Akshaya Iyer from Thane’s Achievers Club, pipped her teammate Siddhi Hiray in a thrilling finish to win the women’s 100m gold in 12.0 secs and in the process eclipsed the existing mark of 12.3 secs in the 42nd Bombay YMCA State Level Athletic championships at the University Stadium, Marine Lines here today. Even the second-placed Siddhi’s timing of 12.2 secs also improved upon the existing mark.
Akshaya Iyer
It proved to be double delight for the Thane’s Achievers Club, as their Shashank Shinde breezed past a strong field for men’s 100m gold. However, Shashank could not better the existing record of 10.4 secs, as he clocked 10.7 secs.
Sharing the day’s honours with the Thane’s athletes were Mumbai’s Spandon Eco Foundation, with their athletes, Snehal Hirave and Akansha Shelar capturing golds in their respective women’s 5000m and under-18 girls 1500m events.
Shashank Shinde
Result of record-breaking event: WOMEN: 100m: 1. Akshaya Iyer (Achievers SC -Thane) – 12.0 secs (NMR) – OR: 12.3 secs; 2. Siddhi Hiray (Achievers SC -Thane) – 12.2 secs (BMR); 3. Deepika Kotian (GST-Customs –Pune) – 12.6 secs.
Results of winners of various events:
MEN:100m:Shanshank Shinde (Achievers SC -Thane) – 10.7 secs. Triple Jump:Hardik Shah (Universal SA, Worli) – 13.93 mts
WOMEN: 5000m: 1. Snehal Hirave (Spandon Eco Foundation-Mumbai)- Shot Put: 1. Divya Sonar (GST-Customs –Pune) – 11.30mts.
GIRLS U-18: 200m: Pratyangira Kashyap (Trackblazers SA, Andheri) – 26.8 secs. 1500 m: Akansha Shelar (Spandon Eco Foundation-Mumbai)- 5:00.5 secs.
BOYS U-18: 1500m: Rohit Mandavkar (Achievers SC -Thane) – 4:17.8 secs. Long Jump: Shubham Patekar (Achievers SC -Thane) -6.15 mts.