Kochi, Jan 29: The third day of the 13th Junior National athletics meet at the Maharaja's College ground here belonged to Andhra Pradesh's 18-year-old triple jumper, Bennet K Raja. After his first two shaky jumps, Bennet, a product of the Indian Army's talent-hunt scheme, came back to his own and was full of fire later, which saw him rewrite Praveen's meet record -- 14.53 metres -- with a 14.75m in his fifth leap.There were two more records. Kerala sprinter R Sukumari (under-18), who in the process bagged a double, rewrote her own meet record (57.73) with a new timing of 57.39s in the 400m. Yoginder Chavan (under-16, Haryana) eclipsed the two-year-old mark set by Chandrasekhar (SZ, 4012 points), scoring 4096 in the pentathlon.
After the third day's proceedings, Kerala are leading with 216.50 points, followed by Karnataka (141) and Maharashtra (109).
Results
Boys (U-20) Hammer throw: 1 Nirbay Singh (UP, 51.32m), 2 Vinod Kumar Singh (UP), 3 Desh Bandhu (Raj); Triple jump: 1 Prince Mathew (Ker,14.38m), 2 Vinod P J (Ker), 3 Suresh Babu (TN); Javelin throw: 1 Hari Om (Har, 65.48m), 2 Sunil (Del), 3 Pawankumar (Pun); 400m: 1 K J Manojlal (Ker, 49.15s), 2 Ajaykumar Kashyap (UP), 3 Saroj K U Lakra (Orissa); Discus throw: 1 Krishnakumar Sharma (Bihar, 43.92), 2 Navpreeth Singh (Pun), 3 Sureshkumar (Raj). U-18: 5,000m 1 Shashi Prakash (UP, 15:42.30), 2 Opari Singh (Man), 3 R Velappa (Kar); 10km walk: 1 Chandresh (UP, 51.30.30), 2 Vijay Gehlot (UP), 3 Mukeshkumar (Bihar); Triple jump: 1 Bennet K Raja (AP, 14.75m, NMR), 2 Praveen G Kumar (Ker), 3 Rajeshkumar (Har) {Old Record: Praveen G Kumar 14.53, Oct '97, Calcutta}; 400m: 1 Jipson Jacob (Ker, 49.56), 2 Vijaykumar B (AP), 3 Manoj; 800m: 1 Birendra Singh (Orissa, 1:59.15), 2 Sunny Sharma (AP), 3 M R Satheesh (Ker). U-16: 100m: 1 M Kumar (Kar, 11.43s), 2 Sukumar Barua (Orissa) 3 Rajesh Appu (TN); Pentathlon: 1 Yoginder Chavan (Har, 4096 pts, NMR), 2 Bino Thampi (Ker), 3 Amit Chillar (Har) {OR: Chandrasekhar R (SZ, 1996, 4012)}. U-14: Pentathlon: 1 ManasRanjan Soren (Orissa, 3948), 2 Tejpal Yadav (UP), 3 P Anandkumar (AP). Girls: U-20: Discus throw: 1 Harwant Kaur (Pun, 43.58m), 2 Manmeet Bains (Chd), 3 Saroj (Har); 5,000m: 1 Sunita Rani (Pun, 17m:48:90), 2 Madhuri Gurnule (Mah), 3 G Pangad Samy (Pondy); 400m: 1 Leena Chavan (Mah, 57.59), 2 Sangamitra Lanka (Orissa), 3 R S Smitha; 100m hurdles: 1 Poonam Beliappa (Kar, 14.71s), 2 Sapna De Souza (Mah), 3 Nisha Venugopal (Ker). U-18: Hammer throw: Dezimol K Dominic (Ker, 33.18m), 2 Spinder Pal Kaur (Pun), 3 JIyasree Sarkar (Bih); 5km walk: 1 Rajdeep Kaur (Pun, 27:45.00), 2 Anjukumari Sharma (WB), 3 Asharani Devi (Man); 400m: 1 R Sukumari (Ker, 57.39s), 2 Sutapa Das (WB), 3 Ranjini Ravindran (Ker) {OR: Sukumari (57.73, Calcutta, '97)}; 100m hurdles: 1 Shilpa Sequeria (Kar, 15.17s), 2 Dipti Vaidya (Mah), 3 Ranjin Ravindran (Ker). U-16: Pentathlon: 1 Bindu S (AP, 2565), 2 B S Preethi (Kar), 3 Priyanka Singh (UP); 800m: 1 Santana Burman (WB, 02:21.74), 2 Kalpita Kanvinde (Mah), 3 Dipa Roy (WB); 100m: 1 FirozaEngineer (Mah, 12.72), 2 G Bindu (Kar), 3 Sheetal Kaveriappa (Kar).
U-14: Pentathlon: 1 Swarupa Banerjee (WB, 2676 pts), 2 R K Nirupama Devi (Man), 3 Snehal Sawant (Mah)
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