Mehta, Shetty fastest; hand State a sprint double

Mehta, Shetty fastest; hand State a sprint double

Pune: Nish Mehta and Shruti Shetty gave host’s Maharashtra plenty to cheer emerging fastest athletes in the junior boys’ and girls’ sections in the 22nd CISCE National Athletics Meet-2018 at Balewadi, here on Saturday.

On the opening day, Nish blazed the track by clocking 11.28s in the junior section and pipped Vibhaskar Kumar (AP & Telangana; 11.34s) and R. Joy Alexis (TN; 11.38s).

Incidentally, Nish’s effort was faster than the senior boys 100m sprint, wherein Hrishi Agasthya Veldandi representing Andhra Pradesh and Telangana clocked 11.40s. In the junior girls’ section, Srushti Shetty made it a double spint delight clocking 12.60s. Sharon Maria RJ (12.73s) and Neole Anna Cornelio (12.74s) finished second and third.

Results:
Junior Boys 100m: 1-Nish R.Mehta (Mah; 11.28s); 2-Vibhaskar Kumar (AP & Telangana; 11.34s); 3-R. Joy Alexis (TN; 11.38s).
Shot Put: 1-E Nithin Kumar (AP & Telangana; 13.62m); 2-Sat Karan Singh (North India; 13.18m); 3-Darsh Shah (Mah; 12.29m).
1500m: 1-Rahul Yadav (UP & UK; 4:26.89s); 2-Sahil Gaikwad (Mah; 4:34.25s); 3-R. Sarwan Kumar (Jharkand & Bihar; 4:34.86s)
Junior Girls 100m: 1-Srushti R Shetty (Mah; 12.60s); 2-Sharon Maria R.J (TN & Pondicherry; 12.73s); Neole Anna Cornelio (Kar; 12.74s).
Senior Boys 100m: 1-Hrishi Agasthya Veldandi (AP & Telangana; 11.40s); 2-Allen Babu (Ker; 11.60s); 3-Yash Shroff (Mah; 11.62s).
1500m: 1-Akanshit Hembrom (Jharkand & Bihar; 4:23.64s); 2-Athul B. Elavunkal (TN & Pondicherry; 4:26.11s); 3-J. Sivsankar (Ker; 4:30.43s).
Senior Girls 100m: 1-Iona Cheryl. I (TN & Pondicherry; 13.40s); 2-Aleena Maria Alex (Kar; 13.45s); 3-Sneha Nair (Mah; 13.85s).
 

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