Priyanka creates national junior mark

Race walker Priyanka created a national record in junior women's 10,000m walk with a time of 49:16.51 on the second day of the 30th National Junior Athletics championships here today.
Meerut girl Priyanka is expected to win cash incentives as record performances here promises cash rewards to the athletes concerned.
Rajasthan's Bhawna Jat (55:24.39) and Kerala walker Mary Margaret (56:48.06) finished a distant second and third respectively.
Haryana lads Manish (45:36.0) and Sunil (45:38.2) bagged the first two places in the youth boys' 10,000m walk. The junior men's 5,000m run also witnessed Haryana's Sharwan Kharb taking the gold with ease in 14:48.56.

Sharwan won a bronze in that event in Asian Junior Championships in Chinese Taipei.
Ashish Kumar clinched the gold in boys under-16 hammer throw event with a meet record 67.09m while narrowly missing the national mark by one centimeter.

Kerala athletes won gold in three out of six high hurdles races contested today. Both Maymon Poulose and M N Nasimudheen successfully defended their titles in the youth boys and junior men divisions respectively.
After the winning the gold in 100m hurdles, Priyadarshini went to win her second gold medal by replicating her performance from last year's edition in Bangalore in the long jump (5.63m).

Other successful title defenders of the day include Meghana Devanga of Maharashtra in youth girls shot put (14.48m) and Kumari Sharmila in junior women's javelin throw (48.01m).
At the end of day two, Haryana continued to lead the table with 119 points followed by Kerala (110), Tamil Nadu (94) and Uttar Pradesh (82).