Kerala's
Sreeshankar
M set a meet record in boys U-20 long jump event on the penultimate day of the 33rd Coromandel National Junior Athletics Championships at
Acharya Nagarjuna University
grounds,
Vijayawada
on Sunday.
State champion Sreeshankar killed the competition by leaping to a distance of 7.72m in the first attempt to better six-year-old meet record of 7.57 set by
Ankit Sharma in Ranchi. Kerala made it 1-2 when Muhammad Salih KK won silver with a distance of 7.56 while T Chinnadevan (7.37m) of Tamil Nadu went home with the bronze medal.
Kerala athletes made a rich haul of 9 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals on the fourth day. Anandhu Vijayan started the gold hunt when he bagged the boys U-18 400m hurdles clocking 53.33s.
In girls 400m hurdles events, Kerala extended their domination bagging both the gold and silver medals. Kollam girls Sayona PO (1:01.13s) and her training partner Abigail Arokianathan (1:02.49s) won gold and silver respectively in the U-20 category while Vishnu Priya J (1:02.47s) and Nibka KM (1:06.36s) did an encore in U-18 category.
Lizbeth Karoline Joseph bounced back by winning the gold in girls U-18 triple jump with a distance of 12.35m and Jessan KG soared to 4.70m in the boys U-20 pole vault for the gold medal.
Kerala athletes also dominated the relay events winning three gold, one bronze medals.
In U-20 4x100m, girls completed in 47.72 seconds for the gold while boys clinched gold finishing in 41.55s. In girls U-16 1000m medlay, Kerala took the gold clocking 2:17.64s while in girls U-18 1000m medlay they were pushed to bronze medal with a finish of 2:16.10s.
In girls U-20 heptathlon event, Athira Mohan with 4209 points settled for silver while in shot put, Nelsa Saji brought home a bronze medal with a throw of 12.34m.
For overall title race, Haryana leads with 328 points followed by Kerala (298), UP (247) and Tamil Nadu (204).
Results (Kerala only): Boys U-20 400m hurdles: 1. Anandhu Vijayan ( Ker) 53.33s, 2. Utekardhaval (Guj) 53.90s, 3. F Mohamed Nizar (TN) 53.98s. Pole vault: 1. Jeessan KG (Ker) 4.70m, 2. P. Gowtham (TN) 4.50m, 3. Dharmendar Kumar (UP) 4.40m. Long jump: 1. Sreeshankar M (Ker) 7.72m, 2. Muhammad Salih KK (Ker) 7.56m, 3. T Chinnadevan (TN) 7.37m. Girls U-20 400m hurdles: 1 Sayan PO ( Ker) 1:01.3s, 2. Abigail Arokianathan (Ker) 1:02.49s, 3. J Dhivya (TN) 1:03.10s. Shot put: 1. Kiran Baliyan (UP) 14.54 m, 2. Sonal Goyal (Del) 13.72m, 3. Nelsa Saji (Ker) 12.34m. 4x100m relay: 1. Kerala 47.72s, 2. Tamil Nadu 48.20s, 3. Haryana 48.56s U-18 400m hurdles: 1. Vishnu Priya J ( Ker) 1:02.7s, 2. Nibka KM (Ker) 1:06.36s, 3. Vaishnavi Yadav (Mah) 1:06.75s. Triple Jump: 1. Lizbeth Karoline Joseph (Ker) 12.35m, 2. Simran Kaur (
AFI
) 11.88m, 3. Deepanshi Singh (UP) 11.82m. U-16 sprint medley relay: 1. Kerala 2:17.64s 2. Tamil Nadu 2:19.86s, 3. Telangana 2:20.75s.
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