Kerala's under-18 stars, Jijin Vijayan in the boys' 200m, and M.D. Thara in girls' 3000m, broke National records in the 27th National junior athletics championship at Ranchi on Friday but Kerala lost its 13-year winning run in the event.
The champion from 1998, Kerala finished second this time (23 golds) with Haryana taking the overall team title for the first time with 27 golds.
The results: Boys, U-20: 200m: 1. Ashwani Sharma (Del) 22.07s, 2. Gurkaran (Del) 22.14, 3. M. Jayaraman (TN) 22.16; 800m: 1. Vikash Lathiyan (Jkd) 1:54.57s, 2. B. Mohan (AP) 1:55.11, 3. A. Laxmi Ram (AP) 1:56.10; 5000m: 1. Inderjeet Patel (UP) 14:25.61s (NMR, old 14:30.02), 2. Surender Kumar (AP) 14:43.44, 3. Vikas Malik (Har) 15:09.34.
Triple jump: 1. R. Raja Sekar (TN) 15.65m, 2. S. Unais (Ker) 15.12, 3. Haramritpal (Pun) 14.56; Javelin throw: 1. Manoj Yadav (UP) 70.61m (NMR, old 70.53), 2. Manu Roy (WB) 67.17, 3. Amit Kumar (Mah) 65.19; 4x400m relay: 1. Kerala (3:16.16s), 2. Delhi (3:18.73), 3. Haryana (3:18.91).
U-18: 200m: 1. Jijin Vijayan (Ker) 21.59s ( NR , old 21.80), 2. Jatin Jain (Pun) 21.92, 3. Sanjeet (Har) 22.31; 800m: 1. Mandeep Goyat (Mah) 1:53.95s, 2. Arjun Khokhar (Har) 1:55.32, 3. Prem Kunj (Bih) 1:55.33; 3000m: 1. Harish Koranga (Ukd) 8:28.98s, 2. Rajendra Bind (UP) 8:30, 3. Suresh Wagh (Mah) 8:30.57.
Pole vault: 1. Kundan (Har) 4.40m, 2. Madhusudan (UP) 4.10, 3. Anuj (Del) 4.10; Shot put: 1. Surender Singh (Har) 18.67m ( NMR , old 17.98), 2. Pradeep Kumar Yadav (UP) 17.45, 3. Sanjeev (Del) 17.09.
U-16: 200m: 1. B. Karthikeyan (TN) 22.37s, 2. Dinesh (Har) 22.78, 3. M.S. Arun (TN) 22.81.
High jump: 1. Ashesh Chandra Roy (WB) 1.99m ( NMR , OR 1.98), 2. Ajay Kumar (Har) 1.96, 3. Mukesh (Del) 1.92; Javelin throw: 1. Mandeep Kumar (Har) 61.21m, 2. Sunil Kumar (UP) 59.95, 3. Naveen Suhag (Del) 58.04.
Girls, U-20: 200m: 1. Bebi Sumaya (Kar) 24.62s, 2. Chhavi Sahrawat (UP) 25.06, 3. Nikhila Joseph (Ker) 25.60; 800m: 1. Namita Kabat (Jkd) 2:19.47s, 2. Anju (Har) 2:19.55, 3. Alishka Agrawal (Jhar) 2:19.83; 3000m: 1. Monika M. Athar (Mah) 10:00.41s (NMR, old 10:06.70), 2. Sahanara Khatun (WB) 10:01.05, 3. Ritu Dinkar (Jkd) 10:03.29.
High jump: 1. Jinu Maria (Ker) 1.65m, 2. M. Arockia Elizabeth Rose (TN) 1.63, 3. Sonu (Har) 1.50; Discus throw: 1. Sandeep Kumari (Har) 42.94m, 2. Neena Elizabeth Baby (Ker) 35.93, 3. R. Kumari (TN) 35.07; 4x400m relay: 1. Kerala (3:50.35s), 2. Haryana (3:53.65), 3. Karnataka (3:56.51).
U-18: 200m: 1. S. Archana (TN) 24.75s (NMR, old 24.79), 2. Sunanda Sarkar (Bih) 25.12, 3. C. Rengitha (Ker) 25.61; 800m: 1. R. Pavithra (TN) 2:17.55s, 2. Nirmla (Har) 2:18.76, 3. Monika Chaudhary (UP) 2:19.49; 3000m: 1. M.D. Thara (Ker) 10:16.15s ( NR , old 10:20.89), 2. Preeti (UP) 10:27.58, 3. Shipra Sarkar (WB) 10:42.55.
High jump: 1. C. Sruthi (Ker) 1.53m, 2. A. Sornamalathi (TN) 1.53, 3. K. Gowsalya (TN) 1.45; Triple jump: 1. B.V. Chandini (Kar) 12.20m, 2. Shipu Mandal (WB) 12, 3. Sneharaj Alappat (Ker) 11.94.
Under-16: 200m: 1. R. Varsha (Kar) 25.79s, 2. Mamata N. Hulke (Mah) 26.12, 3. T.P. Shaharbana Sidhique (Ker) 26.13; High jump: 1. Jueely P. Badhe (Mah) 1.56m & Suman Sangwan (Har) 1.56, 3. Akshaya Susan (Ker) 1.54; Javelin throw: 1. N. Rashmeka (TN) 32.04m, 2. Rajashree (Mah) 28.19, 3. M. Valarmathi (TN) 27.01.
