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Journalism of Courage
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 5: Three new records in relay were among nine new marks set on the penultimate day of the athletics events in the 45th National School Games and Athletics Championship on Saturday. Hosts and defending champions Kerala took their tally to 136 and opened a gulf between themselves and the other states. Punjab 94 were second and Haryana 74 points third.The three new relay records were created by hosts Kerala whose boys U-17 improved upon their own record with 43.63s in 4x100m relay.
Kerala girls eclipsed the old records in the 4x100m U-17 amp; U-14 by clocking 49.23s and 50.32s respectively. Naginder Kaur of Punjab set a new mark in the girls U-19 1500m 4:42.69, clipping seven-tenths of a second of Asian Games silver medallist Sunitha Rani8217;s mark. Maharashtra Swati Gurnule was second in 4:43.16 seconds.
Other records
Boys U-19 1500m: P Samaiah AP 4:00.53s OR 4:01.53s; Discus: R Rajesh Haryana 47.7m OR 46.9m.
Boys U-17 Long jump: R Rajesh Kerala 7.03m OR7.02m.Boys U-14 High Jump: Harisankar Roy WB 1.80m OR 1.76m.Girls U-19 Javelin: Gurpreet Haryana 41.68m OR unavailable.
