Meghana sets new mark

Karnataka hurdler shatters girls' U-16 national record

Meghana warded off a stiff challenge from Arya TS of Kerala to take home the gold in

14.57 seconds. The 15-year-old, South Zone champion in the same event, obliterated the previous mark of 14.70 set by Tamil Nadu’s Gayathri in 2006.

Arya also came under the national mark, clocking 14.67 to pocket the silver, while Merlin P of Kerala claimed bronze in 14.78. Later, Shruthi KC added one more yellow metal to the hosts’ tally by winning the girls’ under-20 1500M title in four minutes 41.68 seconds.

The hosts faced a setback when Joyline M Lobo was beaten by Shraddha Ghule of Maharashtra in the under-20 girls’ triple jump event. Shraddha leapt to a distance of 13.13 metres for the gold with Joyline a good 13 centimetres (13.00 metres) behind.

M Rathesh Kumar (under-20 boys’ 110M hurdles), FV Bangi (under-16 boys’ 100M hurdles) and the under-20 girls’ 4x400M relay team also won silver while Prathiksha (under-16 girls’ 3000M walk), girls’ under-16 and under-18 1000M medley relay teams bagged bronze medals on the third day.

Eight more National records were broken and one meet mark was rewritten. J Surendhar of Tamil Nadu (under-20 boys’ 110M hurdles), Rahul Kumar Pal of Maharashtra (U-18 boys 1000M), Namita Kabat of Jharkhand (U-18 girls’ 1000M), Sinju Prakash M  of Kerala (U-18 girls’ pole vault), Jueeli Badhe of Maharashtra (U-14 girls’ high jump), Haryana’s 1000M medley relay team (U-18 boys) and Kerala’s 1000M medley relay teams (U-16 boys and U-18 girls) lowered the national marks.

Results: Boys: U-20: 1500M: Chandrakant Manwadkar (Mah) 3:58.92, 1; Jinson Johnson (Ker) 3:59.58, 2; Paramjeet (Har) 4:00.81, 3. 110M hurdles: J Surendhar (TN) 13.92S. National record (Old: 14.20, Gurpreet Singh, North Zone) 1; M Rathesh Kumar (Kar) 13.94, 2. BMR; Pinto Mathew (Ker) 13.98, 3. BMR.
Hammer throw: Amit Gill (Har) 61.89M, 1; Sukhdev Singh (Har) 60.19, 2; Jannisar Akhta (UP) 58.43, 3.

Pole vault: J Preeth (TN) 4.60M, 1; Parveen Kumar (Har) 4.30, 2; Anoop Johny (Ker) 4.20, 3. 4X400M relay: Kerala (3:15.88) 1; Tamil Nadu (3:16.90) 2; Haryana (3:18.56) 3. U-18: 1000M: Rahul Kumar Pal (Mah) 2:27.20. NR (Old: 2:34.21, Rahul Kumar Pal, Mah, 2010) 1; Ch Yerramnaidu (AP) 2:28.04, 2. BMR; Kamal Deep Mati (Uttd) 2:28.44, 3. BMR. 110M hurdles: K Dileepkumar (Mah) 14.07S, 1; Bastin Joseph (Ker) 14.49, 2; Anil Kumar Das (Ori) 14.59, 3.
Triple jump: S N Mohammed Salahuddin (TN) 15.09M, 1; R Rajasekar (TN) 14.69, 2; Karthik U (Ker) 14.65, 3. 10km walk: Kapil Kumar (Mah) 45:50.16, 1; Neeraj Rathee (Har) 46:20.47, 2; Abhimanyu (Har) 46:43.08, 3. 1000M medley relay: Haryana (1:54.98) 1. NR (Old: 1:57.78, AP, 2008) 1; Delhi (1:56.69) 2. BMR; Punjab (1:57.28) 3. BMR. U-16: 1000M: Mandeep Goyat (Mah) 2:31.23, 1; Loverinder Singh (Jhar) 2:31.31, 2; Lalit (Del) 2:34.52, 3.
100M hurdles: B Kantha Rao (AP) 13.87S, 1; FV Bangi (Kar) 14.37, 1; A Ramanjaneyulu (AP) 14.40, 3. Discus throw: Praveen Kumar (Raj) 46.57M, 1; N Sathish (TN) 45.24, 2; Ashok Kumar (Mah) 43.81, 3.

