80th All India Inter-University Athletic Meet concludes; PT Usha presides

Moodabidri: The valedictory of the 80th all India Inter-University Athletic Championship held at Swarajya Maidan and witnessed the presence of “the queen of Indian track and field” P.T Usha. She spoke highly about the timely and well-organized arrangements made by Alva’s Education Foundation. She then thanked the chairman of AEF Dr. M Mohan Alva for his relentless support to the field of sports. She was felicitated by the foundation on the occasion.

The Foundation felicitated Indian coach, World University Games, Vijendra Singh, as the best coach with a cash prize of Rs. 25,000 for nurturing the maximum number of athletes. Jay Pradeep Shah of Mangalore University, two times meet record holder in the triple jump men section was awarded the best athlete for securing 1115 points. Y Jyothi of Acharya Nagarjuna University was awarded the best female athlete, for garnering 1146 points. The Mangalore University achieved the All India Athletic Championship for the fourth consecutive year. It scored 170 points. The University of Madras came second with 98.5 points.

The winners of the gold medal were awarded a cash prize of Rs15,000, Rs10,000 for silver, Rs5000 for bronze medal winners along with the cash prize of Rs.25, 000 for making a new meet record. six universities were felicitated for their participation and organizing various sports events.

Former Minister Amarnath Shetty, K Abhaychandra Jain, All Indian Universities Observer Dr. Charanjeeth Singh G, RGHUS Deputy Registrar Dr. Vasanth Shetty and others present among them.

Results of DAY -5 (06/01/2020)

Event – 1500m run (Men)

1. Chaitanya Holgare- Savitribai Phule Pune Uni.-3:55.385 
2. Sunil – Maharshi Dayanand Uni., Haryana-3:56.164 
3. Sonu –Maharaja Ganga Singh Uni., Rajasthan-3:57.092

Event – 1500m run (Women)

1. Hermilan Bains – Punjabi Uni. Patiala- 4:24.86 (New Meet Record) 
2. Chaithra P U – Uni.Of Calicut – 4:24.87sec, 2018 (Last Meet Record) 
3. Deore Durga – Savitribai Phule Pune Uni.-4:26.22 
4. Babitha C – Calicut University – 4:32.66

Hermilan Bains is looking forward to taking part in the coming Khelo India Games and Federation cup. She is coached by Mr. Suresh Saini. She had won a gold medal in the same event and a bronze in 800m in the 79th athletic meet at Alva’s. She is the daughter of Arjuna awardee Mrs. Madhuri Saxena, a silver medalist (800m run) in the Asian games and Mr. Amandeep Singh a silver medalist (1500m run) in south Asian Games.

Event – 42.195 km Marathon (Men

1. Anila Kumara – Gulbarga Uni. Kalaburagi- 2:42:33.58
2. Saurabh- Punjabi Uni., Patiala-2:43:04.08
3.  Sunil Kumar – Maharshi Dayanand Uni. – Rohtak -2:44:24.43

Event – 42.195km Marathon (Women)

1. Munni Devi – Maharshi Dayanad Uni. Rohtak – 3:14:42.26 
2. Rinku – Pinjabi University, Patiala- 3:19:09.27 
3. KM Laxmi – C S M Uni. Kanpur- 3:20:46.29

Event – 200m run (Men)

1. G. Ragul Kumar – Uni. Of Madras-21.611 
2. John Daniel D – S.R.M Institute Of Science And Technology- 21.772 
3. Vighnesh.A – Mangalore University- 21.858

Event  – 200m run (Women)

1. Kriti Bhoite – Uni.Of Mumbai-24.71 
2. Harika Devi – Palambur Uni-Mahabubnagar-24.84
3. Sruthiraj U V – Calicut University-24.99

Event – 4 x 400m relay (Men)

1. University Of Madras – Cibbinkumar, Avinash K, K.Saran, R.Rajesh- 3:11.00 
2. M G University, Kottayam – Tigin T, Anandu Vijayan, Amal Joseph, Anirudh C.R – 3:11.48 
3. Maharshi Dayanand University – Ashish, Yogesh Ahalavath, Sunny, Amit Baliyan -3:11.58

Event – 4X400m relay (Women)

1. University Of Calicut –Archana M P, Abitha Mary M, Arshitha S, Jisna Mathew 3:40.01 
2. Mahatama Gandhi University, Kottayam- Sneha,Emily K.T, Aleesha P.R, Anila Venu-3:42.1 
3. Maharshi Dayanand Uni. – Manish, Manhi, Nancy, Rachna- 3:45.97

Event – Shot Put (Men)

1. Prabhkirpal Singh – Punjabi University, Patiala- 17.34m
2. Shakti Solanki – Indira Gandhi University, Meerpur- 16.67m
3. Adil Sher Singh – Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar – 16.22m

Event – Pole Vault (Women)

1. Divya Mohan – Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam – 3.70m 
2. Prosy Meena – Tamilnadu Physical Education & Sports, university – 3.70m 
3. Baranica E. – Mangalore University – 3.70m 

Results were declared on the basis of foul count

Event – Pole Vault (Men)

