Six records fall on final day
November 15, 2018, Thrissur
Reference: https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/six-records-fall-on-final-day/article25501039.ece
Six new records were set on the final day of the 50th edition of the Caliut University inter-collegiate athletics championship at the University Stadium here on Wednesday.
Among the records to fall was the one set by Subhash George in the men’s triple jump in 1981-82. The new mark belongs to Sanal Scaria of Christ (Irinjalakuda); he cleared a distance of 15.63m, 0.01m more than the existing record.
Christ also retained the men’s overall title comfortably, totalling 91 points, while Sree Krishna (Guruvayur) was second with 70 and St. Thomas (Thrissur) third with 13.
Mercy (Palakkad) retained the women’s crown with 62 points, pipping Christ by just three points. Calicut University Teaching Department came third with 23 points.
The results: Men: 200m: 1. T. Midhun (Sree Krishna), 2. Libin Shibu (Christ), 3. Aswin B. Shankar (St. Thomas), (21.84s). 800m: 1. Tomson Poulose (Sree Krishna), 2. T. Saifudheen (Ideal), 3. K. Akhil (Christ), (1:53.31: NMR; OR: 1:53.73 – P.K. Mohamed Rasid (Christ) 2017-18). 10,000m: 1. J. Bijay (Christ), 2. N.S. Sachin (Victoria), 3. K.T. Abdul Bashid (Sree Krishna), (32:38.31). 110m hurdles: 1. N.V. Sahad (St. Thomas), 2. V.S. Sooryanarayanan (St. Thomas), 3. R. Akshay (Chittur), (14.51s: NMR; OR: 14.85s – Maymon Poulose (St. Thomas) 2016-17). 3,000m steeplechase: 1. Bibin George (Christ), 2. Binu Peter (Christ), 3. C.P. Abhimanyu (SN Chelannur), (9:15.15). Triple jump: 1. Sanal Scaria (Christ), 2. B.M. Monu (Sree Krishna), 3. P.M. Safad (MES Kalladi), (15.63m: NMR; OR: 15.62m – Subash George (Christ) 1981-82). Pole vault: 1. Godwin Damian (Christ), 2. S. Aswin (Christ), 3. Basil Muhammed (St. Joseph’s Devagiri), (4.30m). Javelin: 1. Jikku Joseph (Christ), 2. P. Amal Antony (Christ), 3. Sibi Antony (Sahrdaya), (66.95m: NMR; OR: 62.52m – own record, 2017-18). 4x400m relay: 1. Christ (Prithin Ali, Libin Shibu, A. Rashid & Muhammed Badusha), 2. Sree Krishna, 3. St. Thomas, (3:14.92: NMR; OR: 3:15.94 – Christ 2015-16).
Women: 200m: 1. U.V. Sruthi Raj (Teaching Dept.), 2. Sandra Joseph (Mercy), 3. C.K. Aarika (Mercy), (25.71s). 800m: 1. Abitha Mary Manuel (SN Chelannur), 2. M.P. Archana (Christ), 3. S. Arshitha (Christ), (2:10.88). 10,000m: 1. K.K. Vidhya (Christ), 2. M.D. Thara (Mercy), 3. Reeba Anna George (Vimala), (39:11.76). 100m hurdles: 1. K. Vincy (VTB), 2. K. Athira (Mercy), 3. Anns Mariya Antony (Christ), (16.00s). 3,000m steeplechase: 1. N. Namitha (Christ), 2. K. Aiswaraya (Mercy), 3. S. Lincy (Teaching Dept.), (12:11.77). Pole vault: 1. Malavika Ramesh (Christ), 2. C. Anaswara (Vimala), 3. Anu Ashokan (Vimala), (3.10m).
Javelin: 1. J. Rajana (Christ), 2. H.R. Sreeranjini (Vimala), 3. P.K. Vishnupriya (St. Joseph’s Irinjalakuda), (38.43m).
4x400m relay: 1. SN Chelannur (Sneha, Shaharbana, Abitha & Jisna), 2. Christ, 3. Mercy (3:47.14: NMR; OR: 3:48.08 – Vimala 2010-11).
Heptathlon: 2. Aneena Roy (Mercy), 2. P. Hafsa (Teaching Dept.), 3. U. Adithya (Phy. Edu.), (3275 pts.).
