After breaking the 1,500 National record on the opening day, the 19-year-old Rani kept the crowd at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium mesmerised with her elegant and energetic run in the 5,000 metres on Monday.

Sunita had asserted before the race, ``I'll do 15:45 in 5,000.'' When the clocked stopped, it read an astounding 15:41.4s.

Given the lack of competition second-placed Sunita Deb finished over two minutes after her the performance, that improved her own mark of 15:54.43 set en route to winning the silver at the Bangkok Asian Games, stood strong evidence for her amazing self-drive and spirit.

The day had begun with Anju Markose, another member of the `glamour brigade' of Indian athletics, rewriting the national record in triple jump. Braving a wind of 1.3 against her face, Anju removed Lekha Thomas' mark of13.27 metres out of the record books on her first jump.

Rai was named best athlete for his astonishing leap -- only the second time an Indian had touched the 8-metre mark in long jump.

MEN 100m: 1 Anil Kumar (ASCB) 10.3s; 2 Amit Khanna (Del) 10.4s; 3 T Gogoi (Bih) 10.5s (NMR. Old: 10.43s). 800m: 1 KM Vinu (Bih) 1:52.4s; 2 Biju Marandi (Ori) 1:53.4s; 3 Ajit Nayak (Mah) 1:53.5s. 5,000m: 1 Gulab Chand (UP) 14:19.1s; 2 Harish Tiwari (UP) 14:22.1s; 3 Ravindra Kurubagatti (SR) 14:50.3s. 400m hurdles: 1 Shish Pal (Har) 52.1s; 2 Abhishek Pandey (UP) 52.9s; 3 Murali Das (SR) 53.2s. NMR. Old: 52.26s.

Triple jump: 1 Gurmeet Singh (Pun Pol) 15.73m; 2 Robin Verghese (AIESCB) 15.60m; 3 B Venkiah (SSCB) 15.48m.

Discus throw: 1 Anil Kumar (Del) 55.93m; 2 Hridyanand Singh (Bih) 53.94m; 3 KPS Brar (Pun) 52.59m. Javelin throw: 1 Ramandeep Singh (Pun Pol) 78.79m; 2 Jagdish Vishnoi (Pun Pol) 77.03m; 3 BS Dubey (Mah) 71.59m. NMR Old: 77.50m. Decathlon: 1 KulwinderSingh (ASCB) 6596 Pts; 2 Rajesh Kumar (CRPF); 3 Lakhwinder Singh (Del) 5932. NMR. Old: 6563 Pts. 4x400m relay: 1 Punjab Police (Satnam Singh, Sucha Singh, Nishan Singh, Jaswinder Singh) 3:18.7s; 2 Southern Railway 3:20.3s; 3 CRPF 3;23.0s. Best athlete: Sanjay Kumar Rai (UP)

Women

100m: 1 Rachita Mistry (Mah) 11.5s; 2 V Jayalakshmi (IB) 11.9s; 3 Jaicy Thomas (SR) 12.0s. NMR. Old: 11.51s. 5,000m: 1 Sunita Rani (Pun) 15:41.4s; 2 L Aruna Deb (WB) 17:45.6s; 3 Madhuri Gurnule (Mah) 17:54.6s. (Natl Record. Old: 15:54.43s). 400m hurdles: 1 MK Asha (Kar) 57.7s; 2 Debi Bose (WB) 58.4s; 3 Arthi Rai (MP) 59.2s. NMR Old: 58.47s. 10km walk: 1 Paramjit Kaur (Pun) 51:24.0s; 2 Jiji Jose (SR) 53:25.5s; 3 Bala Devi (Ori) 53:28.7s. NMR. Old: 51:48.2s. Triple Jump: 1 Anju Markose (TN) 13.27m; 2 Anusuya C Roy (IB) 12.72m; 3 Reena Thomas (Ker) 12.61m. (Natl Record. Old: 13.26m). Heptathlon: 1 Soma Biswas (WB) 5374 Pts; 2 JJ Shobha (AP) 4696; 3 KK Geetha (SR)4530. 4x400m relay: Indian select team (Manjima, KM Beenamol, Rosakutty, Jincy Philip) 3:34.5s; 2 Tamil Nadu 3:48.1s; 3 Karnataka 3:51.4s. NMR. Old: 3:39.69s. Best athlete: Sunita Rani (Pun).

Overall team champions: Southern Railway 122.

Team champions (Men): Services 62 pts. (Women): Southern Railway 78 pts.