Udayachal’s Poorva leaps to gold in RFYS Athletics
Udayachal High School, Vikhroli girls Poorva Sawant and Sharvari Parulekar leapt high and long to claim the junior girls’ triple jump top spots in the Reliance Foundation Youth Sports National Athletics Championship here.
On the opening day of the championship at the Sports Authority of India centre, Kandivali, Poorva cleared 11.38 metres to claim the gold while Sharvari came a close second with an effort of 11.31 metres.
On a day, when athletes from Kerala dominated the proceedings bagging gold in four of the 13 events, the Udayachal girls opened Mumbai's medal tally with a fine show.
Vaibhavi Bhosale of Children's Academy, Malad was another medal winner for Mumbai finishing third in the junior girls' 1500m race. She clocked 5 minutes 22.59 seconds to claim the bronze behind Telangana State Sports School's Donthu Bhagyalakshmi who won the race with a timing of 5 minutes 07.92 seconds. KK Sanika of Government Sports High School, Bengaluru finished second (5:19.71). RESULTS:
Junior boys: 400m: 1. Anshul (Siddhartha Public School, Hyderabad) 50.37; 2. D Harish (YMCA College Sports Higher Secondary School, Chennai) 52.19; 3. Mallik Rihan (Government Sports Higher Secondary School) 53.38.
1500m: 1. Amit Yadav (RBSM Public School, Delhi) 4:19.41; 2. K Akash (GRD MPF Matriculation High School, Chennai) 4:22.21; 3. BD Satish (Government Sports High School, Bengaluru). 4:25:24.
Triple jump: 1. Karmanjeet Singh Gill (The New Public School, Chandigarh) 13.61m; 2. Aniket Saha (Ramnarayanpur ACS Vidyaniketan High School, Kolkata) 13.51m; 3. Deepak Nagar (Government Boys Senior Secondary School, Delhi) 13.35m.
Junior girls: 1500m: 1. Donthu Bhagyalakshmi (Telangana State Sports School) 5:07.92; KK Sanika (Government Sports High School, Bengaluru) 5:19.71; Vaibhavi Bhosale (Children’s Academy, Malad) 5:22.59.
Triple jump: 1. Poorva Sawant (Udayachal High School, Vikhroli) 11.38m; 2. Sharvari Parulekar (Udayachal High School) 11.31m; 3. Bhavika Chandru (CMR National Public School, Bengaluru) 10.97m
Senior boys: 1500m: 1. Adharsh Gopi (Mar Basil Higher Secondary School, Kottayam) 4:14.14; 2. Sagar Acharya (Tagore International School) 4:18.87; 3. Babloo Singh (DAV Senior Secondary School, Chandigarh) 4:30.73.
Triple jump: 1. A Ajitha (Government Higher Secondary School, Paraali, Palakkad) 15.20m; 2. Aravinth Ezhilarasan (Muthialpet Higher Secondary School, Chennai) 14.69; 3. Gagandeep Bharati (St Joseph's Academy, Delhi)
Senior girls: 1500m: 1. Anumol Thampi (Mar Basil Higher Secondary School, Kottayam) 5:01.48; 2. R Kiruthika (St Dominic Girls High School, Chennai) 5:06.27; 3. B Dharani (Telangana State Sports School) 5:45.54.
Triple jump: 1. Nagapriya Nagarajan (St Dominic Girls High School, Chennai) 12.01m; 2. Lizbeth Karoline Joseph (St Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Trivandrum) 11.77m; 3. Moumita Mandal (Ramnarayanpur ACS Vidyaniketan, Kolkata) 10.93m.
College boys: 1500m: 1. Sashi Singh (Charuchandra College, Kolkata) 4:11.14; A Mujamil (Annai Violet College, Chennai) 4:12.53; 3. TH Devaih (Al Ameen Arts and Commerce College, Bengaluru) 4:13.05.
Triple jump: 1. Tushar Chibber (Ramanujan College, Delhi) 14.55m; 2. S Baskar (RVS College of Arts & Science, Chennai) 14.20; 3. Midhun Murali (St Berchmans College, Kottayam) 14.02m.