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Raji breaks 100m hurdles record

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: C.T. Raji of SNC, Chempazanthy erased the oldest record in the history of Kerala University on the final day of the Kerala University inter-collegiate athletic meet at the Chandrasekharan Nair stadium on Thursday. Raji won the 100m hurdles in 15.3 seconds breaking K.M. Selin's (Alphonsa College, Pala) long-standing mark (15.4s) set in 1973.

Apart from Raji's record two more records were set on the final day. The record breakers were Ambu Sugathan (Mar Ivanios) in men's shot put and Aruna Raj (LNCPE) in women's high jump.

Fathima Matha National College won the overall title in the men's section with 59 points while SNC, Kollam took the top honours in the women's section with 54 points.

The results: Men: 100m: 1. R. Aneesh (SNC, Kollam), 2. A.S. Midhin (LNCPE), 3. T.A. Shameer (SNC, Chempazanthy), T: 11.0s; 400m: 1. S. Sreejith (FMNC, Kollam), 2. P. Sivaprasad (SNC, Chempazanthy), 3. K.M. Moideen (LNCPE), T: 50.4; 5,000m: 1. S. Retheesh (FMNC, Kollam), 2. C. Ravikumar (FMNC, Kollam), 3. B. Suresh (SNC, Punalur), T: 16:45.1; 110m hurdles: 1. K.N. Dileep (SNC, Chempazanthy), 2. Jibin Raj (LNCPE), 3. Prasanth Banu (SNC, Cherthala), T: 15.9; 20km walk: 1. S. Hari (Russian Dept), 2. A.J. Ajay (LNCPE), 3. Man Mohan (SNC, Punalur), T: 2:09.32; 4X400m: 1. SNC, Chempazanthy, 2. FMNC, Kollam, 3. SNC, Cherthala 3:29.0; Decathlon: 1. S. Jeeva (LNCPE), 2. Micheal (SNC, Cherthala), 3. N. Anju (SNC, Punalur), 5,150 pts; Shot put: 1. Ambu Sugathan (Mar Ivanios), 2. Bijoy Sam Varghese (SNC, Chempazanthy), 3. Sajeesh (Travancore Eng College), 13.05m — NMR;

Women: 100m: 1. P.K. Priya (SNCW, Kollam), 2. C.T. Raji (SNC, Chempazanthy), 3. B. Sheeja (SNCW, Kollam), 12.7s; 400m: 1. Frency Thomas (SNCW, Kollam), 2. Sibitha Sebastian (Mar Ivanios), 3. Shijin Antony (SDC, Alappuzha), 58.5; 5,000m: 1. Renjitha (SNC, Chempazanthy), 2. M. Seetha (SNC, Cherthala), 3. K.A. Ambily (SNC, Cherthala), 19:29.9; 100m hurdles: 1. C.T. Raji (SNC, Chempazanthy), 2. Puspha Rani (LNCPE), 3. Suvarna Sankar (LNCPE), 15.3 — NMR; 4x100m relay: 1. SD College, 2. SNC, Punlaur, 3. LNCPE, 4:24.3; High Jump: 1. Aruna Raj (LNCPE), 2. V. Sumi (LNCPE), 3. M. Anusha (SNC, Punalur), 1.64m — NMR; Discus throw: 1. Siby Sabu (LNCPE), 2. B.S. Salini (Iqbal College), 3. Sajithammal (SNC, Cherthala), 31.29.1; Heptathalon: 1. Soumya (FMNC), 2. Nithya Krishnan (SNC, Punalur), 3. M. Anusha (SNC, Punalur), 3,181 pts.

Overall championship: Men: Fathima Matha National College, 59 pts, 2. SN College, Chempazanthy, 52 pts 3. LNCPE, 29 pts.

Women: 1. SNC for women, Kollam, 54 pts 2. FMNC, Kollam, 25 pts 3. LNCPE, 38 pts.

Individual champion: Men: K.N. Dileep (SNC, Chempazanthy), 13 pts.

Women: Frency Thomas (SNCW, Kollam) & C.T. Raji (SNC, Chempazanthy), 13 pts each.

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