Ashish, Shreya fastest runners in U-23 athletics meet

Kanpur: Ashish Rana of Bulandshahar and Shreya Yadav of Lucknow emerged fastest runners in the third UP State Annual U-23 Athletics championship, which concluded here at CSJM University, on Thursday.In a tough challenge, Ashish Rana drubbed Aditya Kumar of Meerut and Himanshu of Saharanpur, who ended at the second and third spots, respectively. In the women’s group, Shreya outplayed Anu Yadav of Meerut and Pooja Rajpoot of Kaushambi. Kajal of Saharanpur stole the show, winning the 400 and 800 meters races.According to UPAA secretary Devesh Dubey, 514 male and female athletes from 54 districts participated in the two-day meet. The state team will be selected on the basis of performance in this meet and will participate in the third Indian open U-23 Athletics Championship at Chandigarh.Results: Men: 200m: I -Aditya Kumar (Meerut), II– Irshad Saifi (Meerut), III – Gaurav Tripathi (Varanasi)400m: I-Beenu Sharma (Aligarh), II – Avnish Kumar (Amroha), III – Ritik Chaudhary (Moradabad) 800m.: I - Himanshu (Amroha), II – Priyanshu (Meerut), III – Shiv Shankar Pal (Agra) 1500m.: I - Shivendra Singh (Firozabad), II – Priyanshu (Meerut), III – Danish Saifi (Meerut). 5000m.: I - Vinit Raj (Bulandshahr), II – Adesh Kumar (Baghpat), III – Prince Raj Yadav (Ayodhya) 10000m.: I - Prince Raj Yadav (Ayodhya), II – Vinit Kumar (Baghpat), III – Sunil Kumar (Sitapur). Long Jump: I - Prince Latiyan (Muzaffarnagar), II - Krishna Chaudhary (Mathura), III - Sachin Gujar (Agra).Triple Jump: I – Abhishek Chaurasia (Prayagraj), II – Ravi Malik (Meerut), III – Ajeet (Agra).Shot Put: I – Sana Chaudhary (Meerut), II – Aryan Tyagi (Meerut), III – Saurabh Mishra (Prayagraj).Discus Throw: I –Pulkit Chaudhary (Amroha), II – Suraj Yadav (Jaunpur), III – Anurag Patel (Meerut). Hammer Throw: I – Mayank Yadav (Baghpat) Javelin Throw: - I – Jayesh Gupta (Bhadohi), II – Md. Junaid (Amroha), III – Dhruv Nehra (Lucknow). 20 Kms. Race Walk: I – Farman Ali (Saharanpur), II – Gaurav Kumar (Muzaffarnagar), III – Vishal Batham (Farrukhabad)Women : 200m.: I-Nishita Neeraj (Ghaziabad), II- Aaisha Praveen (Muzaffarnagar), III- MandaviSomvanshi (Farrukhabad)400m.: I- Kajal (Saharanpur), II- Shobha (Jhansi), III- Reema (Siddharth Nagar), 800m.: I - Kajal (Saharanpur), II- Varsha Pal (Jhansi), III- Anjali- (Bulandshahr)1500m.: I - Neha Pawar (Sambhal), II- Pooja Verma (Gorakhpur), III- Versha Pal (Jhansi)5000m.: I – Naha Pawar (Shamli), II- Pooja Verma (Gorakhpur), III- Pooja Patel (Unnao)10000m.: I- Manju (Moradabad), II- Chhaya Thakur (Jhansi), III- Neerja (Kannauj)Long Jump: I- Pooja Rani (Aligarh), II- Monika (Meerut), III- Himanshi Chaudhary (Sambhal)Triple Jump: I- Himanshi Chaudhary (Sambhal), II- Kalwati Kumari (Meerut) Shot Put: I- Shikha Pawar (Amroha), II- Ashna Siddiqui (Lucknow), III- Vandana (Firozabad) Discus Throw: I- Vandana (Firozabad), II- Saniya Danish (Kanpur), III- Km Chanchal (Mathura) Hammer Throw: I – Nidhi Yadav (Etawah), II – Saniya Danish (Kanpur), III – Smriti Rai (Prayagraj). Javelin Throw: I- Neelam Maurya (Bhadohi), II- Mridnalini (Ghaziabad), III-Rashmi Kumari (Meerut) 20 Kms. Race Walk: I – Tapsi (Saharanpur), II – Manisha (Ghaziabad), III – Arya (Unnao).
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