Hosts Kerala won the overall team title for the eighth consecutive time by winning 30 gold, 21 bronze and 24 medals in the 19th National Junior Athletic Championships which concluded at Lal Bahadur Stadium on 23 December 2003.
Kerala which has produced a number of international athletes like long jumpers T.C. Yohannan (Asian Games gold medallist in Tehran 1974), Anju Bobby George (bronze medalist in 2003 Paris World Championships), hurdlers P.T. Usha, M.D. Valsamma, middle distance stars Shiny Wilson and K.M. Beenamol (semi-finalists in the Olympic Games and World Championships respectively) successfully conducted the above junior meet showing skill and simplicity.
Kerala’s C.T. Raji and Dhanya Purushothaman came out with sterling performances by winning both 100m sprint and Hurdles races in their respective age groups. If nurtured properly they will certainly bring laurels at the global level to their mother nation.
Pritam Bind of Uttaranchal and Pinki Pramanik of Bengal (represented India at the World Youth Championship at Sherbrooke) won three individual gold medals.
Results (winners only):
Boys U-16:
100m (20) [w: +0.6]: Bhupinder (Har) 11.41; 400m (21) Lakhan Mardi (Jhar) 49.82; 800m (22): P. Srikanth Reddy (AP) 2:01.28; 2,000m (20): Vijay (Har) 5:43.78; 100-H (22) [w:+1.8]: V. Veeraraghavaiah (AP) 14.24; HJ (23): Laxman Chavda (Mah) 1.85; LJ (22): Amrinder Singh Pannu (Pun) 6.57; SP (20): Samarjeet Singh (Raj) 14.17; DT (20): Gagandeep (Har) 47.31; HT (22): Ravinder (Har) 55.16; Pentathlon (23): Dhaneesh Stephen (Ker) 3961; 5km Walk (22): Manoj Dombale (Mah) 23:46.0; Medlay Relay (23): Jharkhand 2:03.18;
Boys U-18:
100m (20) [w: +0.6] Vinay Chaudhary (UP) 11.02; 200m (23): Vinay Chowdhary (UP) 22.50; 400m (21): Vikas (Kan) 49.11; 800m (22): Sunil Kumar (Har) 1:58.48; 1,500m (20): P. Trinath (AP) 4:03.67; 5,000m (23): Arvind Kumar (Har) 15:22.85; 2,000m SC (22): Sunaram Tiria (Ori) 6:19.3; 110-H (21) [w:+0.7]: Satinder Singh (Pun) 14.54; 400-H (23): Shivanagaraju (AP) 54.45; HJ (20): Harishankar Roy (Ben) 2.02; PV (21): Deep Chandra (UP) 4.15; LJ (21): Budhuram Singh (Ori) 7.20; TJ (23): M. Renjith (Ker) 15.04; SP (23): Saurab Vij (Del) 17.67; DT (21): Rajinder Singh (Pun) 54.08; HT (22): Jainath Yadav (MP) 64.50; JT (20): Arunkumar Patel (UP) 65.51; Octathlon (21): P. Nondisamy (TN) 5316; 10km Walk (22): Rajkumar (Del) 45:08.0; 4x100m (21): Kerala 42.96; 4x400m (23): Kerala 3:21.52;
Boys U-20:
