Deepthi, Chetan set track on fire
Jeevanji Deepthi and Chethan Singh made a dash to claim the 200m titles in the 1st Telangana State Under-23 Seniors and Men’s & Women’s Athletics Championship being conducted in the memory of former athletics coach A. Xavier, at the GMC Balayogi Athletics Stadium in Gachibowli here on Saturday.
Deepthi of Warangal Urban took just 24.5 seconds to complete 200m in the girls category. In the boys section, Chethan of Ranga Reddy pulled off the 200m race in 22.4 seconds to emerge winner.
THE RESULTS
Girls 200m: 1. Jeevanji Deepthi (Warangal Urban)
24.5 secs, 2. Harika Devi (Narayanapet) 24.6 secs, 3. G. Nithya (Hyderabad) 20.0 secs.
Girls 800m: 1. Bhagya Laxmi Donthu (Nagarkarnool) 2.25.8 secs,
2. A. Malathi (Khammam)
2.39.5 secs, 3. Dabbeta Bhargavi (Karimnagar)
2.45.6 secs.
Girls Long Jump: 1. D. Shivani (Khammam) 5.11m,
2. D. Satya (Nagarkarnool)
4.94m, 3. A. Akshitha (Khammam) 4.81m.
Girls Shot Put: 1. Gonuru
Himasindhu (Yadadri Bhuvanagiri) 8.23m, 2. Jakkula Nikhitha (Nirmal)
8.20m, 3. Sujitha Choudari (Mancherial) 8.11m.
Boys 200m: 1. Chethan Singh (Ranga Reddy) 22.4 secs, 2. Korra Naresh (Ranga Reddy) 22.9 secs, 3. Sompally Naveen (Nizambad) 24.9 secs.
Boys 800m: 1. M. Vignesh Yadav (Nalgonda) 2:02.9, 2. L. Rajesh (Mahabubad)
2:04.4, 3. V. Raju Bhadradri (Kothagudam) 2:05.6
Boys 5000m: 1. R Ramesh Chandra (Telangana Athletics) 15.49.4 secs, 2. Boddipalli Ramesh (Hyderabad) 16.16.9 secs, 3. Tumram Ramesh Kumar (Adilabad) 18.38.2 secs.
Boys Discus Throw: 1. Gonuru Sai Sachin (Yadagiri Buvanagiri) 30.44m, 2. K. Srikanth (Nalgonda)
30.06m, 3. Jarupula Rakesh (Jagithyal) 27.15m.
Boys Shot Put: 1. Sk. Majeed Pasha (Khammam)
11.53m, 2. Kuruva Veerendra (Mahabubnagar) 11.16m, 3. P. Sumanth (Warangal Urban)
10.83m.
Boys High Jump: 1. P. Sricharan Reddy (Ranga Reddy) 1.75m, 2. J. Sagar (Siddipet) 1.63m, 3. M. Paramesh (Suryapet) 1.60m.
Boys Long Jump: 1. Errolla Teja (Medak) 6.60m, 2. Bontha Akhil (Nizamabad)
6.35m, 3. Jithendra Kumar (Hyderabad) 6.28m.