Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu :

S.N. Mohammed Salahuddin (PSGCAS) and P. Madhupriya (Nirmala) hogged the limelight on the opening day of the 34th Bharathiar University inter-collegiate athletic meet at the Nehru Stadium here on Wednesday.

Salahuddin leapt to a new distance of 15.74m in men’s triple jump, while Madhupriya threw the spear to a new high of 41.35m in women’s javelin.

The results:

Men: 100m: 1. A. Kevin Rinalldo (Dr. GRD) 10.7s; 2. D. Karthik (Bharathiar); 3. G. Selladurai (Sri Vasavi); 800m: 1. M. Arun Prabhu (Sree Saraswathy Thygaraja) 1:58.1s; 2. P. Karthikeyan (Sri Krishna); 3. R. Sarath Kumar (PSGCAS); 5000m: 1. N. Senthil Kumar (Sri Krishna) 16:02.7s; 2. A. Mano (Sri Saraswathi Thygaraja); 3. D. Bhoobesh (Sri Krishna); Shot put: 1. S. Saravanan (Sree Saraswathy Thygaraja) 14.22m; 2. S. Mithravarun (PSGCAS); 3. A.S. Sujit (PSGCAS); High jump: 1. R. Gnanasowndaran (Sri Krishna) 1.92m; 2. A. Khassan Khan (Dr. NGP); 3. V. Vijay (Gobi ASC); Triple jump: 1. S.N. Mohammed Salahuddin (PSGCAS) 15.74 (NMR); 2. S. Raj Surya (PSGCAS); 3. P. Kishore).

Women: 100m: 1. C. Sharon Nanda (Dr. NGP) 12.6s; 2. E. Sirpa (Sri Krishna); 3. P.S. Vinodhini (Dr. NGP); 800m: 1. K. Anupriya (Dr. NGP) 2:29.4s; 2. E. Kowsalya (Kongu ASC); 3. K. Saranya (Nirmala);5000m: 1. E. Vasanthamani (Gobi ASC) 20:07.0s; 2. K. Divyalakshmi (PSGCAS); 3. A. Tamilarasi (PSGRK); Triple jump: 1. M.A. Sivanbarasi (PSGRK) 12.06s; 2. U. Sukithra (PSGRK); 3. D. Monisha (Nirmala); Shot put: 1. A. Anjalibai (PSGRK) 10.23m; 2. K. Subashini (Nirmala); 3. R. Indhu (Dr. NGP); Javelin: 1. P. Madhupriya (Nirmala) 41.35m (NMR); 2. M. Valarmathi (Kongu ASC); 3. S. Uma Mageshwari (BU Dept).

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Sports / Coimbatore – December 10th, 2015