National Jr Athletics: Reshma breaks 2nd national record in 2 weeks

Guwahati, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Uttarakhand's 16-year-old Reshma Patel broke a national record for the second time in a fortnight when she won the girls under-18 5000m event in the 36th National Junior Athletics Championship at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium here today. She clocked 23 minutes 38.57 seconds to go past KT Neena's under-18 record of 24:11.70 set in Bambolim, Goa, in 2014.

Reshma claimed the National u-20 Record when she made her debut in the 10,000m Race Walk in the Federation Cup Junior U20 Athletics Championships in Bhopal on January 26. The Dehradun girl had competition from Rupali (Uttar Pradesh) and Deepika Sharma (Rajasthan) but did well to pull away from her rivals to post a comfortable win.

Late in the evening, the under-18 quartermilers produced better times than the under-20 runners in both the men and women's finals. Tamil Nadu's S Barath and Haryana's Kapil both clocked sub-48 times in the boys under-18 final while Priya Habbathanahally Mohan (Karnataka) and Summy (Haryana) dipped in under 56 seconds in the girls under-18 final.

Delhi sprinters Ritik Malik and Taranjeet Kaur won the under-20 men and women 100m races while the title of the fastest Under-18 athletes were captured by Anshul (Delhi) and Avantika Santosh Narale (Maharashtra), who beat her familiar rival Jeevanji Deepthi (Telangana). Dheeraj Kumar Pahadi (Jharkhand) won the boys under-16 100m crown

Saniya Mahendra Sawant (Maharashtra) won the close contest in the girls under-16 category, edging out her State-mate Siya Abhijit Sawant and Soumita Paul (West Bengal) by one-hundredth of a second. The photo had to be consulted to decide the second place and Maharashtra could claim a 1-2.

It was clear that the two were dishing out a treat to those following the event. Rohit Yadav's throw sailed 6cm farther than that of Yashvir Singh, who is fresh off a victory in the Federation Cup Junior U20 Championship in Bhopal. Having had a best effort of 78.68m last month, Yashir unleashed a 77.15m throw but Rohit Yadav produced two throws of 77.21 and 77.86.

The results (finals):

Under-20 Men:

100m: 1. Ritik Malik (Delhi) 10.76 seconds; 2. Abhin B Devadiga (Karnataka) 10.78; 3. Rahul Sharma (Uttar Pradesh) 10.89 .

400m: 1. CR Abdul Razak (Kerala) 48.48; 2. Parveen Kumar (Haryana) 48.71; 3. Deepak Rohilla (Haryana) 48.73.

1500m: 1. Sunil Dawar (Madhya Pradesh) 3:48.46 (New Meet Record. Old: 3:48.52, Sunil Dawar, Guntur, 2019); 2. Harendra Kumar (Delhi) 3:50.06; 3. Sharavan Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) 3:56.14.

10000m Race Walk: 1. Suraj Panwar (Uttarakhand) 41:17.40; 2. Paramdeep Mor (Haryana) 42.19.89; 3. Ningthou Khonga Willia (Manipur) 44:04.11.

Pole Vault: 1. Sunny (Haryana) 4.40m.

Women

100m: 1. Taranjeet Kaur (Delhi) 12.02 seconds ; 2. Tanushree Porel (West Bengal) 12.18; 3. Giridharani Ravikumar (Tamil Nadu) 12.18.

400m: 1. Deepanshi (Haryana) 56.46; 2. Jyotika (Karnataka) 56.71; 3. Himanshi Malik (Haryana) 57.06.

1500m: 1. Ankita Dhyani (Uttarakhand) 4:19.31; Pooja (Haryana) 4:19.58; 3. Megha (Haryana) 4:43.73.

High Jump: 1. Meera Shibu (Kerala) 1.68m; 2. SB Supriya (Karnataka) 1.65; 3. Manshi (Uttar Pradesh) 1.65.

Pole Vault: 1. Pooja (Haryana) 3.40m; 2. Pavithra Venkatesh (Tamil Nadu) 3.30; 3. Balanisha Balakrishna (Tamil Nadu) 3.30.

Under-18

Boys

100m: 1. Anshul (Delhi) 10.90 seconds; 2. BB Yashwanth (Tamil Nadu) 11.02; 3. J Mohamed Saad (Tamil Nadu) 11.03.

