Parminder, Gurdit set National records

MYSORE: The penultimate day’s action at the Chamundivihar Stadium here saw Uttar Pradesh’s Parminder Kumar Patel soar to a height of 4.30 metres in the boys’ under-18 pole vault to rewrite the National record, the fifth of the championship. The earlier mark of 4.20m stood in the name of Virender Singh of Gujarat. Tamil Nadu’s J. Preeth also bettered the previous National mark with a 4.25m effort.
In the boys’ under-20 category, Gurdit Singh of Punjab bested the shot put mark held by Kuldeep Mann of Delhi with a heave of 17.76m.

The results: Boys: U-20: Shot put: 1. Gurdit Singh (Pun) 17.76m (NMR, OR: 17.40, Kuldeep Mann, Delhi, 2000), 2. Ajay Pal Singh (Del), 3. M. Ganesh Babu (AP);
U-18: Shot put: 1. Veer Bahadur Singh (U.P.) 17.38m, 2. N. Sankar (TN), 3. Gurwant Singh (Pun); Pole vault: 1. Parminder Kumar Patel (U.P.) 4.30m (NR, OR: 4.20m, Virender Singh, Guj), 2. J. Preeth (TN), 3. Umesh Kumar Yadav (U.P.).
U-16: 200m: 1.Sandeep Khan (Mah) 23.22s, 2. Jatin Jain (Pun), 3. O.S. Sujith (Ker); High jump: 1. Sikander (Har) 1.90m, 2. S. Harshith (Kar), 3. Devendra Sharma (Mah);
U-14: Long jump: 1. P. Anburaja (TN) 6.33m, 2. P. Satish (AP), 3. Praveen Chauhan (MP).
Girls : U-18: Discus: 1. Parmila (Har) 42.79m, 2. V. Vasumathi (TN), 3. Priyanka (Pun); Heptathlon: 1. N. Gayathri (TN) 4008 points, 2. Natasha Chacko (Ker), 3. Reena Baa (Ori).
U-16: Shot put: 1. M.R. Gunasundari (TN) 10.86m, 2. Kekati Sethi (Pun), 3. F. Jenifer (TN).