Bangalore - Kerala’s Athira Surendran unleashed an effort of 12.86 metres in her very first attempt in the girls under-18 triple jump that not only broke the National and Meet record of 12.78 (G Gayathri of Tamil Nadu in 2008) but also won her the gold medal on the penultimate day of the 29th Junior National Athletics Championships here Friday.
Also breaking the National and Meet record was the top three finishers in the boys under-16 1000 metres sprint medley Tamil Nadu A (L Ravikumar, MS Arun, T Santosh Kumar, R Balakrishnan), Haryana A (Nuzrat, Pradeep, Baljeet, Anuj Sangwan) and Delhi A (Ashwani Shokeen, Nikhil, Beant Singh, Arif Khan).
While the Tamil Nadu foursome clocked one minute, 58.02 seconds, Harayana A stopped the clock at 1:58.19 and Delhi returned 1:58.74 to improve on the National and Meet record of 1:58.99 that Tamil Nadu has set last year.
Nirbhay Singh of Haryana won the discus throw gold in the boys under-18 category with an effort of 59.62 metres that bettered the Meet Record of 59,02 set by Dinesh Kumar (Haryana) in 2005.
Athletes from Kerala again dominated the day as they took their cumulative tally to 444 points, well ahead of Tamil Nadu (276.5) and Haryana (228.5) while hosts Karnataka were in fifth position with 134.5, behind Uttar Pradesh (168.5).
The results:
BOYS Under-20: Relay (4x100M): Kerala A (Anas Babu EB, Ajit Itty Verghese, Nasimudheen MN, Robin R) 1 (41.97s); Andhra Pradesh A 2 (42.72); Haryana A 3 (43.16). 400M Hurdles: Jagadeesh Chandra (Kar) 1 (52.67s); Punit Kumar (MP) 2 (54.32); Arshdeep Singh (Pun) 3 (54.39). Long jump: Bikramjit Singh (Pun) 1 (7.54m); Suhail PV (Ker) 2 (7.50); P Anburaja (TN) 3 (7.47). Hammer throw: Kapil Maan (Raj) 1 (63.58m); Surendra Kumar (Bih) 2 (63.57); Gurmeet Singh (Pun) 3 (63.53). Decathlon: Ankit Saini (Har) 1 (6,082 points); A Dinakaran (TN) 2 (6006); Vikas Kaushik (Del) 3 (5835).
Under-18: 1,000M Sprint Medley: Tamil Nadu A (R Rakesh, R Mohankumar, M Kiran, A Dharun) 1 (1:55.47s); Haryana A 2 (1:56.28); Kerala A 3 (1:56.71). 400M Hurdles: Pawan (Har) 1 (53.69s); Banty Chandhary (UP) 2 (54.62); Sumit Kumar Jaiswal (Mah) 3 (54.66). Pole vault: Kumar Gyanendra Singh (UP) 1 (4.30m); Sumit (Har) 2 (4.20); Godwin Damian (Ker) 3 (4.00). High jump: Ajay Kumar (Har) 1 (2.05m); Yugant Shekhar Singh (UP) 2 (2.03); Durga Charan (Jhar) 3 (2.01).
Discus throw: Nirbhay Singh (Har) 1 (59.62m; NMR. Old: 59.02, Dinesh Kumar, Har, 2005); Kshetra Pal (UP) 2 (55.15); Amit Kumar (Raj) 3 (51.16). Octathlon: Amolak Singh (Mah) 1 (5817 points); Aftab Alam (Mah) 2 (5622); Muhammed Hafseer PP (Ker) 3 (5480).
Under-16: 1,000M Sprint Medley: Tamil Nadu A (L Ravikumar, MS Arun, T Santosh Kumar, R Balakrishnan) 1 (1:58.02); Haryana A 2 (1:58.19); Delhi A 3 (1:58.74). All three NR and NMR. Old: 1:58.99, TN, 2012. Pentathlon: R Balakrishnan (TN) 1 (3469 points); Rahul Sibi (Ker) 2 (3255); Anuj Sangwan (Har) 3 (3246).
GIRLS: Under-20: Relay (4x100M): Kerala A (Manju K, Arya TS, Ranga K, Rengitha C) 1 (47.73); Tamil Nadu A 2 (49.64); West Bengal A 3 (49.69). 400M Hurdles: Jisha VV (Ker) 1 (1:03.56s); Merlin P (Ker) 2 (1:04.37); P Iniya (TN) 3 (1:04.40). Long jump: Bhairabi Roy (WB) 1 (5.95m); Swathy VC (Ker) 2 (5.71); K Achyuta Kumari (AP) 3 (5.69).
Under-18: 1,000M Sprint Medley: Tamil Nadu A (G Mohana, A Chandralekhan, M Loganayaki, Beryl Hudson) 1 (2:16.03); Kerala A 2 (2:16.99); Karnataka A 3 (2:19.00). 400M Hurdles: H Kavya (AP) 1 (1:05.33s); Gouri Rani Hansda (WB) 2 (1:05.68); Shimona Mascarenhas (Kar) 3 (1:06.80). Discus throw: Preeti Rani (Har) 1 (40.58m); Kamalpreet Kaur (Pun) 2 (40.30); Renuka (Har) 3 (37.68). Triple jump: Athira Surendran (Ker) 1 (12.86m; NR/NMR. Old: 12.78m, G Gayathri, TN, 2008); V Akshaya Sonasri (TN) 2 (12.44); Jenimol Joy (Ker) 3 (12.29).
Under-16: 3,000M: Aleesha PR (Ker) 1 (10:29.98); Athira KR (Ker) 2 (10:33.47); Ankita Chaudhary (Uttarkhand) 3 (10:33.76). 1,000M Sprint Medley: Tamil Nadu A (V Tamilselvi, K Ramalskshmi, V Suba, R Vithya) 1 (2:18.09); West Bengal A 2 (2:21.33); Kerala A 3 (2:22.34). Shot put: J Gowrishankari (TN) 1 (12.52m); Nivedita Sawant (Kar) 2 (12.26); P Priyanka (TN) 3 (11.70).
