Siddhesh Thorat, from Dr. Naravane Sports Academy and Selena Gomes from Rising Star Sports Club took top honours in their respective under-17 boys and girls events in the 24th Open Minithon Road races, held around YMCA’s centre at IC Colony, Borivali (West). The event attracted over 1300 athletes in various age groups from 28 schools, colleges and Academies from different parts of the city and suburbs.
Start of the girls/boys U-17 event OF THE 24TH Borivali MINITHON ROAD RACES.
Siddhesh clocked 16:54 seconds, with his Academy-mate Rajan Dubey, who was breathing down his neck, all the way in the five-km run, finished second (16:56). Vinayak Nivane from VPM Sports Club (16:57), was third. However, the girls under-17 winner, Selena Gomes, was way ahead of the field and won the event 18:04 secs..
Also among the participants were men and women, late in their 50s and 60s along with Chief guest and ex-corporator Abhishek Ghosalkar, himself a athlete, who took part in the one km run. Some of them were even running barefoot.
Results in various age groups: –
BOYS: U-17 (5 km): 1. Siddesh Thorat (16:54 secs); 2.Rajan Dubey (16:.56 secs); 3. Vinayak Nivane (16:57 secs. GIRLS: U-17 (5 km): 1. Selena Gomes (18:04 secs); 2. Aashiti Koli (20:01); 3. Bhakti Nachare (20:23 secs).
BOYS: U-14 (3 km) : 1. Satyam Mishra (13:24 secs.); 2. Sujit Kamati (14:50 secs); 3. Roushan Jha (15:07 secs.). GIRLS: U-14 (3 km): 1. Reva Desa (14:24 secs.); 2. Shrushti Bhoite (14:32 secs); 3. Shakambari Dalvi (15:21 secs).
BOYS U-12 (2 km) :1. Jay Monde (9:06 secs); 2. Swar Pujari (10:05 secs); 3. Shreyas Shetty (10:14 secs.). GIRLS U-12 (2 km):. 1. Daksha Belavadekar (11:03 secs); 2. Rani Yadav (11:46 secs.).; 3. Tania Atakare (12:.50 secs).
BOYS U-10 (1 km): 1. Atharv Palande (5:43 secs); 2. Raman Damani (6:07 secs); 3. Vedani Patel 6:9 secs. GIRL S U-10 (1 km): 1. Radhika Gayatri (6:40 secs); 2. Mansi Pal (6:45 secs.) ; 3. Zeel Thakar (6:47 secs.).
Men- Masters (1 km) : 1.Ganesh Patel (8:14secs); 2. Rajesh Jadhav (8:16 secs); 3. Nandkumar Kanjavkar (8:19 secs).
Women- Over 30 (1 km) : Bhakti Birje (9:16 secs); 2. Sharmila Shetty (10:04 secs); 3. Manjusha Satish (10:10 secs).