Junior Athletic championship: Priyanka sets new national mark

Priyanka set a new meet and national record as she clocked 49:16.51s in the 10,000m walk, shattering Kushbir Kaur’s mark set in 2010. - Photo: V. Raju

Uttar Pradesh’s Priyanka created a national and new meet record in the 10,000 metre walk event in the under-20 girls’ segment of the Jio 30th National Junior Athletic championship at Indira Gandhi Municipal stadium here on Thursday. She bettered Punjab’s Kushbir Kaur’s record, set in 2010 by clocking 49:16.51 seconds.

“My performance improved vastly after shifting to the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Centre at Bangalore, and my training with Russian coach Alexander is paying off,” said Priyanka, who has been performing consistently in the age groups competitions.

Haryana’s Ashish Jhakar created a new meet record by hurling the hammer to a distance of 67.09 metres in the under-16 boys’ category, eclipsing his state-mate Sukhdev Singh’s efforts of 66.51m in 2006. But, he missed the national record (67.10m) by 1 (one) centimetre.

The day’s third new meet record was registered by Kerala’s Maymon Poulose in the boys’ 100m hurdles of the under-18 division.

Tamil Nadu’s Priyadarshini won a grand double in the under-16 girls’ segment — gold in long jump (5.63m) and 100m hurdles (15.04s).

The results:

Boys: U-16: 100m hurdles: 1. Alden Anil Narohna (Mah) 13.77s; 2. Tarif Hussian (Tel) 14.01; 3. Amandeep Singh (Pun) 14.17;

Hammer

: 1. Ashish Jhakar (Har) 67.09m — NMR (OMR: 66.51m); 2. Damneet Singh (Pun) 59.43; 3. Miraz Ali (UP) 58.66.

U-18:110m hurdles: Maymon Poulose (Ker) 13.99s – MR (OMR: 14.06s); 2. Lokeswaran (TN) 14.25; Debarjun Murmu (WB) 14.27; 10,000m walk: 1. Manish (Har) 45.36.00s; Sunil (Har) 45:38.20; 3. Eknath Shamhaji (Del) 45:52.30; Hammer: 1. Pradeep Kumar (Raj) 70.03m; 2. Sabeel Ahmed (UP) 66.71; 3. Vivek Singh (Har) 60.94.

U-20: 110m hurdles: 1. Nasimuddeen (Ker) 14.76s; 2. D. Srikanth (Ker) 14.83; 3. Satyajit Saren (WB) 14.96; 5000m: 1. Sharwan Kharb (Har) 14:48.56s; 2. Rajendra Bind (MP) 14:53.78; 3. Harshad Mhatre (Del) 15:01.04.

Girls:U-16: 100m hurdles: 1. Priyadarshini (TN) 15.04; 2. Nandhini (TN) 15.42; 3. Manasi Parvatkar (Mah) 15.45; Javelin: 1. Sanjana Choudary (Har) 38.22m; 2. N. Hema Malini (TN) 37.43; 3. Runjun Pegu (Asm) 37.18; Long jump: 1. Priyadarshini (TN) 5.63m; 2. Renu (Har) 5.56; 3. Soma Karmakar (WB) 5.41.

U-18: 100 hurdles: 1. Dibi Sebastian (Ker) 14.45s; 2. Ankita Gosavi (Mah) 14.72; 3. G. Mohana (TN) 15.15; High Jump: 1. Libia Shaji (Ker) 1.66m, 2. T.C. Cheshma (Ker) 1.64, 3. Laimwn Narzary (Asm) 1.61; Javelin: 1. Pushpa Jhakar (Har) 47.03m; 2. Priyanka (Har) 42.27; 3. Rajna (Ker) 41.06; Shot put: 1. Meghana Balakrishnan (Mah) 14.48m; 2. Niveditha (Kar) 13.72; 3. J. Keerthika (TN) 12.87.

U-20: 100m hurdles: Dhanalakshmi (TN) 14.93s; 2. Elizenath Antony (Ker) 14.99; 3. T.S. Arya (Ker) 15.31; 5000m: 1. Neha (MP) 17:47.98s; 2. Phoolan Pal (Asm) 17:51.56; 3. Monika Yadav (UP) 18:03.96; 10000m walk: 1. Priyanka (UP) 49:16.51s – NR (Old: NR 49:21.21 & MR 49:21.21); 2. Bhawna Jat (Raj) 55:24.39; 3. Mary Margaret (Ker) 56:48.06; Javelin: 1. Kumari Sarmila (Har) 48.01m; 2. Sangeetha Choudary (Raj) 38.46; 3. Damayanti Murmu (Ori) 38.34.