State athletic meet ends with 14 new records

The 57th State Athletic Meet concluded with 14 new records at VSS Stadium in Sambalpur today. Cuttack district emerged overall champions, securing 454 points, while Sundargarh finished overall runners-up with 386 points. Among the record breakers, Rabi Das, Ranjita Mahanta, Dandu Soren, Sandeep Burh and Purnima Hembram were well-known.

NEW MEET RECORDS:
U-20 boys long jump: Rabi Das (Cuttack) 7.14 mtrs (Previous 6.99).
U-14 girls 100m sprint: Sekunta Kullu (Bhubaneswar) 13.4 secs (Previous: 13.6).
U-18 girls 100m sprint: Ranjita Mahanta (Bhubaneswar) 12.1 secs (Previous 12.2).
U-14 boys triathlon: Jitendra Marandi (Phulbani) 1,729 pts (Previous 1,715).
Men’s 20km walk: Rajesh Kumar Das (Angul) 1hr 47:40.0 secs (Previous 1:55:20.14).
U-14 girls shot put: Kishori Lakra (Bhubaneswar) 7.37 mtrs (Previous 7.11).
U-14 boys shot put: Biswajit Banchor (Sambalpur) 12.32 mtrs (Previouus 10.00).
U-16 girls 1,500m run: Kishori Mundu (Sundargarh) 5:09.9 secs.
U-16 boys 1,500m run: Sushant Lakra (Sundargarh) 3:59.3 secs.
Men’s 1,500m run: Dandu Soren (ECo Rly) 3:59.3 secs (Previous 4:00.0).
U-14 boys high jump: Pritam Kumar Sahoo (Nayagarh) 1.57 mtrs (Previous 1.56).
U-18 boys 100m hurdles: Anil Kumar Das (Cuttack) 14.6 secs (Previous 15.0).
Men’s 400m hurdles: Sandeep Burh (Bhubaneswar) 50.6 secs (Previous 54.9).
U-18 girls heptathlon: Purnima Hembram (Sundargarh) 3,413 pts (Previous 3,303).

OTHER RESULTS:
MEN: 5,000m run: 1. Birsa Oram (15:41.1 secs), 2. Sukulal Munda (15:52.9), 3. Ashok Kumar Khinbudhi (16:06.8). Shot Put: 1. Samit Samal (12.38 mtrs), 2. Amulya Kumar Jena (11.90), 3. Biswaranjan Rout (11.19). Javelin: 1. Suvendu Kumar Singh Baboo (56.09 mtrs), 2. Prafulla Kumar Pradhan (52.75), 3. Alok Kumar Mohanty (50.80). 110m hurdles: 1. George Toppo (16.2 secs), 2. Ajaya Gouda (17.9), 3. Nishant Lugun (20.4): 20km walk: 1. Rajesh Kumar Das (1 hour, 47 min, 40.0 secs), 2. Jayanta Kumar Behera (1:58:00.0), 3. Nilamani Das (1:59:25.0): Long jump: 1. Manas Ranjan Soren (6.46 mtrs), 2. Budhuram Singh (6.42), 3. Prabhash Bagar (6.32 mtrs).
U-20 BOYS: Long jump: 1. Rabi Das (7.14 mtrs), 2. Pabitra Ku mar Sahani (5.83), 3. Achyut Kumar Seth (5.67). Shot put: 1. Siddhartha Chakraborty (11.55 mtrs), 2 Gobardhan Patra (10.77), 3. Sisir Kanta Jena (10.28). WOMEN: 5,000m run: 1. Sobha Nayak (19:20.8 secs), 2. Ashrita Kujur (20:01.8), 3. Labyanabati Gumansingh (22:29.7). 100m hurdles: 1. Rupashree Pothal (18.2 secs), 2. Rashmita Hemrom (20.8), 3. Monalisa Parida (22.1): Long jump: 1. Jyoti Birua (4.75 mtrs), 2. Damayanti Barik (4.60), 3. Meetarani Majhi (4.16): High jump: 1. Sumitra Nayak (1.45 mtrs), 2. Purnima Dang (1.30): Discuss: 1. Parbati Sethi (41.52 mtrs), 2. Smita Das (31.13), 3. Sujata Minz (27.88).
U-20 GIRLSs: 5,000m run: 1. Banabasini Behera (20:48.5 secs), 2. Kirtimayee Mohapatra (21:58.7), 3. Arati Das (23:19.5). Shot Put: 1. Bishnupriya Mangaraj (8.11 mtrs), 2. Tilottama Sahu (8.06), 3. Basanti Besra (7.60).
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PHOTO: Cuttack athletes celebrate celebrate after emerging over-all champions in the State Athletic Meet in Sambalpur on Dec 30, 2009.