Kerala bag overall title
Ryan Rozario

Salem, Jan 23: Holders Kerala (344 pts) pipped hosts Tamil Nadu (319) for the overall championship title on the concluding day of the Vinayaka Mission 15th Junior Inter-state Athletic Championship here on Sunday.

Tamil Nadu claimed the boys under-18 and 16 team championship title, while Kerala grabbed the girls under-20 and 18 team championship with a whopping 105 and 109 points respectively.

RESULTSBoys u-20: Javelin: S Selvam (TN) 11.90m Shot Put: Kuldeep Mann (Del) 17.40m. (NMR: Old record Manjit singh 17.09, 1994). 800m: PS Primesh (Ker) 1:54.56. High Jump: Omvir Singh (Raj) 2.04m. 5000m: Aman Saini (Bih) 14:36.1 (NMR: Old record Gojen Singh 14:41.4, 1996). 4 x 400 relay: Kerala, Punjab.

Boys u-18: Heptathlon: Binoop Thampi (Ker) 5754. Long jump: Saravanakumar (TN) 7.00m. 800m: Karmvir (Raj) 1:56.07. 4 x 400 relay: Karnataka, Kerala. 200m: Ningappa (Kar).
Boys U-16: 100m hurdles: Surinder Singh (Har) 13.94s. 800m: Umed Singh (Raj) 2:00.59, Birendra Singh (Ori),Rinesh Verma (Mah). Pentathlon: N Palanikumar (TN) 4198 (NMR: Old record A Sangameshwar, 4140, 1998). 5 km walk: Y Ranjan (Man) 23:55.2. Javelin: Mukesh Mehra (UP) 60.10.

Girls u-20: Shot Put: T Bhanupriya (TN) 11.90. Heptathlon: Sneha Princy (TN) 4134. 800m: Bijimol K Chacko (Ker) 2:17.88. Hammer: Subha (TN) 41.96, Dezimol Dominic (Ker), Shilpa Bhalekar (Mah). 4 x 400 relay: Kerala, TN. 200m: R Sukumari (Ker).

Girls u-18: Heptathlon: Manju Poulouse (Ker) 4020. Discus: Sasikala (TN) 34.70. Javelin: Suman Devi (UP) 36.89 (NMR: Old record Tina Das 35.98, 1998). Long jump: J Neema (Kar) 5.58. 800m: Sonil Joon (Har) 2:18.41. 5-km walk: Manjit Kaur (Pun) 27:21.2. 4 x 400 relay: Kerala, Karnataka. 200m: Chitra K Soman (Ker).

Girls u-16: 100m hurdles: GD Gowramma (Kar) 16.45. 800m: Abha Rani (Bih-A) 2:24.61. Long jump: Nabanita Ghosh (WB) 5.49. Pentathlon: Divya Sugumaran (TN) 2596.

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