Hammer throw: Sachin (UP) 61.03M, 1; Partaksh Pande (UP) 51.52, 2; Navdeep Kumar (Raj) 50.78, 3. 5000M walk: Gaurav Kumar (Uttr) 25:07.50, 1; Karan Rathi (Har) 25:07.66, 2; Lokesh Kumar (MP) 26:17.84, 3. 1000M medley relay: Kerala (1:59.01). NR (Old: 2:01.26, Mah, 2008) 1; Haryana (2:00.06) 2. BMR; Andhra Pradesh (2:01.24) 3. BMR. U-14: High jump: Rahul (Del) 1.68M. EMR (Old: 1.68, A Mathavan, TN, 2008) 1; Sachin
Singh Mahar (Uttr) 1.65, 2; R Logeswaran (TN) 1.65, 3.
Girls: U-20: 1500M: Shruthi KC (Kar) 4:41.68, 1; B Vanitha (AP) 4:42.03, 2; Rekha Patel (UP) 4:42.32, 3. 100M hurdles: J Hemashree (TN) 15.10S, 1; Anju Rani (Har) 15.17, 2;
Antana Khatun (WB) 15.64, 3.
Triple jump: Shraddha Ghule (Mah) 13.13M, 1; Joylin Moral Lobo (Kar) 13.00, 2; Amitha Baby (Ker) 12.75, 3.
4X400M relay: Kerala (3:48.05) 1; Karnataka (Sowmya MV, Anitha N, Shruthi KC, Padmini MG) 4:01.35, 2; Tamil Nadu (4:04.31) 3. U-18: 1000M: Namita Kabat (Jhar) 2:56.77. NR (Old: 2:58.40, Namita Kabat, Jhar, 2010) 1; Aparna K (Ker) 2:57.74, 2; Alishka Agarwal (Jhar) 2:58.67, 3.
100M hurdles: Adheena PG (Ker) 14.79S, 1; R Radhika (TN) 15.34, 2;  Aswini KS (Ker) 15.56, 3. Discus throw: Sandeep Kumari (Har) 37.90M, 1; Sarah Vora (Mah) 35.93, 2; V Nandhini (TN) 33.18, 3. Shot put: Ketki Sethi (Pun) 12.00M, 1; Sandeep Kumari (Har) 11.73, 2; Harmandeep Kaur (Pun) 10.92, 3. Pole vault: Sinju Prakash MK (Ker) 3.11M. NR (Old: 3.10, Dija KC, Ker, 2008) 1; SM Shankari (TN) 2.70, 2; Shilpa Mol Joseph (Ker) 2.60, 3. 5000M walk: Shanti Kumari (Pun) 26:44.22, 1; Rupali Chavan Baban (Mah) 27:20.24, 2; R Abirami (TN) 29:23.66, 3.
1000M medley relay: Kerala (2:14.28). NR (Old: 2:15.47, Ker, 2008) 1; Andhra Pradesh (2:14.41) 3. BMR; Karnataka (Shubha, Bebi Sumaya, Arpitha, Reena George) 2:14.82, 3. BMR. U-16: 1000M: R Pavithra (TN) 2:51.96, 1; Jessy Joseph (Ker) 2:51.98, 2; Jyoti Saini (Pun) 3:00.41, 3. 100M hurdles: Meghana Shetty (Kar) 14.57S. National record (Old: 14.70, Gayathri, TN, 2006) 1; Arya T S (Ker) 14.67, 2. BMR;  Merlin P (Ker) 14.78, 3. Shot put: Renu (Har) 11.26M, 1; Navjitkaur (Pun) 11.06, 2; Ramanpreet Kaur (Pun) 10.87, 3. 3000M walk: Bincy AM (Ker) 16:40.69, 1; Greeshma KV (Ker) 17:34.14, 2; Prathiksha (Kar) 18:27.35, 3.
1000M medley relay: Tamil Nadu (2:16.63) 1; Kerala (2:17.98) 2; Karnataka (Praneetha Pradeep, Varsha R, Kavya, Archana K) 2:19.96, 3.
U-14: High jump: Jueeli Badhe (Mah) 1.52M. NR (Old: 1.51, N Kocherkar, Mah, 2009) 1; Suman Kumari (Har) 1.49, 2. BMR; Cheshma TC (Ker) 1.49, 3. BMR.