1. Godwin Damien – Uni.Of Calicut – 4.70m 
2. P. Gowtham – Bharathiar Uni., Coimbatore- 4.65m 
3. Dheenadhayalan .G – Uni. Of Madras – 4.50m

Event – Triple Jump (Women) 

1. Aishwarya B – Mangalore University- 13.29m 
2. Sandra Babu- Mahatma Gandhi Uni., Kottayam – 13.28m 
3. S. Nandhini – Bharathiar Uni., Coimbatore – 12.95m

Event – Triple Jump (Men)

1. Pradeep Jay Shah – Mangalore University- 16.53(New Meet Record) 
2. Pradeep Jay Shah- Mangalore Uni.- 16.36 , 2018 (Last Meet Record) 
3. Arun A. B–Mahatma Gandhi Uni., Kottayam– 16.12 
4. P Kapil Anand – RGHUS- 16.01

Mr. Pradeep Jay Shah hailing from Mumbai, currently pursuing his masters in English at Alva’s college Moodabidri. He is coached under. Nilesh. He prepared himself for FIVE months and realized his dream by clinching the gold medal along with a new meet record. Surprisingly he bettered his own last meet record in the same event. He aims high to be selected for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.

Event – Hammer Throw (Women)

1. Varsha- Managalore Uni.-57.24m 
2. Ritu Dhiman- Mangalore Uni. -54.91m 
3. Harshitha W.R – RGHUS- 51.27m

Overall Results

• Overall Champions – Mangalore University: 170 Points
• Overall Runner-up – University Of Madras: 98.5 Points
• Third Place – Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam: 80 Points

Women’s Championship 

• Winner: Mangalore University – 69 points
• Runner-up: Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam – 47 points 
• Third Place: University Of Madras – 42 points

Men’s championship

• Winner: Mangalore University – 101 points
• Runner: University Of Madras – 56.5 points
• Third Place: Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak – 34 points

Best Athlete – Women

• Y. Jyothi – Acharya Nagarjun University – 100m Hurdles – 13.03sec – 1146 Points

Best Athlete – Men

• Jay Shah Pradeep – Mangalore University – Triple Jump – 16.53m – 1115 Points

Medal Tally – Mangalore University

• Gold – 09
• Silver – 09 
• Bronze – 05

New Meet Records

• Total Meet records – 09 
• Mangalore University Meet Records – 04

Day 1 Meet Records

1. Prathap Narendra – Mangalore University – 29:42:19 (10000m Run Men)

Day 2 Meet Records

1. Juned K.T –Mangalore University -1:26:39.78 ( 20km Race Walk Men) 
2. A.Sherin – Uni. Of Madras – 6.32m ( Long Jump Women)

Day 3 Meet Records

1. Sonal Sukhwal – Mohanlal Sukhadia Uni.- Udaipur – 1:38:40.49( 20km Race Walk Women) 
2. Komal Jagadale – Savitribai Phule Pune Uni. – 10:23.658( 3000m Steeplechase Women)

Day 4 Meet Records

1. Narendra Prathap Singh – Mangalore University- 14:17.77( 5000m Run Men ) 
2. Jyothi Y – Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur- 13.037 ( 100m Hurdles Men)

Day 5 Meet Records

1. Hermilan Bains – Punjabi Uni. Patiala- 4:24.86 (1500m Run) 
2. Pradeep Jay Shah – Mangalore University- 16.53(Triple Jump Men)

Medal Winners – Mangalore University

Gold:

1. Prathap Narendra-10000m Run (Men) 
2. Juned K.T – 20km race walk (Men)
3. Sunila Kumari – 800m Run (Women) 
4. Pradeep Kumar- Hammer Throw (Men)
5. Narendra Prathap Singh – 5000m Run (Men) 
6. Manu D.P-800gms Javalin Throw (Men)
7. Varsha – Hammer Throw (Women)
8. Jay Shah – Triple Jump (Men) 
9. Aishwarya B- Triple Jump (Women)

Silver:

1. Naveen – 20km race walk (Men)
2. S. Dhanalakshm i-100m run (Women) 
3. Aishwarya B – Long Jump (Women) 
4. Aromal.T – High Jump (Men) 
5. P S Vishnu- Long Jump (Men)
6. Adesh – 5000m Run (Men) 
7. Debarjun Murmu -110m Hurdles (Men) 
8. Rimpy Dabas – Heptatholon (Women) 
9. Ritu Dhiman – Hammer Throw (Women)

Bronze: 

1. Nidhi Rani – Discus Throw (Women)
2. Mujamila – 800m Run (Men) 
3. Bandan Patil – 20km Race Walk (Women)
4. Jyoti Jagbahdur Chauhar- 3000m Steeplechase (Women)
5. Vighnesh A – 200m Run (Men)

Mangalore University – Meet Record Holders

1. Prathap Narendra – 10000m Run (Men) 
2. Juned K.T- 20km – race walk (Men) 
3. Jay Shah – Triple Jump (Men)
4. Narendra Prathap Singh – 5000m run (Men)