Saroja sets record

LUCKNOW, SEPT 1: A lone national record lifted the sagging spirits of athletes on a damp day, interspersed with rains and official apathy...

LUCKNOW, SEPT 1: A lone national record lifted the sagging spirits of athletes on a damp day, interspersed with rains and official apathy in the Junior Inter-Zone Athletics championship at the Sports College tracks here today. Saroja Sihad’s effort of 14.43 metres provided the spark as she set the shot put national mark in under-20 section, erasing Harbans Kaur’s mark of 14.40m, set in 1994 nationals.

Results

Boys (U-20): 1,500m: BB Manjunath 3:56.4 (SZ), Pradeep Singh 4:02.2 (NZ), P.R. Patel (EZ) 4:06.5; High jump: Deep Kumar (NZ) 2.0m, Om Veer Sigh (WZ) 2.0, Aswas S.S (SZ) 2.0; 200m: Jipson Jacob (SZ) 21.4, PS Saji (SZ) 21.7, Arshad Hussain (SZ) 21.8; Shotput: Kuldeep Singh (NZ) 16.66, Kulwinder Singh (NZ) 16.48, Amit Tyagi (WZ) 14.94; 110m hurdles: Gurpreet Singh (NZ) 14.2, Jai Singh (NZ) 14.4, V.Shanmuganathan (SZ)15.1; Pole vault: Pawan Kumar (EZ) 4.30m, Rajesh Kumar (WZ) 4.10, Bhupender N Singh (NZ) 4.0; 4x100m relay: South Zone 41.8, East Zone42.7, West Zone 46.3; 5,000m: Gojen Singh (EZ) 14:23.0, Aman Saini (EZ) 14:57.5, Shashi Prakash (WZ) 15:23.3. Under-18: 1,500m: Mallappa Tarigera (SZ) 4:03.0, Karam Vir (WZ) 4:03.7, KS Ashok (SZ) 4:04.4; 200m: P Shankar (SZ) 22.3, Sudam Mardi (EZ) 22.3, Sukuram Berua (EZ) 22.4; Shotput: B Sangma (EZ) 16.21, Jagminder (WZ) 16.04, Ranvijay Singh (NZ) 15.19; High jump: Amania (WZ) 1.95, RP Raju (SZ) 1.95, Saravana (SZ) 1.95; 110m hurdles: Kunal Roy Chaudhary (WZ) 14.3, S Saravanan (SZ) 14.6, G Gothandaraman (SZ) 15.0; 4×100 relay: North Zone 43.3, South Zone 43.6, East Zone 43.7; Shot put: Upender Singh (NZ) 13.75, Satish Kumar (NZ) 13.41, Sanjai Poonia (NZ) 12.85.

Girls (U-20): 1,500m: Geeta Mandal (NZ) 4:27.4, Vinita (NZ) 4:33.4, Paramjeet (NZ) 4:44.4; 200m: Bindu Rani (SZ) 25.0, Deepa Das (EZ) 26.0, Meera Singh (NZ) 26.1; High jump: Sahana Kumari (SZ) 1.65m, Shanti (SZ) 1.50, Pankti (NZ) 1.50; 100m hurdles: Dipti Vaidya (WZ)14.2, Shilpa Sequera (SZ) 14.4, Deepa Nole (SZ) 14.8; 4x100m relay: South Zone 49.0, East Zone 49.1, West Zone 4.9; Shot put: Seema Antil (NZ) 12.27, Sandara D’Souza (SZ) 10.53, Preeti Sivanathan (SZ) 9.79.Girls-U-18: 1,500m: Sweta (SZ) 4:49.0, Gurukirat Pal Kaur (NZ) 4:49.4, Deepa Roy (EZ) 4:50.3; 100m hurdles: Pabhjjot Kaur (NZ) 15.0, B. Mahathav (SZ) 15.1, A Aley (SZ) 15.2.

Under-16: 100m hurdles: Ruta Patkar (WZ) 15.2, Gowramna (SZ) 15.4, A Ratwa (WZ) 16.1.

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