Some of the top National athletes will take part in the Marg-Chennai Marathon, organised by Tamil Maiyam, on Sunday. Uttar Pradesh's Santhosh Kumar, Ajay Kumar and Yugendar, Sunil Kumar of Haryana, Sojie Mathew of Kerala in men and Preethi Rao (Karnataka), Maharashtra's Rajashri Patel and Pampa Chanda of Kolkata in women are participating in half-marathon (21 Km).
The Tamil Nadu athletes who will be participating are Lakshmanan, Rajesh, Ezhil Nilavan, M. Sudha, Surya, Geetha and Padmavathy.
It's PKR vs St. Mary's
PKR Gobichettipalayam and St. Mary's Hockey Academy (Salem) booked places in the Winning XI State-level women's hockey tournament final after winning their semifinals here on Saturday.
The results (semifinals) : PKR Gobichettipalayam 1 (Banupriya 30, tie-breaker 3 – Sathya, Ammu, Sowmiya) bt Vivekananda College, Thiruchengode 1 (Poornitha Selvi 9, tie breaker 1 – Mohana Priya); St. Mary's HA, Salem 2 (Gayathri 12, Gomathi 56) bt Gymkhana Club 1 (Sobana 34).
Lady Andal lifts trophy
Lady Andal defeated Don Bosco 3-0 in the final on Saturday of the U-15 team event in the Punj Lloyd south zone inter-school squash championship being held in association with the SRFI here.
The results: Team event:U-15: Final: Lady Andal defeated Don Bosco 3-0 (Sandeep Ramachandran bt S. Guhan 12-10, 11-6, 8-11, 12-10, 11-4; S. Velavan bt Abhay Singh 11-8 12-10 11-9 ; Karaan Rathore bt Abraham, 11-4 11-9 11-6); U-17:Round robin: Lady Andal bt Chinmaya 2-0 ( Vaarish K Sawlani bt Vikas G Mehra, 12-10 11-6 12-10; Pragun Khemka bt Gaurav Khemka, 11-3 11-2 11-6); 7th Day Adventist HSS bt Vedha Vikas, Salem 2-0 ( Deepak Mishra bt Sudharshan 11-4 11-2 11-0, Kush Kumar bt Vimalraju, 11-4 11-6 11-7)
Boys: Semifinals: U-11: Yashwanth Raghav (Sindhi) bt Shankaran Parthiban (DAV) 8-11, 8-11 12-10 11-8 11-5; Yash Fadte (St Joseph's Goa) bt R. Dinesh (M CT M) 14-12 12-14 9-11 11-7 11-5.
U-13: S. Velavan (Don Bosco) bt Vikas G Mehra (chinmaya)15-13 11-5 11-9; R. Solomon (Arul Jothi) bt Karan N Rathore (Lady Andal) 11-6 11-5 11-8; U-15: Kush Kumar (7th Day) bt S. Guhan (Don Bosco) 11-8 11-6 11-6; Sandeep Ramachandran (Lady Andal) bt K. Roshan (IDPL) 12-10 11-6 6-11 13-11 12-10.
U-17: Vrishabh Kotian (Lady Andal) bt Vaarish K Sawlani (Lady Andal) 11-5 11-4 9-11 11-7; Deepak Mishra (7th Day) bt B. Vimalraju (Vedha Vikas Salem)11-4 11-5 15-13.
