Mysore University inter-college athletics: Sumanth, Reena bag top honours

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THE Record breakers: From left - Afsana Begum (4x400m Relay), Reena George (Best athlete & 4x400m Relay), K. R. Meghana (800m), Shraddha Rani S. Desai (4x400m Relay), K. Yeshaswini (4x400m relay) and Pushpa S. Gadadi (Hammer Throw).
THE Record breakers: From left – Afsana Begum (4x400m Relay), Reena George (Best athlete & 4x400m Relay), K. R. Meghana (800m), Shraddha Rani S. Desai (4x400m Relay), K. Yeshaswini (4x400m relay) and Pushpa S. Gadadi (Hammer Throw).

Mysore :

K. P. Sumanth of Post Graduate Sports Council, Mysore, with 1,632 points and Reena George of Teresian College with 1,982 points were adjudged as Best Athletes in the men’s and women’s sections respectively on the concluding day of the 85th Annual Mysore University Inter-collegiate athletic meet at the University grounds here yesterday.

New record

T. S. Ravi of PGSC, Manasagangothri, created a new meet record in men’s long Jump with a leap of 6.73 mtrs erasing the previous mark of 6.55 mrts set by himself in 2012-13.

Equals meet record:

In another highlight of the day, Reena George of Teresian equaled her own record of 56.40s (2012-13), in the women’s 400m race with an identical timing to bag the gold.

PGSC’s men’s athletic team won Team championship title with 96 points. Teresian won the team championship title with 96 points.

The prizes were given away by Jayadevaraja Urs, Registrar, Examinations, UOM.

Results

Men: 1. C S Anu Kumar (PGSC-51.25s); 2. Mahesh Kumar (Sri Madeshwara FGC, Kollegal); 3. Bharat Nag (PGSC); 1500m: 1. H. S. Darshan (Vijaya FGC, Pandavapura-4:25:37s); 2. M R Ranjith (NDRK, Hassan); 3. Mahadev Prasad (PGSC); Half Marathon: (21kms) 1. Nanjundegowda (GFGC, Bharathinagar, Mandya- 1hr: 16:54s); 2. Y C Ravikumar (GFGC, K R Pet); 3. H H Nataraju (Govt. Home Science College, Hassan); Decathlon: 1. M. A. Manjunath (PGSC-3880 points); 2. Raghavendra (Marimallappa BBM); 3. Y. N. Badhuraj Bhat (Yuvaraja’s College); Shot Put: 1. K B Harsha (Basudeva Somani -12.49 mts); 2. N Chandan (GFGC, Nagamangala); 3. M Ganesha (JSS Ooty Road); Long Jump: 1. T. S. Ravi (PGSC,NMR-6.73 mtrs- Previous record- Self-6.55 mtrs-2012-13); 2. Mohit Kumar Chavan (Basudeva Somani); 3. H. P. Sunil (Govt. HSC, Holenarasipur).

Women

400m: 1. Reena George (Teresian-EMR- 56.40s- Previous- Self-56.40s- 2012-13); 2. K. R. Meghana (Maharani’s Arts & Commerce); 3. K. Yashaswini (Teresian); 1500m: 1. Shraddha Rani S. Desai (Teresian-5:17:25s); 2. C. Navyashree (Teresian); 3. Suchithra (Maharani’s Arts & Commerce); 10,000m: 1. B. J. Suma (Govt. Arts College, Hassan-47:07:65s); 2. K. Suma (Govt. College, Mandya); 3. B. R. Swetha (SAC, Nagamangala); Discus: 1. A. D. Lakshmi Devi (Govt. Arts College, Hassan-25.98mtrs); 2. R. Radhika (AVK, Hassan); 3. C. M. Reshma (PGSC); Long Jump: 1. J. S. Ashwini (Govt. College for Women, Mandya-3.97mtrs); 2. N. Madhuri (Govt.College for Women, Maddur); 3. H. S. Ramya (GFGC, C R Patna); 4x100m Relay: 1. Teresian- 57.41s; 2. JSS College for Women; 3. Maharani’s Arts & Commerce.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / September 29th, 2013

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