One of the notable athletes who made it here was Steffi Cardozo of Goa. The enthusiastic shot putter recorded a season’s best throw of 13.17m. Her arch rival A. Anitcham from Tamil Nadu was a distant second at 12.06m.
Five athletes, one boy and four girls, registered a ‘double’. B. Ezhilnilavan, a second year B.A. (History) student of Loyola College, Chennai and represented Tamil Nadu has won a distance double winning junior men’s 5k and 10k. Among the girls Tamil Nadu’s G. Gayathri (100m flat and hurdles) and P. Subashini (long and triple jump), Andhra Pradesh’s K. Mrudula (200 and 400m) as well as Jhuma Khatun of West Bengal (800 and 1500m) stood top of the podium twice.
Jhuma Khatun, who lead the national youth team to Marrakech two years ago, is a promising youngster to watch in future. She hails from the state which produced continental champions like Jyotirmoy Sikdar and Pinki Paramanik, Jhuma had to skip an opportunity to participate the final leg of Asian Grand Prix meet at Pune on 27 June in order to take part here. At the second leg of the AGP at Guwahati on 23 June, she clocked 4:42.96 for the sixth place.
Punjab hurdler Amandeep Singh and Tamil Nadu sprinter G. Gayathri were declared as ‘best athletes’ of the above championship among boys and girls respectively.
Ram. Murali Krishnan for the IAAF
Results:
Junior Men:
100m (1): 1. Hemant Kirulkar (TN) 10.8; 2. Debasish Das (WB) 11.0; 3. A. Premkumar (TN) 11.0;
200m (2): 1. Maninder Singh (Pun) 22.2; 2. Hemant Kirulkar (TN) 22.4; 3. S. Sathya (TN) 22.7;
400m (1): 1. D. Deepak Rathina (TN) 49.4; 2. Shejil Varghese (Ker) 49.6; 3. J. Prem Anand (TN) 49.7;
800m (2): 1. Baljit Yadav (Har) 1:58.9; 2. Ajay Yadav (Jhar) 1:59.0; 3. Ibrar Ahmed (UP) 1:59.6;
1500m (1): 1. Dandu Soren (Ori) 4:09.0; 2. Ajit Kumar (Jhar) 4:09.4; 3. Dibin Davis (Ker) 4:10.4;
3000m (2): 1. Jai Prakash (Jhar) 9:14.4; 2. B. Rakesh (Kar) 9:14.4; 3. Vikas Mohite (Maha) 9:30.8;
5000m (2): 1. B. Ezhilnilvan (TN) 15:45.7; Sandeep Yadav (UP) 15:49.5; 3. Anand Kujur (Jhar) 15:49.7;
10,000m (1): 1. B. Ezhilnilavan (TN) 33:22.6; 2. Anand Kujur (Jhar) 34:12.2; 3. Sandeep Yadav (UP) 34:30.9;
110m Hurdles (1): 1. Amandeep Singh (Pun) 14.7; 2. T. Balamurugan (TN) 14.7; 3. E. Satti Babu (AP) 15.0;
400m hurdles (2): 1. Shejil Varghese (Ker) 54.0; 2. T. Balamurugan (TN) 56.2; 3. Parveen Kumar (Har) 57.4;
High Jump (2): 1. Kamaljit Singh (Jhar) 2.05; 2. Jithin C Thomas (Ker) 2.03; 3. Abhishek Roy (WB) 2.00;
Pole Vault (2): 1. Awadhesh Kumar Yadav (UP) 4.00; 2. K. Rajesh (TN) 3.90; 3. Dhaneesh Stephen (Ker) 3.80;
Long Jump (2): 1. P.K. Anoop (Ker) 7.32; 2. R.S. Bijil (TN) 7.06; 3. D. Suresh Babu (TN) 6.65;