400m: 1. S Barath (Tamil Nadu) 47.71 seconds; 2. Kapil (Haryana) 47.86; 3. AJ Abhinesh (Tamil Nadu) 48.79.

Discus Throw: 1. Ajay Kumar (Haryana) 58.11m; 2. Shubhkarman Singh Ghotra (Punjab) 56.63; 3. Arvind Sharma (Delhi) 52.46.

Girls

100m: 1. Avantika Santosh Narale (Maharashtra) 11.98 seconds; 2. Jeevanji Deepthi (Telangana) 12.07; 3. Sudeshna Hanmant Shivankar (Maharashtra) 12.11.

400m: 1. Priya Habbathanahally Mohan (Karnataka) 55.29; 2. Summy (Haryana) 55.50; 3. Rupal (Uttar Pradesh) 56.76.

5000m Race Walk: 1. Reshma Patel (Uttarakhand) 23:38.37 (New National and Meet Records. Old National Record: 24:11.70, KT Neena, Bambolim, 2014; Old Meet Record: 24:32.30: Munita Prajapati, Guntur, 2019); 2. Rupali (Uttar Pradesh) 24:13.54; 3. Deepika Sharma (Rajasthan) 24:36.95.

Discus Throw: 1. Kiran (Rajasthan) 47.79; 2. Neetu Kumari (Rajasthan) 42.68; 3. Arshdeep Kaur (Punjab) 42.38.

Under-16

Boys

100m: 1.Dheeraj Kumar Pahadi (Jharkhand) 10.94 seconds; 2. Idul Hussain (Assam) 11.16; 3. Harsh Deepak Thakur (Maharashtra) 11.28

Girls:

100m: 1. Saniya Mahendra Sawant (Maharashtra) 12.61 seconds ; 2. Siya Abhijit Sawant (Maharashtra) 12.62; 3. Soumita Paul (West Bengal) 12.62.

Discus Throw: 1. Anisha (Delhi) 40.26m; 2. Ujjwal Kasana (Uttar Pradesh) 38.99; 3. Jessica (Haryana) 38.42.

Under-14

Boys

60m: 1. Deepak Toppo (Jharkhand) 7.30 seconds (New National Record. Old: 7.37, Ravindra Maurya, Ranchi, 2011); 2. Ayush Krishna (Kerala) 7.63; 3. Angshuman Bhagbati (Assam) 7.71.

High Jump: 1. M Ashok Kumar (Tamil Nadu) 1.79m; 2. Afroz Ahmad (Jharkhand) 1.69; 3. Prinshu Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 1.63.

Long Jump: 1. Sahil Nunia (Haryana) 6.33m; 2. Killo Nand Kishor (Andhra Pradesh) 6.09; 3. Pritesh Oraon (Odisha) 5.93.

Girls:

60m: 1. Rujula Amol Bhonsle (Maharashtra) 7.96 seconds (New National & Meet records; Old: 8.29, KV Roshini, Ranchi, 2007); 2. Nancy (Haryana) 8.20; 3. Saanika Subhash Banger (Karnataka) 8.22.

Long Jump: 1. S Sainandhana (Kerala) 4.99m; 2. AV Yajaasvin (Tamil Nadu) 4.93; 3, Sankepalli Lavanya (Andhra Pradesh) 4.86.

Saturday's results

Under-20

Men

10000m: 1. M Sathish Kumar (Tamil Nadu) 29:50.69; 2. Prince Nagar (Haryana)30:52.54; 3. Amaresh Kumar Prajapati (Delhi) 30:59.88.

Long Jump: 1. Jeswin Aldrin (Tamil Nadu) 7.47m; 2. Bhupendra Singh (Haryana) 7.37; 3. Aditya Kumar Singh (Madhya Pradesh) 7.35.

Javelin Throw: 1. Rohit Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 77.86m; 2. Yashvir Singh (Haryana) 77.15; 3. Nandkishor Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 72.06.

Women

Shot Put: 1. Shiksha (Haryana) 13.73; 2. Kavita Kumari (Rajasthan) 13.46; 3. Avneet (Punjab) 13.07.

Source: IANS