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UP boys set new hammer records

SAHARANPUR: Hammer throwers from Uttar Pradesh set two new meet records on the second day of the North Zone junior athletics championship here on Thursday.

Chandrodaya Singh hurled the hammer to a distance of 68.23 meters to win the gold with a new meet record in the boy's under-18 category. Singh bettered Lokesh Yadav's record of 67.85m, achieved in Mathura in 2005.

In the boy's under-16 category, Harmender Singh tossed the 5kg iron ball to a distance of 68.83m for the gold and in the process erased the four-year-old record held of 68.76m held by Ashish Singh, also of Uttar Pradesh.

The results (winners only):

Boys: Under-20: 400m: Rajesh (Del) 50.12 secs; 5000m: Devender (AFI) 15:26.91 secs; 110m hurdles: Sachin Kumar (UP) 15.74 secs; Long jump: Surender (AFI) 7.23m; Shot put: Aswani Solanki (Del) 15.95; Hammer: Joginder (AFI) 66.10m; 4x100m relay: AFI (43.54 secs).

Under-18: 400m: Kuldeep Singh (UP) 50.10 secs; 5000m: Naresh Malik (Har) 15:56.28 secs; 110m hurdles: Praveen (AFI) 15.24 secs; Long jump: Shailender Pratap Singh (UP) 6.97m; Shot put: Sanjeev Rathi (Del) 18.30m; Hammer: Chandrodya Singh (UP) 68.23m — NMR (old 67.85m); 4x100m relay: AFI (43.86 secs).

Under-16: 100m hurdles: Mahavir (AFI) 15.49 secs; Long jump: Gurwinder Singh (Har) 6.64m; Shot put: Jasdeep Singh (Pun) 15.90m; Hammer: Harmender Singh (UP) 68.83m — NMR (old 68.76m).

Girls: Under-20: 400m: Priyanshu Pandey (UP) 58.38 secs; 100m hurdles: Priyanshu Pandey (UP) 16.28 secs; Long jump: Annu (AFI) 5.76m; Discus: Babli (AFI) 41.13m.

Under-18: 400m: Asma (UP) 1:00.00 secs; 3000m: Savita (AFI) 10:12.86 secs; Long jump: Pragya Singh (UP) 5.04m; Discus: Rinku Sangwan (AFI) 41.72m.

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