Vignesh and Siva vault to a new mark

V. Vignesh (Presidency) and S. Siva (Loyola) set a joint new meet record in the men’s pole vault event with an identical jump of 4.52m on the opening day of the A.L. Mudaliar athletics meet at the Nehru Stadium here on Sunday. The old record (4.51m) was set by Vignesh last year.

The results:

Men: 5000m: 1. B. Yokesh (DB Jain) 16:30.4s, 2. Vigneshwaran (MCC) 16:57.3, 3. M. Arjun (New) 17:20.7;

400m hurdles: 1. Thiyagarajan (MCC) 53.1s, 2. K. Satish (Anna Violet) 53.3, 3. C. Arun Kumar (Loy) 53.5;

Pole vault: 1. V. Vignesh (Presidency) & S. Siva (Loy) 4.52m (NMR, OR: 4.51, Vignesh, 13-14)), 3. Thanga Vasanth (Presidency) 4.40;

Hammer: 1. Sarath Kumar (Loy) 48.14m, 2. Gopinath (MCC) 45.29, 3. S. Nirmal Raj (Presidency) 42.92;

800m: M. Gokulakanna (Loy) 1:56.2s, 2. Benjamin Daniel (MCC) 1:56.5, 3. P. Manikandan (MCC) 1:56.6.

Triple jump: 1. Mohamed Zuber (Loy) 15.31m, 2. T. Jeevanbabu (MCC) 14.85, 3. M. Sakthivel (Presidency) 14.52.

Women: 5000m: 1. C. Deepika (Ethiraj) 22:36.8s, 2. N. Suriya (MOP) 22:46.1, 3. Priya (MOP) 23:03.3; 400m hurdles: 1. R. Vaishnavi (Ethiraj) 1:05.3s, 2. T.S. Kavitha (MOP) 1:05.9, 3. R.V. Vishvapriya (Ethiraj) 1:08.7; Hammer: 1. P.R. Anseloma (MCC) 37.81m, 2. M. Mythili (SDNB Vaishnav) 33.95, 3. Jothimani (MOP) 33.05; 800m: 1. K. Priya (Soka Ikeda) 2:16.3s, 2. T.S. Kavitha (MOP) 2:23.3, 3. R. Anjugam (Ethiraj) 2:45.4; High jump: 1. Lavanya (MOP) 1.66m, 2. S.N. Abhinaya (JBAS) 1.50, 3. Vinodha (MOP) 1.50.