Singhania win midget races; Devangi reaps gold

Singhania win midget races; Devangi reaps gold
Express News Service

MUMBAI, FEBRUARY 1: Thane schools covered themselves with glory on the concluding day of the first Milo inter-school and junior colleges athletics meet organised by Thane Metropolitan Gymkhana at Dadoji Konddeo Stadium on Tuesday.

Leading the charge was Vedangi Raut of Shiv Samarth Vidyalaya, with two gold medals in the girls under-12 category. She won the long jump gold with 4.18m, much under the 4.27m she logged at the Ryan International meet recently, and then strode smoothly to the 600m gold.

JK Singhania School swept the feature events of the day, the boys and girls under-6 50m sprints. When the midgets ran, the heartbeats of their parents pounded in unison, and appeared to match the quickening pulse rates of their wards. In fact, the four under-6 and under-8 events saw the highest participation -- 240 in all.

Mukta Rawte of Queen Mary added the 100m and shot put golds to the 200m and high jump she won on Sunday. Athletes from OLPS, Chembur and Fr Agnel, Vashi did well, the latter producing thefastest boy of the meet, Prasad Nayak.

Results

Boys (U-16) 100m: Prasad Nayak (Fr Agnel) 12.3s, Rahul Phapale (Fr Agnel) 12.7s. High jump: Shivkumar Banker (OLPS) 1.45m, Sudeb Nair (Singhania) 1.4m. Discus throw: Nikhil Agarkar (Tilaknagar) 38.75m, Sanmath Shetty (KG Joshi) 38.72m. 4x100 relay: DJ Galwankar Vidya Mandir 52.1s, St Pius 52.5s. (U-14) 80m hurdles: Samrat Tyagi (OLPS) 13.4s, Ramnaresh Yadav (IDUBS) 13.6s. 4x100 relay: OLPS 52.4s, RP Magala 52.5s. (U-12) 600m: Shailesh Nishad (RP Mangala) 1:47.4, Diago Rodrigues (St Joseph, Wadala) 1:55.5. 4x100 relay: St John Bosco, Vikhroli 59.2s, St Joseph, Wadala 59.3s. (U-8) 50m: Dhiraj Mishra (Udayachal) 8.1s, Arman Khan (Lawrence) 8.4s. (U-6) 50m: Joy Patravali (Singhania) 9.6s, Shyam Subramaniam (Gregorios) 9.8s.

Girls (U-16) 100m: Mukta Rawte (Queen Mary) 13.4s, Arundhati Deshmukh (Singhania) 14.2s. Shot put: Mukta Rawte (Queen Mary) 7.68m, Asmita Lotankar (IES CPatkar) 7.10m. 4x100 relay: Holy Cross, Thane 58.4s. S Singhania 60.1s. (U-14) 80m hurdles: Tina Nair (Xavier's, Borivli) 15.3s, Sneha Nair (Xavier's, Bhandup) 15.6s. Long jump: Prachita Patenkar (Dr Bedekar) 4.47m, Mugdha Sawant (Seth Chuniwala) 4.28m. 4x100 relay: Fr Agnel 58.2s, Gokuldham 61.3s. (U-12) 600m: Vedangi Raut (Shiv Samarth) 1:56.7, Neha Hirlekar (NES) 1:59.9. Long jump: Vedangi Raut (Shiv Samarth) 4.18m, Natasha D'Souza (Holy Cross, Thane) 3.98m. 4x100 relay: Gokuldham 62.5s, Smt S Singhania 63.2s. (U-8) 50m: Teena Andrade (Fr Agnel) 8.7s, Sukanya Patil (PES) 9.0s. (U-6) 50m: Sayali Botre (Singhania) 10.5s, Keha Panesar (Vasant Vihar) 11.0s.

Mixed luck for Jasudben
ML Jasudben experienced mixed luck in the MSSA-Colgate Inter-School Tennis. They lost 1-2 to Cathedral in the boys' under-16 final but beat Rajhans Vidyalaya 3-0 to clinch the boys' under-12 championship at Garden Tennis Academy, AzadMaidan.

Results
Boys' team championship finals: U-16: Cathedral bt Jasudben 2-1 (Jay Mehta bt Rewan Dutta 8-4, Krishne Tanna lost to Rohan Gajjar 1-8, Jay & Krishne bt Rohan & Rewan 8-4). U-12: Jasudben bt Rajhans 3-0 (Arnav Jain bt Jayraj Desai 6-1, Bhavik Shelarka bt Tejasv Rao 6-3, Bhavik & Mirang Manek w/o Jayraj & Tejasv).
Girls' singles U-16 (PQF): Soumya Kowtha (Anne's) bt Anuradha Gurang (Xavier's, Andheri) 6-4; Nansi Jharna (Utpal Sanghvi) bt Jyoti Singh (Louis) 6-0; Sonali Sanap (Gokuldham) bt Anyshree Karnik (Louis) 6-0; Karishma Grover (JB Petit) w/o Uttara Rao (Rajhans).
U-12 (Pre-quarter-finals): Neena Sharma (Joseph) bt Kismita Halder (Atomic) 6-1; Jinal Jhaveri (Jamnabai) bt Ayush Gupta (Cathedral) 6-0; Ananya Muzumdar (Hasnat) bt Vasuda Somani (Anne's) 6-1; Masaba Richards (Jamnabai) bt Hritika Shah (Anne's) 6-4; Sanchi Generiwal (Jamnabai) bt Deuksha Maudgal (Anne's) 6-0; Kyati Shah (Villa Theresa) w/o Bhargavi Rao (AVM, Juhu).
U-10(pre-quarter-finals): Rashmi Anand (Villa Theresa) bt Tanvi Mehta (AVM, Juhu) 6-0; Dhruti Manek (Jasudben) bt Kyra Shrof (Anne's) 6-4; Sonal Dayal (Lady Ratanbhai) bt Mihika Sampat (Jamnabai) 6-3; Adnya Nayak (Jesus & Mary) bt Avisha Shah (Cathedral) 6-1; Deepana Vazirani (Swami Vivekanand) bt B Ria (Utpal Sanghvi) 6-3; A Nayanbhushan (Gyan Kendra) bt Prachi Nadkarni 6-3; Shweta Hegde (Maneckji) bt Rashida Chabber (Jamnabai) 6-0.

Scottish, Theresa score
Bombay Scottish and Villa Theresa entered the final of the MSSA-Colgate Inter-School Throwball Tournament at the MSSA-Castrol Schools Sports Centre ground, Azad Maidan, on Tuesday. Scottish pipped Utpal Sanghvi `A' 10-15, 15-13, 15-11 and Villa Theresa ousted St Theresa's, Santa Cruz, 15-3, 14-16, 15-0.

Joseph's stun Mary's
St Joseph's, Wadala, stunned St Mary's ISC 32-16 (half-time: 14-10) in a boys under-13 first-round tie of the MSSA-Colgate basketball tournament at Azad Maidan. S Jay (14) and N Saurabh (12) scored for thewinners, while B Arif (6) scored for Mary's.