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Kerala continues to rule the roost

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Shejil Verghese. — Photo: K. Murali Kumar

BANGALORE: There was no stopping the Kerala juggernaut on the penultimate day of the 22nd junior National athletics championship at the Sree Kanteerava stadium here on Tuesday.

Kerala claimed 12 golds on the day to aggregate 27 after four days of competition.

And if that was not enough, Shejil Verghese set a new 400 metre hurdles National record in the boys' under-18 section and later in the day Jithin Mathew created a National record in the octathlon in the same section.

Also among the records were Delhi's Sanjeev Rathi, Shivam Singh of Uttar Pradesh, and Karnataka's under-16 medley relay team of Sanjeev, Carl Britto, Nikkin Thimmaiah and Nishith Shetty.

The results:

Boys: Under-20: 200m: 1. Kirulkar Hemant (TN) 21.82s; 2. K.M. Mohd. Naseem (Ker) 21.87s; 3. Md. Abdul Nazeeb (AP) 22.09s. 3000m steeplechase: 1. Arvind Kumar Yadav (UP, 9:55.63s; 2. Devender (Tri) 10:18.59s; 3. B. Rakesh (Kar) 10:46.05s. 400m hurdles: 1. Avin A. Thomas (Ker) 53.09s; 2. Joyal Joseph (Ker) 53.96s; 3. Bhagirath Yadav (Tri) 54s. Triple jump: 1. Vinoth Raj (TN) 15.48 mts; 2. Manoj (Tri) 15.09m; 3. Anoop Thomas (Ker) 14.76m. Shot put: 1. Ashwani Solanki (Del) 17.13m; 2. Shiv Kumar (Del) 16.92m; 3. Harinder Singh (HP) 16.92m. 4x400m relay: 1. Kerala 3:19.39s; 2. AP 3:19.98s; 3. Jharkhand 3:20.41s. 10-km walk: 1. Khamba Singh (Man) 49:13.29s; 2. Kuldip Singh (Del) 49:19.79s; 3. S. Sreejith (Ker) 49:26.08s. Decathlon: 1. Bhupinder Singh (Tri) 6619 pts; 2. Davendar Kumar (Har) 5902; 3. Ashwin Kumar Menon (Ker) 5701.

Under-18: 200m: 1. Deepak Basarkar (Mah) 22.23s; 2. Wasim Akram (Jhar) 22.49s; 3. K. Pava Kumar (AP) 22.49s. 5000m: 1. Prabjal Gogoi (Asm) 15:41.65s; 2. Vinit Malik (Utl) 15:43.17s; 3. Anand Kujar (Jhar) 15:43.36s. 400m hurdles: 1. Shejil Verghese (Ker) 53.14s (National Record; Old: own - 53.63s, Oct 2006); 2. Sunil Kumar (Har) 53.74s; 3. M.R. Pradeep (Ker) 54.58s. Pole vault: 1. Vinay Kumar Singh Tejbahadur (Guj) 4.10m; 2. Sunny (Har) 4m; 3. Avdesh Kumar Yadav (UP) 4m. Shot put: Sanjeev Rathi (Del) 18.45m (National Record; old: Kulwinder Singh (Pun) 18.04, 2004); 2. Sanjeev Singh (UP) 17.29m; 3. Naveen (Tri) 17.26m. 4x400m relay: 1. Kerala 3:22.27s; 2. TN 3:27.32s; 3. AP 3:28.54s. Octathlon: 1. Jithin Mathew (Ker) 5364 pts (National Record, old: P. Nondiswamy (TN), 5316, 2003); 2. Rakesh (Tri) 5261 pts; 3. G. Gnanapandian (TN) 4958 pts.

Under-16: high jump: 1. Arun S. Kumar (Ker) 1.91m; 2. Davinder Singh (Pun) 1.91m; 3. Milan Ali (WB) 1.86m. Discus: 1. Shivam Singh (UP) 50.20m (NMR; Old: Amit (Har) 49.35m, 2004); 2. Krishan Kumar (Har) 45.08m; 3. Akash (Tri) 44.92m. Medley relay: 1. Karnataka 2:00.84s (National Record; AP 2:01.26, 2005); 2. Kerala 2:01.88s; 3. TN 2:01.90s.

Girls: Under-20: 200m: 1. K. Soujanya (AP) 25.18s; 2. K. Mrudula (AP) 25.37s; 3. Ratandip Kaur (Pun) 25.56s. 3000m: 1. Jijimol Jacob (Ker) 10:37.73s; 2. L. Suraiya (TN) 10:41.40s; 3. Reshma Dalvi (Mah) 10:49.24s. 400m hurdles: 1. Geetha Roby (Ker) 1:03.15s; 2. Pammi Kumari (Bih) 1:03.99s; 3. Pavithra (Kar) 1:04.50. Long jump: 1. Mayooka Johny (Ker) 5.96m; 2. P. Subashini (TN) 5.65m; 3. Anu (Tri) 5.51m. 10-km walk: 1. Kavita Dalal (Tri) 59:52.91s; 2. Jomiya Mathew (Ker) 59:53.35s; 3. Dipali Doyale (Mah) 1hr.

Under-18: 200m: 1. Soumya Mohan (Ker) 25.73s; 2. G. Harithi (AP) 25.98s; 3. C. Shilpa (Ker) 26.04s. 3000m: 1. Savita Dhankar (Har) 10:20.16s; 2. Thippavva Sanaki (Kar) 10:43.27s; 3. Kh. Rasheshori (Man) 10:58.14s. 400m hurdles: 1. Sneha Patil (1:04.59s); 2. Jauna Murmu (Ori) 1:04.74s; 3. Mangala (Kar) 1:05.68s. 4x400m relay: 1. Kerala 3:51.75s; 2. Karnataka 3:59.77s; 3. TN 4:02s.

Under-16: High jump: 1. K. Anandhi (TN) 1.63m; 2. G.M. Aishwarya (Kar) 1.61m; 3. Antana Khatun (WB) 1.61m. Shot put: 1. Pinki Dey (WB) 11.76m; 2. Pallavi Sukumar (Kar) 11.18m; 3. N. Tejaswini (AP) 10.99s; Javelin: 1. Anju Rathee (Har) 34.65m; 2. Sophia Kispotta (Jhar) 34.11m; 3. Rajashree More (Mah) 33.85m. Medley relay: 1. Kerala 2:16.62s; 2. TN 2:20.06s; 3. West Bengal 2:21.12s.