Allahabad athletes hog limelight, emerge champs

LUCKNOW: Hosts Allahabad athletes hogged the limelight in the 50th UP State ‘A’ Annual Athletics Championship, emerging overall champions, at the Madan Mohan Malviya Stadium in Allahabad on Friday.

They won the boys under-20 and under-18 championships. Bareilly girls emerged victorious in the under-20 category, whereas Meerut girls dictated terms in the under-18 category.

All four from Allahabad Kunwar Gyanendra Singh, Vikranta, Mahi Patel and Reshma Patel bagged the best athlete awards in four respective categories. All these four created new state records.

RESULTS

Boys u- 20 ( 3000m steeplechase): Gyaneshwar Kumar (UPAA, 10:05.15sec), Kuldeep Singh (Alld), Ashok Kumar (UPAA); High jump: Chandrakant Yadav (Gkp, 1.75m), Kuldeep Chaudhary (UPAA); Pole vault: Kunwar Gyanendra Singh (Alld, 4.90m NSR), Aniket Kumar Patel (Alld), Dharmendra Kumar (UPAA): Shot put: Ram Chandra (Alld, 17.76m), Udit Kumar Pratap

(Mrt), Vivek Verma (Bag); Discus: Salil Chaudhary (Mrt, 49.20m), Adnan (Alld), Ravi Kant Singh (Vns); Hammer: Vikranta (Alld,67.50m), Meraj ( Alld), Sabeel ( UPAA); J avelin: Gaurav Yadav ( All d, 66.60m), Adnan (Alld), Rajesh Kumar (UPAA). Boys u- 18 ( 2000m steeplechase): Akhilendra Singh (UPAA, 6:16.80sec), Devendra Yadav (Alld), Ravi Shanker Bind (UPAA); High jump: Amit Panwar (Mrt, 1.75m), Akash Singh (Mrt), Ankit Kumar (Bag); Pole vault: Dharmendra Gupta (Alld, 4.00m), Rajesh Kumar (UPAA), Abhishek Kumar (Alld); Shot put: Ram Chandra ( Alld, 20.07m NSR), Satyam Chaudhary (Brk), Abhishek Kumar Pathak (Alld); Discus: Fahad (Alld) 52.80m, Mulayam, (Jaun), Arun Chaudhary (Mrd); Hammer: Vikranta (Alld, 73.40m NSR), Metraj (Alld), Arshlan (UPAA); Javelin: Rohit Yadav (Alld, 70.02m), Avinash Yadav (Alld), Vishal Chaudhary (Mrt). Girls u-20 (2000m steeplechase): Nandini Gupta (Lko, 07:26.79sec), Khushboo Gupta (Lko); High jump: Shanu Rani (Bly, 1.38m), Vandana (Alg); Pole vault: Mahi Patel (Alld, 3.45m NSR); Shot put: Pallavi (Bly, 10.50m), Aakansha (Bly), Shruti Mishra ( Rbl); Discus: Poonam Singh (UPAA, 39.50m), Neeraj (Alg), Sarita Maurya (Rbl); Hammer: Pallavi (Bly, 35.95m), Deepali Yadav (Lko), Akansha (Bly); Javelin: Anju Patel (Lko, 42.75m), Vanshika (Mrt). Girls u-18 (2000m steeplechase): Varsha Nagar (Lko, 7:47.15 sec), Toshika Singh (Amt); High jump: Shalu Singh (Bbk, 1.48m), Sohini Mukherjee (UPAA), Pooja Rani (UPAA); Pole vault: Reshma Patel (Alld, 3.40m), Babita Patel (Alld), Monodeepa Dey Kirti (UPAA); Shot

put: Kiran Baliyan (Mrt, 13.97m), Shruti Singh (UPAA), Gunja Gaur ( Gkp); Discus: Shivani ( Mrt, 31.13m), Kiran Baliyan (Mrt), Sristhi Chaudhary (Alld); Hammer: Jyoti Yadav (Bag, 51.00m), Ayesha Patel (Alld); Javelin: Saloni (Bly, 37.85m), Apoorvi Awasthi (Lko).

THEY WON THE BOYS UNDER-20 AND UNDER18 CHAMPIONSHIPS. BAREILLY GIRLS EMERGED VICTORIOUS IN THE UNDER-20 CATEGORY, WHEREAS MEERUT GIRLS DICTATED TERMS IN THE UNDER-18 CATEGORY