Tanya Chaudhary (Uttar Pradesh) and Mansi Negi (Uttarakhand) forced the attention to be shifted to the under-20 athletes with National Record performances in the women’s Hammer Throw and 10000m Race Walk in the 37th AFI National Junior Athletics Championships in the Athletics Stadium at the SAI Regional Centre here today.
On the first two days, athletes from the younger age groups were the ones who broke National records.
Tanya Chaudhary improved her own U20 National records from 57.04, set in Nadiad earlier this year to 58.30m today. She first broke the meet mark of 50.74m set by Anisha Dahiya in Mangalagiri in 2019 on her second visit to the circle with a 52.21m effort. She followed that up with her maiden throw past the 58m mark.
In the women’s U20 10000m Race Walk, Mansi Negi clocked 47 minutes 30.94 seconds to take ownership of the U20 National and Meet records. Munita Prajapati had pegged both records at 47:53.58 at the Sarusajai Stadium here last year. In fact, Haryana’s Rachana (49:14.88) and Maharashtra’s Sejal Anil Singh (49:29.31) also went past the earlier mark.
The results (finals):
Under-20
Men
1500m: 1. Arjun Waskale (Madhya Pradesh) 3:50.15; 2. Satyajeet Suresh Pujari (Maharashtra) 3:52.86; 3. Vikash (Haryana) 3:55.37.
110m Hurdles: 1. Muhammed Hanan V Vellachalil (Kerala) 14.07 seconds; 2. Rathish Pandidurai (Tamil Nadu) 14.18; 3. Sarthak Sadashiv Shelar (Maharashtra) 11.4.49.
High Jump: 1. Aryan Arun Patil (Maharashtra) 2.09m; 2. Mohammed Asraf Ali (West Bengal) 2.09; 3. Dhaiiryashil Dhananjai Gaikwad (Maharashtra) 2. Dhaiiryashil Dhananjai Gaya 2.06.
Discus Throw: 1. Zaanbaz Singh (Punjab) 52.89m; 2. Virender Olla (Haryana) 50.91; 3. Anil Kumar (Haryana) 50.84.
Women
1500m: 1. Akshana (Madhya Pradesh) 4:26.39; 2. Tai Hiraman Bamhane (Maharashtra) 4:30.60; 3. Huidrom Bhumheshwory Devi (Manipur) 4:31.82.
100m Hurdles: 1. Namayi Ruchitha (Telangana) 14.71 seconds; 2. Lovely Rajput (Uttar Pradesh) 14.98; 3; 3. Vysali Ganesan (Tamil Nadu) 15.07.
Hammer Throw: 1. Tanya Chaudhary (Uttar Pradesh) 58.30m (New U20 National and Meet records. Old U20NR: 57.04, Tanya Chaudhary, Nadiad, 2022; Old MR: 50.74, Anisha Dahiya, Mangalagiri, 2019); 2. Vanshika Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 52.09; 3. Manjita (Rajasthan) 47.63.z
10000m Race Walk: 1. Mansi Negi (Uttarakhand) 47:30.94 (New U20 National and Meet records. Old U20NR and Meet records: 47:53.58, Munita Prajapati, Guwahati, 2021); 2. Rachana (Haryana) 49:14.88; 3. Sejal Anil Singh (Maharashtra) 49:29.31.
Under-18
Men
1500m: 1. Sakir (Haryana) 3:55.22; 2. Shailabh (Delhi) 3:55.41; 3. Rahul Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 3:56.61.
110m Hurdles: 1. Nayan Pradeep Sarde (Maharashtra) 14.28 seconds; 2. Sandeip Vinod Gond (Maharashtra) 14.37; 3. Hariharan Kathirvan (Tamil Nadu) 14.44.
1000m Medley Relay: 1. Andhra Pradesh (Vallipi Himateja, Pavan Kumar Pangi, Setty Lohot, B Sreekanth Naik) 1:55.94; 2. Tamil Nadu 1:56.28; 3. Odisha 1:57.39.
Pole Vault: 1. Kuldeep Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) 4.80m (New Meet record. Old: 4.70, Deepak Yadav, Ranchi, 2018); 2. Dev Meena (Madhya Pradesh) 4.60; 3. Banti Rajesh Nath (Madhya Pradesh) 4.50.
Triple Jump: 1. Kothuri Pranay (Telangana) 14.89m; 2. Krishna (Uttar Pradesh) 14.70; 3. Sachin Thakur (Uttar Pradesh) 14.59.
Women
1500m: 1. Laxita Vinod Sandilea (Gujarat) 4;44.00; 2. Anchal Chauhan (Uttar Pradesh) 4:45.01; 3. Chanchal Jakhad (Haryana) 4:45.55.
100m Hurdles: 1. Unnathi Aiyappa Bolland (Karnataka) 13.94 seconds; 2. Sabita Toppo (Odisha) 14.16; 3. Shini Gladsssia (Tamil NAud) 14.64.
1000m Medley Relay: 1. Maharashtra (Nishikant Ramteke, Gaurav Ulhas Naik, Sachin Sangle, A Dattatray Kumbhar) 2:13.83; 2. Haryana 2:16.29; 3. Tamil Nadu 2:17.10.
Triple Jump: 1. Divyashri (Tamil Nadu) 12.13m; 2. Nidhi (Uttar Pradesh) 11.93; 3. Rishika Awasthi (Uttar Pradesh) 11.71.
Hammer Throw: 1. Ankita (Haryana) 54.20m; 2. Annmaria Terin (Kerala) 49.54; 3. Haqikat Kaur Grewal (Punjab) 49.21.
Under-16
Boys
80m Hurdles: 1. K Kiran (Kerala) 10.61 seconds (New U16 National and Meet records. Old U16NR and Meet records:10.81, Sandip Gond, Guwahati, 2021); 2. Saif Farooq Chafekar (Maharashtra) 10.62; 3. Hari Prasad (Tamil Nadu) 10.76.
1000m Medley Relay: 1. Maharashtra (S Farooq Chafekar, A Amit Philips, A Sarfaraz Khasdar, J James Castelino) 1:59.41; 2. Jharkhand 1:59.69; 3. Telangana 1:59.71
High Jump: 1. M Ashok Kumar (Tamil Nadu) 1.96m; 2. Ram Singh (Haryana) 1.94; 3. Devak Bhushan (Kerala) 1.92.
Hammer Throw: 1. Abdul Rahman (Uttar Pradesh) 64.61m (New U16 National and Meet records. Old: 63.38, Narpat Singh, Guwahati, 2021); 2. Omkar Prasad Nanda (Odisha) 62.58; 3. Rahul (Haryana) 56.48.
5000m Race Walk: 1. Himanshu Kumar (Uttarakhand) 20:51.66; 2. Nitin Gupta (Uttar Pradesh) 21:14.74; 3. Aditya Mathur (Delhi) 22:26.27.
Girls
80m Hurdles: 1. G Bhavana (Tamil Nadu) 12.02 seconds; 2. Aerrolla Pranathi (Telangana) 12.03; 3. Swanandi Santosh Sawant (Maharashtra) 12.19
1000m Medley Relay: 1. West Bengal (Kankona Sardar, Aparna Baidya, Tahura Khatun, Rozeana Mallik Heena) 2:13.05 (New U16 National and Meet records. Old: 2:15.05, Kerala, Chennai, 2005); 2. Tamil Nadu 2:16.04; 3. Maharashtra 2:20.76.
Under-14
Boys
Shot Put: 1. Nishchay (Haryana) 17.16m; 2. Balkaran Singh (Punjab) 17.06; 3. Dev Raj (Bihar) 16.47.
