Arjun on a record-breaking spree, sprint double for Ashlin

Thiruvananthapuram’s Arjun Pradeep broke the 10-year-old under-20 men’s 400m hurdles meet record in the 68th Kerala State junior athletics championships which concluded at the Calicut University Stadium on Sunday.

Thiruvananthapuram’s Arjun Pradeep broke the 10-year-old under-20 men’s 400m hurdles meet record in the 68th Kerala State junior athletics championships which concluded at the Calicut University Stadium here on Sunday.

Arjun had earlier bettered the 19-year-old 400m meet record clocking 45.45s while Ernakulam’s K.C. Servan rewrote the eight-year-old meet record in the under-20 men’s discus throw.

Alappuzha’s Ashlin Alexander finished with a sprint double, taking the under-20 men’s 100 and 200m while Palakkad’s S. Megha emerged as the fastest under-20 woman.

Palakkad also took the overall team title with 340 points while Thiruvananthapuram (258.25) finished second.

Men: Under-20: 200m: Ashlin Alexander (Alp) 22.21s. 800M: J. Bejoy (Pkd) 1:52.33s. 3000M: Christo Mathew (Idk) 9:42.77s. 400M hurdles: Arjun Pradeep (Tvm) 52.01s MR, OR 52.84. 3000m steeple chase: Alan Biju (Ekm) 10:05.55s. Triple jump: Mohammed Muhassin (Mlp) 14.94m. Javelin throw: P. Rahan (Mlp) 48.14m.

Saturday’s events: 100m: Ashlin Alexander (Alp) 10.84s. 5000M: A. Arun Kumar (Pkd) 16:01.76s. High jump: Parthiv Vinod (Koz) 1.99m. Discus throw: K.C. Servan (Ksd) 50.42m MR, OR 48.41. Decathlon: Abhinav Suneesh (Tvm) 5655 pts. 4X400m relay: Malappuram (3:27.80s).

Friday’s events: 400m: Arjun Pradeep (Tvm) 47.45s MR, OR 47.94. 1500m: S. Indranathan (Ekm) 4:07.54s. 110M hurdles: V.P. Rahil Sakeer (Mlp) 14.12s. 10,000m race walk: K. Jithin Raj (Ekm) 47:42.39s. Long jump: Sawan Reginold (Pkd) 7.31m. Pole vault: Sivadev Rajeev (Ekm) 4.50m. Hammer throw: Adwaith Santhosh (Ekm) 50.57m. 4X100m: Palakkad (44.05s).