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Mayooka, Chinchu set National records

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RED-LETTER DAY: Mayooka Johny of Kerala, who set a National record in triple jump. — Photo: K. Murali Kumar

BANGALORE: Two Kerala stars — Mayooka Johny and Chinchu Jose — brought the curtains down on the 22nd junior National athletics championship with National record-breaking performances.

At the Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Wednesday, Mayooka erased a decade-long record held by former World No. 4 Anju Bobby George (nee Markose) with a leap of 13.11 metres in the girls' under-20 triple jump event. Later, Chinchu Jose's effort of 2:13.11 seconds in the girls' under-16 800m bettered Tintu Luka's mark of 2:15.37 seconds set two years ago at Meerut.

Meet records

Six new meet records were also established with Kerala accounting for two of those.

Mayooka, who claimed the long jump gold on Tuesday, was adjudged `best athlete of the meet', while Sneha Patil of Karnataka for her double gold (100m hurdles and 400m hurdles, besides a 4x100m relay silver) in the under-20 category, was adjudged `best athlete from the host State'. They were presented a purse of Rs 10,000 each.

Kerala expectedly had a staggering lead over second placed Tamil Nadu in all age groups and was declared overall champions with 479 points (33 gold). Tamil Nadu, with 318 points, finished runner-up yet again.

The results:

Boys: Under-20: 800m: 1. Sajeesh Joseph (Ker) 1:50.96s (NMR; Old: Anil Mathew (Ker), 1:52.30s, 1995); 2. Ramzan Khan (Raj) 1:52.02s; 3. K. Appa Rao (AP) 1:52.90s. 5000m: 1. Kashinath Aswale (Mah) 14:30.02s (NMR; Old: Aman Saini (Bih) 14:36.40s, 2000); 2. Ravinder (Del) 14:53.96s; 3. Sandeep Bathom (MP) 15:05.92s. Long jump: 1. Budhuram Singh (Ori) 7.07m; 2. Ramesh Kumar (Kar) 6.98m; 3. Krishna Kumar Rane (Mah) 6.98m. Discus: 1. Dinesh Kumar (Har) 51.17m; 2. Sharad Choudhary (UP) 50.92m; 3. Arun Kumar (UP) 49.92m. 4x100m relay: 1. TN 41.70s; 2. Kerala 42.04s; 3. UP 42.53s.

Under-18: 800m: 1. Dandu Soren (Ori) 1:55.05s; 2. Baljeet Singh (Tri) 1:55.84s; 3. B. Kondalu (AP) 1:56.52s. High jump: 1. Nichil Chittarasu (TN) 2.05m (NMR; Old: Hari Shankar Roy (WB) 2.02m, 2003); 2. Jithin C. Thomas (Ker) 2.03m; 3. Pradeep (Tri) 2.01m. Javelin: 1. Virender (Tri) 61.85m; 2. Harpal Singh (Raj) 60.95m; 3. Vijilesh Singh (UP) 58.49m. 4x100m relay: 1. Kerala 42.83s; 2. TN 43s; 3. AP 43.20s.

Under-16: 800m: 1. N. Raghavendra Reddy (AP) 2:00.50s; 2. Dhiraj Soni (Jhar) 2:00.64s; 3. R. Durga Rao (Pudu) 2:01.24s. Hammer: 1. Harminder Singh (UP) 65.35m (NMR; Old: Mohd Aftab Alam (UP) 55.99m, 2005); 2. Bhupendra Singh (Del) 58.30m; 3. Amit Gill (Har) 57.80m.

Girls: Under-20: 800m: 1. Jhuma Khatun (WB) 2:09.99s (NMR; Old: N. Tharani (TN) 2:11.23s, 2002); 2. N.C. Mohanal (TN) 2:12.87s; 3. A.C. Ashwini (Jhar) 2:14.79s. 5000m: 1. L. Suraiya (TN) 18:28s; 2. Jijimol Jacob (Ker) 18:52.62s; 3. Anuja Bijagare (Mah) 19:09.39s. Triple jump: 1. Mayooka Johny (Ker) 13.11m (National Record; Old: Anju Bobby George (nee Markose) 12.87m, 1996); 2. Sumita Saha (WB) 12.12m; 3. R. Aruna (TN) 11.91m. 4x100m relay: 1. Kerala 47.79s; 2. Karnataka 49.83s; 3. TN 50.43s. 4x400m relay: 1. TN 3:55.51s; 2. Kerala 3:55.59s; 3. AP 3:57.39s.

Under-18: 800m: 1. Tintu Luka (Ker) 2:10.32s (NMR; Old: Iqbal Kaur (Pun) 2:13.41s, 2002); 2. Anu Mariam Jose (Ker) 2:11.78s; 3. Mangala (Kar) 2:18.97s. High jump: 1. Arti Yadav (Har) 1.64m; 2. N.D. Tintu (Ker) 1.61m; 3. Ajitha Sara Anthony (TN) 1.55m. Discus: 1. Ankita Jhulka (Del) 40.45m; 2. Rinku Sangwan (Har) 39.64m; 3. Manisha (Har) 38.66m. Javelin: 1. Fultusi Ghosh (WB) 35.04m; 2. Gurhar Simran Kaur (Har) 33.88m; 3. Seema Maurya (UP) 32.80m. 4x100m relay: 1. Kerala 48.49s; 2. Karnataka 50.03s; 3. TN 50.48s.

Under-16: 800m: 1. Chinchu Jose (Ker) 2:13.11s (National Record; Old: Tintu Luka (Ker) 2:15.37s, 2004); 2. Amruta Vatkar (Mah) 2:16.93s; 3. Reema Patel (UP) 2:18s.

Best athletes: Under-16: Boys: Harminder Sing (UP, Hammer); Girls: Chinchu Jose (Ker, 800m).

Under-18: Boys: Sanjeev Rathi (Del, Shot put); Girls: Tintu Luka (Ker, 400m).

Under-20: Boys: Virender Kumar Pankaj (UP, 400m); Girls: Mayooka Johny (Ker, triple jump).

Team championships: Under-14: 1. Kerala 21 pts; 2. TN 18. Under-16: 1. Kerala 75; 2. TN 63. Under-18: 1. Kerala 191; 2. TN 101. Under-20: 1. Kerala 192; 2. TN 136.