CHENNAI: Loyola College, with 29 medals, and MOP Vaishnav, with 23 medals, emerged overall champions in the men’s and women’s categories, respectively, at the Dr A Lakshmanaswamy Mudaliar Memorial silver jubilee commemoration athletics meet held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
Meanwhile, R Mohan Kumar of DG Vaishnav College, with 1009 points, and PN Sowndharya of MOP, with 1000 points, won the men’s and women’s individual titles, respectively.
Results: Men: Half-marathon: 1. Vinu Wilson (Loyola) 1:20:06s, 2. Gowarishankar (MCC) 1:29:16s, 3. G Rajendran (MCC) 1:29:39s. 110m hurdles: 1. Thiyagarajan (MCC) 14.9s, 2. R Logeshwaran (Loyola) 15.2s, 3. Naveen Kirubakaran (Loyola) 15.3s. Long jump: 1. Elakkiyadasan (Loyola) 7.09m, 2. R Swaminathan (Loyola) 6.87m, 3. R Samuvel (MCC) 6.86m. 200M: 1. R Mohan Kumar (DG Vaishnav) 21.4s (NMR), 2. C Aakash Babu (Loyola) 22.1s, 3. P Akash (Loyola) 22.3s. Discus throw: 1. N Sathish (MCC) 42.85m, 2. Rajarajan (MCC) 37.45m, 3. K Kaushik (Loyola) 36.92m. 1500M: 1. Vellayathevan (Loyola) 4:01.5s, 2. Beniyamen Daniel (DGVaishnav) 4:06.1, 3. Mukesh Kannan (Loyola) 4:13.0s. High jump: 1. K Vinith (AM Jain) 1.95m, 2. L Venkatesan (MCC) 1.90m, 3. D Tamizharasu (MCC) 1.80m. Decathlon: 1. Theivendran (Presidency) 6054pts, 2. Krishnakumar (MCC) 5895, 3. Vinothkumar (Loyola) 4872. 400m relay: 1. Loyola 41.6s, 2. DB Jain 42.7s, 3. MCC 43.2s. 1600m relay: 1. Loyola 3:22.5s, 2. MCC 3:31.4s, 3. RV Govt Arts 4:09.7s.
Women: Half-marathon: 1. Poongodi (Soka Ikeda) 1:49.35s, 2. N Surya (MOP Vaishnav) 1:51:55s, 3. S Suganya (Ethiraj) 1:56:01s. 200M: 1. PN Sowndharya (MOP Vaishnav) 24.7s, 2. D Maria Rasathi (Soka Ikeda) 25.8s, 3. R Varsha (Ethiraj) 26.7s. Long jump: 1. Monicka (MOP Vaishnav) 5.49m, 2. S Ramya (MOP Vaishnav) 5.40m, 3. Rochella Maria Macfarlane (Stella Maris) 5.35m. 1500M: 1. K Priya (Soka Ikeda) 4:48s (NMR), 2. Sathiya Priya (WCC) 5:31s, 3. Pavithra (SCP Jain) 5:45s. Heptathlon: 1. M Sowmiya (SDNB Vaishnav) 4336pts, 2. Kanimozhi (MOP Vaishnav) 3690, 3. Malini (JBAS) 3064. 400m relay: 1. MOP Vaishnav 49.6s, 2. Ethiraj 50.7s, 3. WCC 52.3s. 1600m relay: 1. Soka Ikeda 3:58s (NMR), 2. Ethiraj 4:14s, 3. MOP Vaishnav 4:19s.
Championship: Men: Loyola (29 medals); Women: MOP Vaishnav (23 medals).
Individual championship: Men: R Mohan Kumar (DG Vaishnav) 1009 points; Women: PN Sowndharya (MOP Vaishnav) 1000 points.