudige) 6.14M, 3. 

Shot put: Nagendra Annappa Naik (Alva's) 14.29M, 1; Surya B (Mandya) 12.32M, 2; Sunil Kumar S (DYES, Bengaluru) 12.15M, 3.

Hammer throw: Rahul RT (Alva's) 41.89M, 1; Kiran Prabhakar (Bagalkote) 39.41M, 2; Shivaaraj (Koppala) 38.11M, 3. 

Javelin throw: Vivek Singh (CNP, Bengaluru) 43.35M, 1; Rakesh MC (Hassan) 41.85M, 2.  

Medley relay: Alva's Sports Club (2:04.6) 1; DYES, Udupi (2:06.6) 2; Track & Field, Udupi (2:08.1) 3.

U-14: High jump: Santosh Kumar (National Sports) 1.56M, 1; Shravya Appiah (BSC) 1.43M, 2; Sikko Bodh Chakma (Mysuru) 1.35M, 3. Long jump: Santosh Kumar (Hoskote) 5.9M, 1; Mansoor Basha 5.78, 2; Dirish D Shetty (JSS) 5.44M, 3.  Triathlon: Narahari Kripa M (Bangalore Sports Club) 1605 points 1; Md Yashin Ahmed (YSC, Bengaluru) 1482, 2; Hemanth N (Alva's) 1439, 3.

Women: 100M hurdles: Prajna S Prakash (Fusion Athletics) 14.20, 1; Anila Jose (Railways) 14.50, 2; SG Priyanka (Mysuru) 14.70, 3.  

400M: A Nithyashree (Alva's) 53.9 1; GK Vijay Kumari (SAI, Bengaluru) 54.9, 2; V Priyanka (DYES, Mysuru) 58.0, 3.   

5000M: Akshatha (Davanagere) 20:02.5, 1; Sakku Bai (3 Steps Athletics) 21:13.5, 2; Arpitha Nagaraj (Arjun T&F) 22:04.4, 3.  

Long jump:  A Priya (SDM) 5.73M, 1; Anusha G.Pooja (Alva's) 5.47M, 2; Shilpa Sundar 5.30M, 3. 

Discus throw: JS Priyanka (South Western Railway) 40.33M, 1; Navya Shetty (Mysuru) 38.20M, 2; S. Sushma (Indian Postal), 30.88m, 3. 

4x100 relay:  Alva's, 48.5, 1; Fusion SC 49.4s, 2; Indian Athletic Academy 57.3, 3.Girls: U-20: 100M hurdles: Harshitha (DYES, Mysuru) 14.89, 1; Sushma Ram (SAI, Bengaluru) 15.14, 2; Akshatha (SDM) 16.74, 3. 

400M: HR Navami (DYES, Bengaluru) 59.00, 1; Krihi Kumari (Alva's) 1:02.0, 2; DN Milana (SDM) 1:02.3, 3. 

1500M: Shraddha Shetty (Alva's) 5:13.8, 1; C Poornima (Alva's) 5:32.4, 2; KJ Deepthi (SAI, Madikeri) 5:52.3, 3. 

5000M: HD Priyanka (Alva's) 20:34.5, 1; B Deeksha (Alva's) 22:02.1, 2; MD Shruthi (Alva's) 22:02.6, 3. 

Long jump: B Aishwarya (Alva's) 5.83M, 1; SS Sneha (SDM) 5.77M, 2; Harshitha Kumari (SDM) 5.23M, 3.

4x100M relay: SDM, 49.1, 1; DYES Mysuru 49.4, 2; Alva's 50.8s, 3.Under-18: 100M: MR Dhanusha (DYES, Vidyanagar) 15.6, 1; HV Pooja (SAI, Bengaluru) 15.8, 2; M Soumyashree 16.1, 3. 

200M: AT Dhaneshwari (DYES, Vidyanagar) 25.8, 1; CS Dechamma (Alva's) 26.4, 2; Saroj P Shetty (DK) 26.8, 3.

1500M: Jayalakshmi (Alva's) 5:08.7, 1; LA Priya (Alva's) 5:09.9, 2; R Usha (Alva's) 16.1, 3. 3000M: Chaitra Devadiga (Alva's) 11:09.2, 1; K Namratha (SDM) 11:46.9, 2; Pallavi G Appinbail (Belagavi) 11:50, 3.

Long jump: Pavithra (Udupi) 5.26M, 1; Nishmitha (Udupi) 5.25M, 2; VS Anitha (Alva's) 4.98M, 3. 

U-16: 100M hurdles: Grashum Suvarna (DK) 16.1, 1; R Sindhu (Alva's) 16.6, 2; Shreya (DK) 17.00, 3. 

200M: Tusya Megan (DK) 25.7, 1; Josna (Alva's) 26.3, 2; Varshini (Mysuru) 26.5, 3. 

Long jump: TR Sinchal Kaveramma (Alva's) 5.05M, 1; P Rohitha (Indo German Club) 5.02M, 2; G Mihika (Indo German Club), 4.98M, 3. 

Girls: U-14: Long jump: Gunashree (Alva's) 4.96M, 1; Sneha Sangayya (Alva's) 4.81M, 2; N Rithushree (Bangalore Sports Club)  4.57M, 3. 

Shot put: Shibani G Shetty (DK) 9.93M, 1; V Vaishali (DYES, Vidyanagar) 9.49M, 2; Brunda S Gowda (Mysuru) 8.66M, 3. Triathlon: Shibani G Shetty (DK) 1450, 1; Gunashree (Alva's) 1434, 2; Sneha (Alva's) 1393, 3.