Triple Jump (1): 1. V. Deepan Kumar (TN) 14.95; 2. V.J. Kudilarasan (TN) 14.52; 3. Anju Bora (Asm) 14.12;
Shot Put (2): 1. Rajinder Kumar (Pun) 17.30; 2. Jagbir Singh (Har) 16.03; 3. Baljinder Singh (Maha) 15.44;
Discus Throw (1): 1. Baljinder Singh (Pun) 48.88; 2. Navin Kumar (Har) 48.23; 3. Vikas Punia (Raj) 45.77;
Hammer Throw (2): 1. Amit Kumar (UP) 59.50; 2. Rama Shanker Yadav (UP) 59.49; 3. Shankar Poonia (Guj) 55.73;
Javelin Throw (1): 1. Durgesh Singh ( Del ) 67.32; 2. Krishna Tripathi (UP) 63.40; 3. C. Arivoli (TN) 60.08;
10,000m Walk (2): 1. Amrit Kumar (Pun) 51:16.4; 2. Pradeep (Har) 51:28.9; 3. Arun Lamba (Raj) 51:32.0;
4x100m (1): 1. Tamil Nadu 43.3; 2. Kerala 44.0; 3. Andhra Pradesh 44.8;
4x400m (2): 1. Tamil Nadu 3:27.2; 2. Kerala 3:28.7; 3. Andhra Pradesh 3:37.5;
Junior Women:
100m (1): 1. G. Gayathri (TN) 12.3; 2. A. Jessy (TN) 12.4; 3. C. Shilpa (Ker) 12.4;
200m (2): 1. K. Mrudula (AP) 25.8; 2. Arjina Khatun (WB) 26.3; 3. C. Shilpa (Ker) 26.5;
400m (1): 1. K. Mrudula (AP) 58.1; 2. Aswathy Mohan (Ker) 59.7; 3. S. Sujitha (TN) 1:01.5;
800m (2): 1. Jhuma Khatun (WB) 2:14.7; 2. Stephy Abraham (Ker) 2:20.0; 3. B.E. Indira (Kar) 2:22.1;
1500m (1): 1. Jhuma Khatun (WB) 4:46.3; 2. L. Suriya (TN) 4:49.4; 3. B.E. Indira (Kar) 4:57.5;
3000m (2): 1. L Suriya (TN) 10:36.1; 2. Sibani Das (WB) 10:42.5; 3. Anima Kujur (Jhar) 11:01.5;
100m Hurdles (1): 1. G. Gayathri (TN) 14.7; 2. K. Keerthana (TN) 15.8; 3. M.S. Darsana (Ker) 16.2;
400m Hurdles (2): 1. K.A. Sonika (Ker) 1:06.0; 2. R. Ramya (Ker) 1:07.5; 3. V. Hani (TN) 1:08.9;
High Jump (1): 1. Geethu Skaria (Ker) 1.61; 2. P. Divya Priya (TN) 1.58; 3. Aarti Yadav (Har) 1.58;
Long Jump (2): 1. P. Subashini (TN) 5.46; 2. S. Delphin Rani (TN) 5.30; 3. K.M. Nimna (Ker) 5.19;
Triple Jump (1): 1. P. Subashini (TN) 12.12; 2. R. Aruna (TN) 12.06; (the third participant Dipsikha Talukder from Assam ended with no mark!)
Shot Put (1): 1. Steffi Cardozo (Goa) 13.17; 2. A. Anithcham (TN) 12.06; 3. Rinku Sangwan (Har) 11.05;
Discus Throw (2): 1. Rinku Sangwan (Har) 39.07; 2. Manisha Singh (Har) 37.10; 3. Anita Basarkatti (Goa) 36.00;
Hammer Throw (2): 1. Manju Bala (Raj) 47.00; 2. Meenakshi Raj Roop (Har) 45.30; 3. Reena Kumari (Har) 41.17;
Javelin Throw (1): 1. P. Asha Mary (AP) 39.56; 2. Sophia Kispotta (Jhar) 37.99; 3. Rupali Zende (Maha) 37.05;
10,000m Walk (2): 1. Nirmala (Raj) 1::04.7; 2. Sujatha Pathankar (Maha) 1::08.3; 3. Anitha Mehala (Raj) 1::09.5;
4x100m Relay (1): 1. Tamil Nadu 49.2; 2. Kerala 50.0 (only two teams!);
4x400m (2): 1. Kerala 4:06.7; 2. Tamil Nadu 4:12.2 (only two teams!)
