The last day of the programme produced a meet record. The lone meet record came in the 10,000 metre for boys under-20 when Shashi Prakash of North Zone timed 30:31.64 secs to erase the old mark of 30:47.5, set by Suresh Verma, also from the North, in 1992.

In a field which had East Zone's Gojen Singh, the 25-lap event promised much and Gojen seemed to be an easy winner until the 15th lap. This was when Shashi gained upperhand and surged ahead with Amani Saini of East Zone closely behind. But just after the 18th lap, Gojen, who lagged behind, dropped out. Saini finished second in 30:32.1, which incidentally bettered Verma's time sent in 1992. R. Yellappa of SouthZone timed 33:07.35 for the bronze.

Results

Boys (U-20): 100m: T Shandra Mohan 10.6, SN Shukla (EZ) 10.7, Paramjit (NZ) 10.8; 800m: KM Binu (EZ) 1:53.0, PS Primush (SZ) 1:53.5, Anand (NZ) 1:54.3; 10,000m: Shashi Prakash (NZ) 30:31.64 (NMR), Amani Saini (EZ) 30:32.08, R Yellappa (SZ) 33:07.35.

Under-18: 800m: Mallappa Tarigera (SZ) 1:58.2, Mushaq Ahmed (SZ) 1:58.5, Guruvinder (NZ) 1:58.8.

Under-16: 100m: Vinod Thakur (WZ) 11.0, Shakender (NZ) 11.1, Usman Chotiyar (WZ) 11.2; 800m: Munna Singh (NZ) 2:01.3, L Vasiram (SZ) 2:01.7, Pritam (NZ) 2:02.2.

Girls (U-2): 800m: Sumalata (SZ) 2:08.9, ABL Tulasi (SZ) 2:14.3, Tazinder Kaur (NZ) 2:14.7; 10,000m: Posotleima Devi (EZ) 38:13.8, Vaishali (WZ) 38:39.4, Geeta (NZ) 38:52.0.

Under-18: 100m: S Geeta (SZ) 12.1, Bindu Rani (SZ) 12.2, Meera Singh (NZ) 12.6.

Under-16: 100m: Lopamudra Roy (EZ) 12.5, Gowramna (SZ) 2.7, Nabani (EZ) 12.9; 800m: Sarabani Roy (EZ) 2:22.5, NashimaKhatoon (EZ) 2:22.9, Abha Rani (WZ) 2:23.2.