Athletics: SSCB and Railways Secure Titles at the National Cross Country Championships
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Meerut, Jan 12 (NationPress) Hukam and Ankita representing the Service Sports Control Board (SSCB) and Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) secured the men's and women's 10km individual titles respectively at the 59th National Cross Country Championships that took place at the Army’s Golf Course on Sunday.
In the men’s category, SSCB emerged victorious in the overall team championship, while RSPB clinched the trophy for the women’s team.
The collective performance of SSCB runners, including Hukam (1st), Ishwar Verma (2nd), Pramod Singh (4th), and Ravi Dass (5th), was instrumental in ensuring they outpaced their competitors to secure the trophy. RSPB finished in second place, with Rajasthan taking third.
The title for the women’s team was claimed by Railways, while Uttar Pradesh and the Police Sports Control Board finished second and third, respectively.
In the U20 men’s race, runners from Uttar Pradesh excelled, winning both the individual and team titles. The women's U20 group team trophy went to Maharashtra.
Results:
Men 10km (Individual): Hukam (SSCB) 29:43.46, Ishwar Verma (SSCB) 29:43.89, Bhavishya (Railways) 29:43.98.
Men 10km (Team): SSCB 12 points, Railways 35 points, Rajasthan 57 points.
Women 10km (Individual): Ankita (Railways) 34:45.16, Jyoti (Haryana) 34:46.85, Shraddha Kathiriya (Railways) 34:49.07.
Women 10km (Team): Railways 17 points, Uttar Pradesh 40 points, Police Sports Control Board 42 points.
U20 Men 8km (Individual): Jainu Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) 24:13.34, Vikesh Dagur (Uttar Pradesh) 24:16.72, Ravi Yadav (Chandigarh) 24:16.73.
U20 Men 8km (Team): Uttar Pradesh 13 points, Madhya Pradesh 48 points, Maharashtra 56 points.
U20 Women 6km (Individual): Kajal (Haryana) 20:57.59, Sunita Devi (Uttar Pradesh) 20:59.27, Ankitaben Gavit (Gujarat) 21:37.92.
U20 Women 6km (Team): Maharashtra 27 points, Uttar Pradesh 53 points, Karnataka 72 points.
U18 Boys 6km: Rohit Binnar (Maharashtra) 17:59.56, Sanjeev (Jharkhand) 18:01.07, Abinandan Suryavanshi (Maharashtra) 18:03.15.
U18 Girls 4km: Pranali Mandale (Maharashtra) 14:09.29, Janhavi Hirudkar (Maharashtra) 14:12.32, Anshu (Uttar Pradesh) 14:17.80.
U16 Girls 2km: Manjot (Punjab) 6:43.35, Mahee Rathaur (Delhi) 6:51.07, Arya Kalel (Maharashtra) 6:56.13.
U16 Boys 2km: Chhotku Sen (Uttar Pradesh) 5:48.27, Sachin Rawat (Madhya Pradesh) 5:50.84, Dakshveer Singh (Rajasthan) 5:51.35.
