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Nithyashree corners glory

BANGALORE: C.A. Nithyashree won the 600m girls’ under-14 event with an impressive time of 1:43.0s, to clinch the gold, her career-first, on the second day of the three-day State athletics championships for senior, junior and sub-junior here on Tuesday.

The day also saw a new record, the lone record thus far, in the boys’ under-18 triple jump being rewritten as Al Ameen College’s Arshad Mohammed leaping to a distance of 14.64 metres eclipsing Y.S. Nagendra’s 2001 mark of 13.13.84m.

The results: Boys: Under-14: Triathlon: 1. Santosh P. Shivanigi (SS Chandargi), 2. Ashwin Kumar (Bidar), 3. Parashuram B. Bajanthri (SS Chandargi). 1,400 pts; 600m: 1. Gangadhar (SS Kudige), 2. HM Sachin (B’lore rural), 3. Suresh Bajanthri (Jamkhandi). T: 1:34.4s.

Under-16: 5000m: 1. Karthik K. Angadi (SS Chandargi), 2. Akshay B. Talwar (SS Chandargi), 3. Abhinandan R. Dharmatti (SS Chandargi). T: 29:47.4s. Long jump: 1. Mohd Yasin (SAi Dharwad), 2. Suraj Mandal (Alva’s), 3. Md. Abid (t. Joseph). D: 6.10m; Shot put: 1. Akash Adukia (JIRS), 2. R.A> Nagaraj (SAI, Dharwad), 3. C. Venkatesh (SSKudige). D: 11.88m; Javelin: 1. Raviraj (Udupi), 2. C.A.W.G. Wizerathne (SL), 3. Vasanth Kumar (Gulbarga). D: 42.25m; Hammer: 1. Rickson Rodrigues (DK), 2. Akshith (Udupi), 3. Yellappa (CSS, Belgaum). D: 33.05m.

Under-18: 110 m hurdles: 1. Nithosh Rathod (Alva’s), 2. M.K. Sumanth (DYSS), 3. Samarth Sadashiv (Udupi). T: 15.1s. Triple jump: 1. Arshad Mohd. (DYSS), 2. Akash B. Rao (DK), 3. Carl Britto (Indo German). D: 14.64m (NMR); Shot put: 1. Ashton Coelho (DK), 2. B. Abhishek (YSC), 3. Robin K. Francis (YSC). D: 14.97m. Hammer: 1. Muzakkir Mohd. Khaizer (YSC), 2. Preetham P. karkera (DK), 3. P. Prakash (Alva’s). D: 46.21m.

Under-20: 10,000m: 1. Dinesh Kumar (SAI), 2. Vishweanath (MEG), 3. ravi R. Mitte (Udupi). T: 52:15.7s. 110m hurdles: 1. K. Vedamurugan (Arjun T&F), 2. Pundalik M. Lamani (SAI, Dharwad), 3. Sharath (DK). T: 15.0s. Hammer: 1. Sikandar Basha Hawaldar (Bagalkote), 2. Arun Kumar Shetty (Alva’s), 3. Muthappa (Belgaum). D: 44.12m; 4x100 m relay: DK, 2. SAI Dharwad, 3. DYSS, Bangalore. T: 44.0s.

Men: 110m hurdles: 1. M. Nissar (Alva’s), 2. Yuvaraj (Arjun T&F), 3. S. Umesh (MEG). T: 15.2s. 20km walk: 1. Omprakash Badigar (MEG), 2. Mohan B. Rathod (MEG), 3. Gurva Reddy (MEG). T: 1hr47:03.0s. Triple jump: 1. Janeesh P Haridas (MEG), 2. S.D. Kiran (MEG), 3. S. Nataraj (Arjun T&F). D: 14.15m; Hammer: 1. Anil Kumar (MEG), 2. Tharanath Shetty (Corp. Bank), 3. Arish (Alva’s). D: 54.53m.

Girls: Under-14: Triathlon: 1. S. Praneetha (BSC), 2. K.S. Rachitha (Indo German), 3. Nisha (SAI Madikeri). 1572 pts; 600m: 1. C.A. Nithyashree (Jain talent), 2. Pooja (YSC), 3. Uma Bhagyalakshmi (DK). T: 1:43.0s. Long jump: 1. Srishti (Indo German), 2. K. Kavya (Indo German), 3. G.B. Deekshitha (Vidyanagar). D: 4.92m. Under-16: Discus: 1. K. Kavya , 2. Preethi prabhakar (DK), 3. Punyashree S Rai (Tumkur). D: 27.52 m.

Under-18: 5000m: 1. K.B. Asha (DK), 2. Geetha (DK), 3. M.N. Shweta Rani (Hoskote). T: 31:13.3s.

Under-20: 400m: 1. Swetha Sagar (SAI), 2. R. Mahalakshmi (Vidyavahini), 3. Shruthi (DK). T: 59.0s. Discus: 1. U. Reshma (Alva’s), 2. Vagdevi (DK), 3. Rashmi (DK). D: 32.28m; 4x100m relay: 1. SAI Bangalore, 2. DK, 3. Sri Lanka. T: 51.8s.

Women: 400m: 1. Vanditha (SAI), 2. M. Revathi (Arjun T&F), 3. Ajitha (Arjun T&F). T: 1:01.1s. Discus: 1. Lakrani Perera (SL), 2. Jasmeen Maria (Udupi), 3. Kasthuri (Udupi). D: 21.23m. — Special Correspondent

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