CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu’s Shruthi Mahalingam continued her fine form with a silver in the women’s 1500m freestyle event on Day 2 of the 70th Senior National Aquatic Championship in Ranchi on Sunday. She clocked 18:21.53s.
Statemate PM Abhishktha claimed bronze. Other TN winners of the day included AV Jayaveena (women’s 50m breaststroke bronze) and third place for men in the 4x100m medley. Olympian Sajan Prakash broke his national record in men’s 200m butterfly, winning gold with 01:59.35s.
St Joseph’s bag title
St Joseph’s Sports Academy athletes won the overall championship at the Arise Steel 1st state athletic championships.
Results: 400m: Girls: U-20: 1. Mariya Rasathi (SDAT), 2. SV Aarthi (Aaron), 3. AP Srija (Kannian). Women: 1. Siniya Raju (Run Bird); 2. S Sangeetha (SAI); 3. T Pavithra (St Joseph’s). 3000m walk: Women: 1. R Pavithra (USF); 2. S Lavanya (Vella Ponneri); 3. K Thilagavathi (SDAT T’vmalai). Men: 1. M Vetrivel (Arise Steel); 2. R Vasanth (St Joseph’s); 3. Mohammed Rizwan (St Joseph’s). Hurdles: Men: 1. K Manikandan (St Joseph’s); 2. P Sri Gopalakrishnan (Aaron); 3. George Fernandez (St Joseph’s). Women: 1. RV Vishwapriya (USF); 2. J Dhivya (Elshadda); 3. S Nivedha (St Joseph’s). 80m Hurdles: Girls: U-16: 1. M Nisha (St Joseph’s); 2. PM Tabitha (St Joseph’s); 3. S Srireshma (Karlmax). Women: 1. K Keerthana (Elshaddai); 2. C Kanimozhi (St Joseph’s); 3. K Saranyadevi (St Joseph’s). Long Jump: Men: 1. Sarath Praveen (Elshhddai); 2. R Swaminathan (St Joseph’s); 3. SP Laxman (Elshhssai). Boys: U-16: 1. C Praveen (SDAT); 2. Bhavan Pradhickshan (St Joseph’s); 3. B Suresh (Royal). Boys: U-14: 1. Mohammed Ashif (Krishnagiri); 2. S Logeshwaran (SDAT); 3. S Aakashheinz (Kac Kovai). Girls: U-20: 1. Akshya Sri (St Joseph’s); 2. Suveitha Lakshmi (St Joseph’s); 3. S Vigneshwari (St Joseph’s). U-18: 1. Harshini Saravanan (Elshaddai); 2. R Punitha (SDAT); 3. SK Logamuthra (St Joseph’s). Women: 1. Uma Maheshwari (St Joseph’s); 2. Neeno Jose (St Joseph’s); 3. S Preethi (St Joseph’s).