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Five new meet marks set on opening day

Special Correspondent

KOLLAM: The opening day of the 49th State junior meet at the Lal Bahadur stadium on Friday saw the birth of five new records and a golden double by Kollam's V.S. Vineeth.

At the end of Day One of the three-day event, Kollam was ahead with 83 points, followed by Ernakulam (65.50) and Kottayam (61).

The results (finals):

Boys: Under-20: 100m: 1. Freji Jose (Klm); 2. S. Arunjith (Alp); 3. Dipin Eldhose (Klm), (10.7s). 5000m: 1. C.S. Abi (Tsr); 2. T. Mohammed Ali (Wyd); 3. P.K. Anil (Kzde), (16:18.80). Discus: 1. Prasobh S. Narayan (Pta); 2. Charles E. Edappatt (Ekm); 2. Bijoy Sam Varghese (Tvm), (41.20m).

Under-18: 100m: 1. P.K. Anoop (Tsr); 2. K. Shereef (Wyd); 3. Bintu Kurian (Ktm), (11s). High jump: 1. G.S. Sarath (Tvm); 2. Saiju Simon (Ekm); 3. P.V. Jijo (Ktm), (1.91m, NMR; OR - 1.9m, S. Sreenath, Tvm, 2001). Shot put: 1. Manish Hareendra (Tvm); 2. Bipin Jacob (Ekm); 3. Sony Raj (Klm), (14.15m, NMR; OR - 14.05m, Sonu S. Pillai, Idk, 2003).

Under-16: 100m: 1. V.S. Vineeth (Klm); 2. P.B. Gireesh (Ekm); 3. R. Rahul Raj (Klm), (11s). Long jump: 1. V.S. Vineeth (Klm); 2. S.S. Angelo (Tvm); 3. K.K. Prince (Alp), (6.53m). Shot put: 1. Monu Joseph (Idk); 2. Jins George (Ktm); 3. K.G. Akhil (Ktm), (11.36m).

Girls: Under-20: 100m: 1. Mariya James (Klm); 2. Beevi Rajan (Ktm); 3. E.S. Jyothy (Ktm), (12.1s). 3000m: 1. Jijimol Jacob (Ekm); 2. K. Remya (Pkd); 3. C.V. Renjitha (Pkd), (10:22.3, NMR; OR - 10:23.7, Sheeba Joseph, Pkd, 1993). Discus: 1. Anitha Abraham (Ktm); 2. Niveditha Narayanan (Klm); 3. C. Rajasree (Tsr), (41.16m, NMR; OR - T.P. Bissy, Pkd), 33.06m).

Under-18: 100m: 1. Neethu Rajan (Ekm); 2. P.K. Priya (Klm); 3. Soumya Kuttappan (Pkd), (12.3s). High jump: 1. Anitta Chacko (Tsr); 2. N.K. Siji (Knr); 3. Geethu Scaria (Tsr), (1.6m). Discus: 1. S.G. Greeshma (Tvm); 2. L. Revaty (Tvm); 3. Neethu Joseph (Pkd), (31.34m).

Under-16: 100m: 1. Viji Vijayan (Klm); 2. C. Shilpa (Kzde); 3. Rudy Raj (Ktm), (12.3s, NMR; OR - 12.4s, Kavithamani Sreedharan, Ktm, 2001). Long jump: 1. Liksy Joseph (Ktm); 2. Princy Mary (Ekm); 3. Niksy Joseph (Ktm), (5.47m). Discus: 1. A.K. Sharanya (Klm); 2. Anju Prasad (Klm); 3. Binta George (Ekm), (27.47m).

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