The Hindu : Rakesh, Vinitha corner glory

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Sunday, Nov 02, 2003

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Rakesh, Vinitha corner glory

CHENNAI NOV. 1. M. Rakesh Shankar (Arunai EC, Thiruvannamalai) and Vinitha Devi of Madras Institute of Technology clinched the overall championship in the men's and women's sections respectively in the Anna University Sports Board three-day Inter-zonal athletic meet, which concluded at the Nehru Stadium here on Friday.

The results (winners only):

Men: 100m: Arvind (Velammal CE, Zone I) 10.7s; 200m: A. Arvind 21.8s; 400m: K.G. Senthil Kumar (St. Joseph's CE) 51.3s; 800m: P. Chandru (PMR IT, Zone I) 2:08.0s; 1500m: K. Rajesh (SSM CE, Komarapalayam, Zone VI) 4:30.5s; 5000m: K. Rajesh 18:09.9s; 10,000m: K. Chandrasekar (Erode Sengunthar EC, Zone VII) 37:34.0s; 110m hurdles: M. Rakesh Shankar (Arunai EC, Thiruvannamalai, Zone V) 15.9s; 400m hurdles: M. Rakesh Shankar 61.3s; High jump: S. Rajesh (St. Joseph's, Zone III) 1.90m; Long jump: R. Hemnath (St. Joseph's) 6.64m; Triple jump: B. Sathish (JJCET Tiruchi, Zone VIII) 13.35m; Shot put: R. Karthik (SRM EC, Kattankulathur, Zone IV) 12.61m; Discus throw: Derek Hutson (St. Joseph's) 40.82m; Hammer throw: S. Sivaraman (Arulmigu Kalasalingam, Zone X) 28.55m; Javelin throw: Derek Hutson (St. Joseph's) 60.21m; Pole vault: K. Mahadevan (St. Joseph's) 3.60m; Half-marathon: K. Chandrasekar (Erode Sengunthar EC, Zone VII) 1 hr 31:43.0s; Decathlon: S. Arun Kumar (JJCET Tiruchi, Zone VIII) 4076 points. 4x400m relay: Velammal, PMR IT, St. Peter's EC— Zone I) 3:39.9s; 20 Km walk: B. Ramesh Babu (Adhiyamaan EC, Hosur, Zone VI) 1hr 13.43s.

Individual championship: M. Rakesh Shankar (Arunai EC, Thiruvannamalai, Zone V).

Women:

100m: Noosheen Rajendran (CEG, Zone II) 12.7s; 200m: Vinitha Devi (MIT, Zone IV) 27.1s; 400m: Vinitha Devi 62.4s; 800m: G. Revathi (Thiagarajar CE, Madurai, Zone IX) 2:45.7s; 1500m: N. Jothi (Sona CT, Salem, Zone VI) 6:24.7s; 5000m: S. Sangeetha (St. Joseph's) 25:50.3s; 10000m: S. Sangetha 1:04.55s; 100m hurdles: Divya Sukumaran (CEG) 16.2s; 400m hurdles: Vinitha Devi 1:12.5s; High jump: M. Sangeetha (CEG) 1.55m; Long jump: Noosheen Rajendran 5.62m; Triple jump: Noosheen Rajendran 11.11m; Shot put: M. Sangeetha 9.56m; Discus throw: G.P. Anitha (SSN CE) 25.30m; Hammer throw: K. Uma Maheshwari (Park CET, Cbe, Zone VII) 19.05m; Javelin throw: M. Sangeetha 29.7m; Heptathlon: C. Sivashankari (Kamaraj EC, Virudhunagar, Zone X); 4x400m relay: Adiyamaan, Sona CT, Zone VI) 5:13.4s; 5 km walk: D. Shalini (SSM Komarapalayam) 38:42.5s; Individual championship: Vinitha Devi (MIT, Zone IV).