Record Breakers

NATIONAL RECORDS

Boys Under-18 — 5000m: Indrajeet Patel (UP) 14:53.69. Old: 14:55.20 — Mukesh Kumar (UP); Hammer throw: Sukhdev Singh (Haryana) 70.35m. Old: 67.09m — Chandroday Singh (UP).

Under-16 — 200m: Jatin Jain (Punjab) 23.03s. Old: 23.22s — Sandeep Khan (Maharashtra).

Under-14 — 100m: Abdu Samad K. M. (Kerala) 11.59s. Old: 11.91s — B. Dinesh (TN); 600m: Rakesh (Haryana) 1:28.18. Old: 1:30.31 — Rajkumar Lakra (Orissa); High jump: T. Rajavelan (TN) 1.76m. Old: 1.68m — A. Mathavan (TN); Shot put: Nikhil Neethin (Kerala) 13.41m. Old: 12.48m — S. Lakshmana Moorthy (TN).

Girls Under-20 — Hammer throw: Seema Jhakar (Haryana) 51.91m. Old: 49.55m — Archana Bara (Jharkhand).

Under-16 — 200m: Dutee Chand (Jharkhand) 24.98s. Old: 25.17s — (Ranjitha Mahant (Orissa); 1500m: Preeti Lamba (Haryana) 4:55.18. Old: 4:57.57 — Resin George (Kerala).

Under-14 — Shot put: K. Subhashini (TN) 10.17m. Old: 9.17m — Athira Muralidharan (Kerala).

MEET RECORDS

Boys Under-20 — 110m hurdles: P. Kesavaramani (TN) 14.44s; 400m hurdles: Akhil Francis (AP) 51.94s; Shot put: Naresh (Haryana) 19.13m; Hammer throw: Harminder (UP) 69.25m.

Under-18 — 2000m steeplechase: Jiyalal (MP) 6:03.20; Triple jump: Pranav P. (Kerala) 15.11m.

Girls Under-20 — 100m hurdles: G. Gayathry (TN) 13.6s (manual timing) & 14.27s in heats; Triple jump: G. Gayathry (TN) 13.36m.

Under-16 —100m: Ruma Sarkar (Bengal) 12.52s.