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Chennai clinches overall championship

Vignesh and Gayathri adjudged best athletes

June 06, 2016 12:07 am | Updated October 18, 2016 02:41 pm IST - CHENNAI:

WINNERS ALL: Mohammed Salaudin, G. Gayathri and Vignesh who emereged as the best athletes.

WINNERS ALL: Mohammed Salaudin, G. Gayathri and Vignesh who emereged as the best athletes.

Chennai clinched the overall championship in the Tamil Nadu State senior athletics championship here on Sunday.

The results:

Men: 20km walk: R. Saravana Kumar 1:39:24.0s; hammer: S. Nirmal Raj 49.57m; 5000m: Yogesh 15:36.8s; long jump: M. Visneshwar 7.73m; 800m: J. Jayaraj 1:55.2s; 200m: Manikandan Arumugam 21.4s; 400m hurdles: T. Santhosh Kumar 52.0s.

Decathlon: R. Suren 6826 points; 4x100m: Chennai 41.7s; 4x400m: Chennai 3:18.9s.

Women: 10km walk: M. Santhayi 1:02:03.0s; hammer: S. Srinithi 44.12m; 5000m: K. Keerthika 18:11.6s.

P ole vault: A. Nisha Banu 3.10m; long jump: G. Gayathry 6.06m; shot put: K. Gowthami 13.82m; high jump: K. Vinotha 1.66m; 800m: J. Gowthami 2:21s; discus: M. Karuniya 39.65m.

200m: S. Archana 24.6s; 400m hurdles: B. Dhana Lakshmi 1:01.7s; heptathlon: M. Sowmiya 4416 points; 4x100m: St. Joseph’s SA 48.0s; 4x400m: Chennai 3:53.3s. Best athletes: Men: Vignesh (long jump). Women: Gayathri (triple jump). Overall championship: Chennai.

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