Indian Athletics – News – 24th National Inter-Zonal Junior Athletics Championships – Mandeep Goyat improved national mark on final day – / By Ram. Murali Krishnan /

 Pune, 24 September 2012 – Home advantage brought Maharashtra the champion status as they received overall honours in the three day 24th National Inter-Zone junior athletics championships which concluded at Shiv Chhatrapathi Sports Complex, Belewadi, near here on Monday evening.

 The hosts collected 429.5 points for the overall title ahead of Haryana, which finished runners-up with 347.5 points.

 Maharashtra middle-distance star Mandeep Goyat improved his own national record by clocking 1:51.08 to win the Youth Boys’ 800m run.  In the Youth Nationals at Bangalore earlier this year he had set his previous national mark of 1:52.66.

 Another athlete who excelled today was sprinter Dutee Chand representing Jharkhand in youth girls section.  Having won at Bangalore with a national youth record of 11.80 secs in 100m she was a hot favourite to win here and she did not disappoint her fans with yet another splendid show, clocking 11.89 secs in the final, with new a meet record.

 Meet records were set in six more events on the concluding day.  Noted among them were 2.11m in high jump by Kerala’s Sreenith Mohan in u-18 boys and 53.86 secs clocking in 400m hurdles in the same age-group by Satish Pasala of Maharashtra.

 In boys u-16 division U.P. high jumper Yugant Shekar Singh sailed over 1.95m while M.P. walker Shailesh Kumar covered 10,000m distance clocking 45:19.32. 

 In the junior women’s hammer throw event local girl Soniya Shinde set out the ball and chain to 49.79m for a new mark. 

 Tamil Nadu relay quartet R. Chandra Kumar, Jothi Ranjan, S. Jeeva Kumar and S. Dharmalingam erased the meet record in junior men’s 4x400m relay with a time of 3:18.78.

/ Ram. Murali Krishnan /

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