Two new meet records were set on the opening day of the 61st SNJ-National inter-State athletics championships here on Friday. None of the athletes could make the cut either for the Commonwealth Games or the World Championships.
Long jumper M. Sreeshankar of Kerala set a new mark in the qualifying event with a jump of 8.01m, erasing Prem Kumar’s 8.00m effort in 2013. Muhammad Anees Yahiya of Kerala came second 7.85m ahead of Jeswin Aldrin 7.71.
It was a good day for Tamil Nadu in women’s pole vault as it bagged the top three positions with E. Baranica claiming gold with a new meet mark of 4.05m. Rosy Meena Paulraj and Pavithra Venkatesh finished second and third after clearing 4m, the old mark set by Khyati Vakharia in 2018.
