Pune athletes champions at state meet

The tournament featured competitions for athletes from the Under-14,Under-16,Under-18,Under-20 and Open age group,both in the Men’s as well as the Women’s category. The event saw participation by an incredible 3400 athletes and officials from over 32 districts of Maharashtra.

The state championship concluded with the Under-16 events at the Balewadi Sports Complex yesterday,the results of which are as follows:

Men’s:

100-Metre Run

1. Anurag Khoparkar (Mumbai)

2. Gaurang Ambare (Thane)

3. Aditya Kulkarni (Thane)

200-Metre Run

1. Anurag Khoparkar

2. Ghulam Sheikh (Mumbai Suburbs)

3.Gaurang Ambare

400-Metre Run

1. Abhijit Shirke (Solapur)

2. Dinkar Vasave (Nagpur)

3. Leon Porekhorasandi (Mumbai Suburbs)

800-Metre Run

1. Mandip Goyal (Pune)

2. Rakesh Sharma (Pune)

3. Vikram Rithe (Nagpur)

1500-Metre Run

1.Mandip Goyal

2. Nagraj Khursane (Nagpur)

3. Rakesh Sharma

3000-Metre Run

1. Nagraj Khursane

2. Akash Rathod (Vashim)

3. Faisal Ankalgi (Kolhapur)

100-Metre Hurdles

1. Anish Unnikrishnan (Mumbai Suburbs)

2. Ajinkya Pawar (Thane)

3. Mahesh Parulekar (Thane)

Long Jump

1. Sunram Batri Murmu (Pune)

2. Varun Sane (Mumbai Suburbs)

3. Vijay Raut (Thane)

High Jump

1. Amlok Singh (Pune)

2. Yash Dongre (Pune)

3. Mrunal Dolar (Mumbai Suburbs)

Shot Put

1. Ashok Singh (Pune)

2. Tausif Sheikh (Satara)

3. Varun Taneja (Thane)

Discuss Throw

1. Ashok Kumar (Pune)

2. Varun Taneja

3. Keyur Sanghvi (Thane)

Javelin Throw

1. Kapil Bote (Sangli)

2. Akshay Ektambe (Pune)

3. Niraj Singh (Thane)

Pentathlon

1. Tausif Sheikh

2. Gaurav Shenoy (Thane)

3. Amlok Singh

Women’s:

100-Metre Run

1. Madhura Anjarlekar (Thane)

2. Urvi Khasnis (Pune)

3. Sanaya Ichhapurya (Mumbai)

200-Metre Run

1.Urvi Tembe (Mumbai Suburbs)

2.Urvi Khasnis

3.Mamata Phulke (Mumbai Suburbs)

400-Metre Run

1. Shivali Shinde (Kolhapur)