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There was lots of excitement in different age groups on day two of the 39th National Junior Athletics Championships here on Sunday at Kalinga Stadium as several records tumbled. Tamil Nadu’s international sprinter Abinaya Rajarajan made her 100m victory in the women’s U18 group here in Bhubaneswar more memorable by setting a new meet record.
On her way to the gold medal, Abinaya clocked 11.66 seconds to better the previous meet record of 11.89 seconds set by Rashmi Sheregar in 2015. There was excitement in Odisha’s camp and local sprinter Dondapati Mrutyam Jayaram clinched the men's U20 100m title.
Haryana’s World U20 bronze medalist in women’s 10,000m race walk, Aarti, continued her domination at the domestic meet here in Bhubaneswar. It was a start to finish for Aarti in the women’s U20 10,000m race walk on Sunday. She clocked 47:21.68 seconds to better the previous meet record of 47:30.94 set by Mansi Negi in 2022.
Aarti’s next goal will be to compete in women’s 20km race walk at the All India Inter Varsity meet in the last week of December. “It will be Aarti’s first competition over a longer distance,” Aarti’s coach Basant Bahadur Rana said.
Rana, a former international and army athletics coach, has a group of promising youngsters under his wings. Haryana’s international high jumper, Pooja, also improved her own meet record in the women’s U18.
Day two Results
Men
U20: 100m: Dondapati Mrutyam Jayaram (Odisha) 10.50 seconds, Laukik Melge (Maharashtra) 10.52 secs, Harsh Raut (Maharashtra) 10.75 secs.
U20: Hammer throw: Paramvir Singh (Punjab) 68.03m, Harshit Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) 65.36m, Kapil (Chandigarh) 64.40m.
U18: 100m: Aadi Poojary (Maharashtra) 10.74 seconds, Anshu Rajak (Uttar Pradesh) 10.74 secs, Rudra Shinde (Maharashtra) 10.81 secs.
U18: Hammer throw: Hemant Raghuwanshi (Madhya Pradesh) 57.98m, Devansh Jagga (Punjab) 57.80m, Usmanali Khan (Madhya Pradesh) 54.44m.
U18: 5,000m race walk: Nitin Gupta (Uttar Pradesh) 20:01.64 seconds national record, previous time 20:23.30 set by Suraj Panwar in 2018), Tushar Panwar (Uttarakhand) 20:20.63, Sachin (Haryana) 20:21.93.
Decathlon: Manoj Kumar R (Tamil Nadu) 6827 points, Vethapriyan K (Tamil Nadu) 5968 points, Brijesh Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 5707 points.
Women
U20: Sakshi Chavan (Gujarat) 11.86 seconds, V Sudheeksha (Karnataka) 12.00 secs, Anusha Biswas (West Bengal) 12.06 secs.
U20: Hammer throw: Anshika Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 52.72m, Haqikat Grewal (Punjab) 48.37m, Sneha (Haryana) 47.89m.
U20: Pole vault: Vanshika Ghangh (Haryana) 3.76m (meet record, previous record of 3.75m was set by AC Nivya Antony in 2019), Nitika Akare (Madhya Pradesh) 3.60m, Deepika A (Tamil Nadu) 3.50m.
U20: 10,000m race walk: Aarti (Haryana) 47:21.68 seconds (national record, previous time 47:30.94 set by Mansi Negi in 2022), Vaishnavi Negi (Uttarakhand) 50:12.79, Mahima Choudhary (Rajasthan) 50:30.15.
U18: 100m: Abinaya Rajarajan (Tamil Nadu) 11.66 seconds (meet record, previous time 11.89 secs by Rashmi Sheregar in 2015), Archita Banerjee (West Bengal) 12.11 secs, Rujula Bhonsle (Maharashtra) 12.17 secs.
U18: High jump: Pooja (Haryana) 1.82m (Pooja improves her own meet record 1.81m set in 2023), Prachi (Haryana) 1.76m, Anchal Patil (Maharashtra) 1.68m.
U16: Shot put: Jasmine Kaur (Punjab) 13.00m, Drona Choudhary (Rajasthan) 12.56m, Diya Sanju PB (Tamil Nadu) 12.40m.
U16: 60m: Shourya Ambure (Maharashtra) 7.60 seconds (meet record, previous time 7.77 seconds by V Vikram in 2024), Suchithra AS (Karnataka) 7.77 secs, Bhoomika Nehate (Maharashtra) 7.83 secs.
