Sukumari smashes record in 400m

SALEM, JANUARY 21: R Sukumari of Kerala broke the 400m meet record in the under-20 before anchoring her state to a gold in 4x100m relay on the third day of the Vinayaka Mission 15th Junior National Athletics Championship. Susmita Singaroy (West Bengal) shattered the under-16 high jump National record, scaling 1.64m.

Results: Boys (U-20): Long jump: Maha Singh (Pjb) 7.05m; HS Basavaraj (Kar) 6.86m. 20 km walk: Vijay Gahlot (UP) 1:37.26, Manbir (Har) 1:40.27, K Sriram (Mah) 1:43.09s; 400m: SK Sameer (WB) 48.79s, Shreekant (MP) 49.16s. U-18: 400m: Ajay Singh (Raj) 50.32s, Ashok Kumar (Pjb) 50.86s, Sudam Mardi (Bih) 59.92s; 5000m: KS Ashok (Kar) 15:43.22, Rajesh Chauhan (UP) 15:45.11. Discus: Amritpal Singh (Pjb) 50.34m, Sandeep Dagan (Bihar) 48.30m. U-16: 400m: Dharmendar Hoda (Bih) 51.07s, Birendra Singh (Ori) 52.22s. Long jump: Sujeeth Verma (Bih) 6.36m, Swapnesh Sebastian (TN) 6.33m.

Girls (U-20): Discus: Hena Das (Ori) 39.69m, 2 Bhanupriya (TN) 38.58m. U-18: Triple jump: Prabhjot Verma (Bih) 11.82m, Nooshen Rajendran (TN) 11.61m. (U-16): High jump: Susmita Singaroy (WB) 1.64m (Nat record), M Sangeetha (TN) 1.64m. Javelin: Kalyani Chetia (Asm) 32.86m, Sabita Mandar (WB) 31.59m.