State girls grab honours

Praneetha S Pradeep, Veena, Varsha R and Archana K A clocked two minutes 20.20 seconds for the gold, edging Kerala, who finished second in 2:20.70.

Karnataka boys failed to win a medal but the girls had a field day with silver medals coming from the under-20 4x100M relay quartet of Reena George, Prajna S Prakash, Bebi Sumaya and Rebecca Jose (48.54), Apsana Begaum (under-18 400M hurdles, 1:07.04) and shot-putter Nivedita Prashant (under-14, 9.38M).

Arpitha M (under-20 400M hurdles, 1:04.13) and Jolly VM (under-20, triple jump, 12.40) pocketed a bronze each.

Results: Boys: Under-20: 400M hurdles: Durgesh Kumar (Mah) 50.86 seconds, 1; (National Record. Old: Sahib Singh, India, 51.46; NMR. Old: Akhil Fransis, AP, 51.94, 2009); Bastin Joseph (Ker) 52.87, 2; Vishnu V Sabu (Ker) 53.57, 3.

3000M steeplechase: Shakti Singh (Mah) 9:36.82, 1; Ram  Milan (UP) 9:37.94, 2; Jiyalal Bind (MP) 9:37.99, 3.

Hammer throw: Sukhdev Singh (Har) 65.55 metres, 1 (NMR. Old: 65.15, Joginder, Tri, 2006); Jan Nishar (UP) 65.29, 2. BMR; Mulayam Singh Yadav (UP) 62.33, 3.

Pole vault: Parmendra (UP) 4.80, 1. (NMR. Old: 4.75, Bimin KP, Ker, 2004); J Preeth (TN) 4.70, 2; Parveen (Har) 4.60, 3.

4x100M relay: Kerala (Rijo P Sebastian, Karthikan P K, Sajid N P, Binish K Shaji) 42.25, 1; Tamil Nadu (D Karthick, J Thiyagarajan, M Jayaraman, M Sathya Seelan) 42.75, 2; Karnataka (Ganesh Naik, Sumanth M K, Vidyaa Sagar S, Mohamed Afeef) 43.04, 3.
Under-18: 400M hurdles: Jagdeesh Chandra (UP) 53.76, 1; P. Satish (AP) 54.61, 2; Sandarsh Shetty (Mah) 54.77, 3.

Triple jump: S N Mohammed Salahuddin (TN) 15.09, 1; Safeer T  (Ker) 14.23, 2; Dhermendra Kumar Yadav (AP) 14.04, 3.

Hammer: Rajendra (UP) 64.51, 1; Shamsher (Haryana) 63.60, 2; Arun Kumar (Jharkhand) 58.71, 3. 10000M walk: Kuldeep (Haryana) 42:58.10 (National record. Old: 45:08.00), 1; Neeraj (Uttarakhand) 45:48.50, 2; Kuldeep Negi (Uttarakhand) 48:59.40, 3. 1000M medley relay: Haryana (1:55.27) 1; Tamil Nadu (1:56.44) 2; Kerala (1:59.05), 3.

Under-16: 1000M: Ravi Prakash (UP) 2:35.11, 1; Ankit Kumar (Raj) 2:35.51, 2; Twinkle Tomy (Ker) 2:35.68, 3.

Hammer throw: Sabeel Ahmed (Uttar Pradesh) 59.29, 1; Sudhir (Haryana) 57.55, 2; Sameer  Khan (Uttar Pradesh) 55.24, 3.

5000M walk: Shailesh Kumar (Chhattisgarh) 23:52.80, 1; Abhilash (Uttar Pradesh) 24:08.40, 2; Swaraj Singh (Punjab) 24:23.10, 3.

Under-14: High jump: Anil Kumar Sahoo (Maharashtra) 1.85 (National record. Old: 1.83, Ashesh Chandra Roy, 2009), 1; Tapas Roy (Bengal) 1.80, 2;  Sk Hazi Baba (Andhra Pradesh) 1.74, 3.

Girls: Under-20: 400M hurdles: Anu R (Ker) 1:01.27 seconds, 1; Anju Rani (Har) 1:02.49, 2; Arpitha M (Kar) 1:04.13, 3.     

Triple jump: Shilpa Chacko (Ker) 12.78 metres, 1; Savitha P S (Ker) 12.41, 2; Jolly VM (Kar) 12.40, 3.  

Shot put: Pinki Dey (WB) 12.70, 1; Subhra Ghosh (WB) 12.09, 2; Sandeep Kumari (Har) 10.72, 3.

4x100M relay: Kerala (Arathy S Kumar, Adheena P G, Savitha P S, Mareena George) 48.53, 1; Karnataka (Reena George, Prajna S Prakash, Bebi Sumaya, Rebecca Jose) 48.54,
2; Tamil Nadu (M. Jeyashamily, S Neelaveni, P Jansi Rani, R Kowsalya) 49.41, 3.

Under-18: 1000M medley relay: Tamil Nadu (2:13.87, National record. Old: 2:14.28, Kerala, 2010), 1; Bengal (2:14.29) 2; Kerala (2:18.01), 3.

400M hurdles:  Prabitha T V (Ker) 1:05.24, 1; Apsana Begaum (Kar) 1:07.04, 2; P Iniya (TN) 1:07.72, 3.

5000M walk: Akshaya S (Kerala) 28:31.30, 1; Rinku Patra (West Bengal) 28:45.00, 2; R Madhumitha Karado (Tamil Nadu) 28:47.50, 3.

Hammer throw: Reena (Haryana) 41.46, 1; Nisha Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 41.26, 2; Sangeeta (Haryana) 35.26, 3.

Javelin throw: Kumari Sharmila (Haryana) 40.36 (Meet record. Old: 39.36, Anju Rathi, 2008), 1; Abha Khatun  (Bengal) 39.35, 2; Neenu Thomas (Kerala) 36.61, 3.
Under-16: 1000M medley relay: Karnataka (Praneetha S Pradeep, Veena, Varsha R, Archana K A) 2:20.20, 1; Kerala (2:20.70), 2; Tamil Nadu (2:22.62), 3.
Discus: M Mahalakshmi (Tamil Nadu) 35.65, 1; Subhashini K (Tamil Nadu) 34.81, 2; Anushi Desai (Maharashtra) 33.96, 3.

1000M: Jessy Joseph (Ker) 2:56.86, 1; Preeti Lamba (Har) 2:57.65, 2; Shiva Shakya (UP) 2:58.87, 3.

3000M walk: Binsi A M (Kerala) 14:51.90 (Meet record. Old: 15:12.00, Pavani, 2000), 1; Priyanka (Uttar Pradesh) 16:13.70, 2; Mohini Waman (Maharashtra) 16:29.30, 3.
Under-14: High jump: M Aarthi (Tamil Nadu) and Melva George (Kerala) 1.43 metres, 1; Nicole Coutinho (Maharashtra) 1.43, 3.

Shot put: Pushpa Kakhar (Har) 9.99, 1 (NMR. Old: 9.32, Preeti Rani, Har, 2010); Nivedita Prashant (Kar) 9.38, 2. BMR; R Nandhini (TN) 9.09, 3.