Tamil Nadu emerges overall champion; three records set
The Hindu
Three new meet records were set on the final day of the South Zone junior athletics championship at the Calicut University Stadium here on Sunday.
The records were accounted for by Tamil Nadu’s Praveen Chithravel (Under-20 boys’ triple jump), Karnataka’s Tushar Bhekane (Under-18 boys’ 1,500m) and Priya Mohan (Under-18 girls’ 200m).
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