Long distance runner Rakesh Yadav created a new meet record as he led Sports Authority of India (SAI) to a clean sweep clinching the first three positions in the 5000 metres run for boys’ under-20 in the Mumbai Suburban District Athletic Association Annual Athletics Championship sponsored by Rizvi Builders, Striders Foundation and Universal Sports Association and organized by MSDAA at the Sports Authority of India athletic track, Kandivali on Friday.
Heena Bhandari of Children Academy Sports Club
The SAI athlete ran a tactical race and in comfortable fashion crossed the finish line first in a record time of 17:05.3 seconds beating the previous mark of 17:22.5 secs. Yadav’s teammates Rahul Kanojiya and Bimlesh Tiwari followed in second and third with timings of 17:57.1 sec and 18:26.8 secs respectively.
Anurag Mali of Savio Sports Club also grabbed the attention setting a new meet record in the discus throw for boys’ under-20. Mali flung the disc to a distance of 30.57 metres which erased the previous best of 23.97 metres, to claim the gold medal. Siddhant Nair of Goenka & Associates Educational Trust, also improved on the meet record with a throw of 29.45 mts to bag the silver, while Yash Talekar of Savio SC took bronze with an effort of 17.85 mts.
Meanwhile, Heena Bhandari of Children Academy Sports Club also enjoyed a very rewarding day breaking the meet record in the girls’ under-16 long jump event and picking up the gold. Heena leapt to a new distance of 5.24 metres which was better than the earlier record of 5.14 metres. Heena’s teammate Srushti Shetty took the silver with a jump of 5.10 mts and the bronze went to Sharvni Mali (VPM Sports Club) with a leap of 4.91 mts.
Results (all finals):
Boys’ U-20 – Discus Throw: 1. Anurag Mali (Savio SC) – 30.57 mts (NMR), 2. Siddhant Nair (Goenka & Associates Educational Trust) – 29.45 mts (BMR), 3. Yash Talekar (Savio SC) – 17.85 mts.
Girls’ U-16 – Long Jump: 1. Heena Bhandari (Children’s Academy SC) – 5.24 mts (NMR), 2. Srushti Shetty (Children’s Academy) – 5.10 mts, 3. Sharvni Mali (VPM Sports Club) – 4.91 mts.
Shot put: 1. Harshitha Shetty (Lokhandwala Foundation) – 11.76 mts, 2. Kshamya Singh (Goenka & Associates Educational Trust) – 10.36 mts, 3. Sagarika Yadav (Gupta Sports Academy) – 10.15 mts.
Girls’ U-18 – 3000m: 1. Rajeshwari Kavnder (Star Athletes United) – 12:57.5 sec, 2. Nikita Sodiye (R.B. Speedster) – 12:58.5 sec, 3. Deepika Chumbhle (Gupta SA) – 14:32.0.
200m: 1. Harita Bhadra (Somaiya Sports Academy) – 26.5 sec, 2. Krishni Jumani (R.B. Speedster) – 28.0 sec, 3. Sakshi Kolekar (SAI) – 28.4 sec.
Boys’ U-18 – 3000m: 1. Siddhesh Thorat (Goenka & Associates Educational Trust) – 10:22.2 sec, 2. Vijay Yadav (Savio SC) – 10:23.1 sec, 3. Pratik More (Goenka & Associates Educational Trust) – 10:25.4 sec.
Girls’ U-20 – Long jump: 1. Sanika Poyekar (Savio SC) – 3.93 mts, 2. Vita Cardin (Savio SC) – 3.85 mts, 3. Roma Suvarna (Goenka & Associates Educational Trust) – 3.75 mts.
Shot put: 1. Poorna Raorane (VPM Sports Club) – 14.06 mts (NMR), 2. Nukelan Liao (Gupta Sports Academy) – 7.19 mts (BMR), 3. Harsha Malure (Gupta SA) – 4.19 mts.
Boys’ U-14 – High jump: 1. Krrish Singh (Children’s Academy School) – 1.45 mts, 2. Devesh Chaubey (Children’’s Academy SC) – 1.40 mts, 3. Dev Panchal (Children’s Academy SC) – 1.40 mts.