100m (20) [w: +1.1]: Mohd. Mudassir (Kan) 10.73; 200m (23): Mohd. Mudassir (Kan) 21.93; 400m (21): Bachu Durlav (Ben) 48.97; 800m (22): R. Rajeev (Ker) 1:54.17; 1,500m (20): Pritam Bind (Utr) 3:59.46; 5,000m (21): Pritam Bind (Utr) 15:17.0; 10,000m (23): Pritam Bind (Utr) 32:52.63; 3,000m SC (22): Vikas Singh (UP) 9:51.6; 110-H (21) [w: +1.5]: S. Krishna Raju (AP) 14.87; 400-H (23): Kiran Prasad (Ker) 52.82; HJ (21): Swapnil Sawant (Mah) 1.96; PV (20): Devender (UP) 4.60; LJ (20): M.S. Henan (Ker) 6.93; TJ (23): Sushant Bangera (Mah) 14.98; SP (21): Sandeep Kumar (Har) 16.13; DT (22): Harpreet (Del) 52.26; HT (22): Madhu Kumar (Har) 66.39; JT (23): Manoj Kumar (Del) 59.73; Decathlon (21): P. Riju (Ker) 6083; 10km Walk (22): Anil Kumar (Har) 45:00.0; 4x100m (21): Karnataka 42.40; 4x400m (23): Kerala 3:17.02;
Girls U-16:
100m (20) [w: +1.5]: C.T. Raji (Ker) 12.57; 400m (21): Tiana Mary Thomas (Ker) 58.53; 800m (22): S.R. Bindu (Ker) 2:16.83; 2,000m (20): Manpreet Kaur (Pun) 6:28.60; 100-H (22) [w:+1.5]: C.T. Raji (Ker) 14.94; HJ (21): Kavya Muthanna (Kan) 1.69; LJ (20): P.K. Priya (Ker) 5.27; SP (20): A. Anitcham (TN) 12.46; DT (21): A. Anitcham (TN) 37.13; JT (21): Suhani Fernandes (Kan) 33.87; Pentathlon (23): Natasha Sagar (Kan) 2820; 3km Walk (22): W. Lamnganbi Devi (Mani) 15:37.0; Medlay Relay (23): Kerala 2:19.12;
Girls U-18:
100m (20) [w:+1.4]: E.S. Jyothi (Ker) 12.47; 200m (23): A. Vijila (Ker) 26.05; 400m (21): Pinki Pramanik (Ben) 54.92; 800m (22): Pinki Pramanik (Ben) 2:16.39; 1,500m (20): B. Umamaheswari (AP) 4:44.91; 3,000m (23): B. Umamaheswari (AP) 10:09.46; 100-H (22) [w: +2.1]: Pooja (Har) 14.54; 400-H (23): Pinki Pramanik (Ben) 1:00.13; HJ (20): Lindamol M Rajan (Ker) 1.61; LJ (22): Resmi Bose (Ker) 5.56; TJ (23): K.Revathy (TN) 11.76; SP (20): Aplesh (Har) 11.85; DT (21): Shrima Priyadarshini (Kan) 38.26; HT (23): Shilpa Chauhan (UP) 40.17; JT (20): Bincy Devasia (Ker) 39.11; Heptathlon (23): Pradaya Patil (Mah) 4164; 5km Walk (22): V. Saraswathi (AP) 26:24.0; 4x100m (21): Kerala 49.04; 4x400m (23): Kerala 3:55.79;
Girls U-20:
100m (20) {w: +0.7]: Dhanya Purushothaman (Ker) 12.21; 200m (23): Iyleen Samantha (AP) 25.09; 400m (21): Iyleen Samantha (AP) 55.17; 800m (22): Lakhvir Kaur (Chan) 2:16.59; 1,500m (20): Lakhvir Kaur (Chan) 4:41.83; 3,000m (22): Rutuja Londhe (Mah) 10:15.37; 5,000m (21): Rutuja Londhe (Mah) 17:38.7; 100-H (22) {w: +2.9]: Dhanya Purushothaman (Ker) 14.59; 400-H (23): Mini Suvarna (Mah) 1:04.34; HJ (23): M. Sangeetha (TN) 1.72; PV (23): V.S. Surekha (TN) 3.25; LJ (21): Salamma Antony (Ker) 5.70; TJ (23): V.S. Libiya (Ker) 11.95; SP (23): Ketki Bakore (Mah) 12.42; DT (22): Monica Joon (Del) 39.99; HT (22): Suman (Har) 46.57; JT (20): S. Saraswathi (TN) 42.85; Heptathlon (23): Sushmita Singharoy (Ben) 4509; 10km Walk (22): Amandeep Kaur (Pun) 53:14.7; 4x100m (21): Kerala 48.11; 4x400m (23): Andhra Pradesh 3:52.10
