A 79-member Odisha squad bagged a total of 48 medals in the two-day 29th East Zone Junior Athletics Championship, which concluded at SAI Complex in Kolkata today. The medals included 17 gold, 18 silver and 13 bronze.

Host West Bengal overall champions with 650 points, while Jharkhand finished runners-up with 412 points. Odisha and Jharkhand merged joint champions in under-14 boys’ group.

The Odisha squad, consisting of 41 boys and 38 girls, was accompanied by manager Rabi Nayak, coaches B C Guha (Sundargard), Rajkumari Patra (Bhubaneswar); Olympian Anuradha Biswal (lady manager) and technical delegate Prabodha Kumar Mohanty.

ODISHA MEDALISTS:

GOLD: 1. Bhimsen Janka (B-18, 3000m run, 9:11.1s), 2. Manisha Meral (G-18, Long jump, 5.70m), 3. Dillip Naik (B-16, 800m run, 1:57.9s), 4. Rabi Khora (B-14, 600m run, 1:26.3s), 5. Priyanka Toppo (G-17, Javelin, 41.18m), 6. Sarun Payasing (B-18, Long jump, 6.78m), 7. Priyanka Mahalik (G-18, 5000m race walking, 27:44.8s), 8. Santanu Patiar (B-18, Triple jump, 13.95m), 9. Anshika Routray (G-14, Shot put, 10.10m), 10. Swadhin Kumar Majhi (B-18, High jump, 1.98m), 11. Kuna Marandi (B-20, 800m run, 1:58.7s), 12. Punga Soren (B-18, 100m hurdles, 13.9s), 13. Lakhan Murmu (B-14, 100m run, 11.5s), 14. Krishna Munda (B-18, 400m run, 49.8s), 15. Prasanjit Xaxa (B-18, 400m hurdles, 55.2s), 16. Samsad Ara Begum (G-20, 5000m run, 18:16.7s), 17. Odisha, Fulamani Karjee, Manisha Merel, Biplabini Sha, Subhani Kispotta (G-18, 100m, 200m, 300m, 400m medley relay, 2:21.5s).

SILVER: 1. Samsad Ara Begum (G-20, 3000m run, 10:31.7s), 2. Basanti Majhi (G-14, 600m run, 1:44.1s), 3. Chandan Beti (B-16, Long jump, 6.50m), 4. Raibari Tiria (G-20, 100m hurdles, 15.3s), 5. Rohan Kumar Nayak (B-20, Hammer, 43.68m), 6. Krishna Munda (B-18, 200m run, 22.5s), 7. Sushanta Maharana (B-16, 200m run, 23.1s), 8. Sukhi Baskey (G-16, 200m run, 26.3s), 9. Carmela Barla (G-20, Javelin, 34.53m), 10. Lakhan Murmu (B-14, Long jump, 6.49m), 11. Netramani Singh (G-14, Shot put, 9.89m), 12. Roshan Minz (B-20, 1500m run, 4:14.2s), 13. Manisha Merel (G-18, 100m run, 12.6s), 14. Gangadhar Madkami (B-16, Discus, 38.55m), 15. Priyanka Toppo (G-18, Discus, 29.13m), 16. Fulamani Karjee (G-18, 400m run, 57.4s), 17. Salami Kispotta (G-20, Discus, 36.60m), 18. Binkash Barwa (B-20, 400m hurdles, 56.5s).

BRONZE: 1. Debidutta Mishra (B-20, Discus, 34.50m), 2. Sanjukta Minz (G-18, Javelin, 33.38m), 3. Salmi Kispotta (G-20, Shot put, 9.75m), 4. Biplabini Sha (G-18, 200m run, 25.9s), 5. Srabana Badaraita (B-20, Javelin, 50.05m), 6. Samar Sekhar Pattnayak (B-20, High jump, 1.75m), 7. Sanjukta Mallick (G-20, 100m run, 12.7s), 8. Prasanjit Xaxa (B-18, 100m hurdles, 14.3s), 9. Budhini Majhi (G-16, Discus, 26.75m), 10. Sushanta Maharana (G-16, 400m run, 52.1s), 11. Punga Soren (B-18, 400m hurdles, 59.4s), 12. Jasmi Kisku (G-20, 400m hurdles, 1:10.1s), 13. Ramachandra Dora (B-18, 100m run, 11.2s).

ODISHA SQUAD:
Boys-14: 1. Soma Kirsani, 2. Samir Lenka, 3. Rabi Khora, 4. Lakhan Murmu.
Boys-16: 1. Dillip Naik, 2. Kush Kumar, 3. Gangadhar Madkami, 4. Sushanta Maharana, 5. Chandan Beti, 6. Ratnakar Paltasingh, 7. Laxman Sharma, 8. Anil Ekka, 9. Arbin Minz, 10. Mukesh Gowala.
Boys-18: 1. Swadhin Kumar Majhi, 2. Krishna Munda, 3. Nimu Tudu, 4. Prasanjit Xaxa, 5. Simanchal Raita, 6. Sarun Payasingh, 7. Bhimsen Janka, 8. Punga Soren, 9. Santanu Patiar, 10. Ramachandra Dora, 11. Basu Mallick, 12. Biru Diggal, 13. Bijay Xalxo, 14. Sushanta Sember, 15. Bijay Xalxo.
Boys-20: 1. Kuna Marandi, 2. Samar Sekhar Pattnayak, 3. Rohan Kumar Nayak, 4. Sourav Kumar Nayak, 5. Devidutta Mishra, 6. Kamakshya Prasad Nayak, 7. Prasanjit Kujur, 8. Roshan Minz, 9. Srabana Badaraita, 10 Ramesh Mohanta, 11. Ashok Soren, 12. Binkash Barwa.
Girls-14: 1. Basanti Majhi, 2. Jamuna Tudu, 3. Anshika Routray, 4. Netramani Singh.
Girls-16: 1. Debaki Khandapani, 2. Jyoshna Sabar, 3. Janbhi Tripathy, 4. Budhini Majhi, 5. Anshu Minz, 6. Babita Santa, 7. Monika Kujur, 8. Rina Majhi, 9. Sukhi Baskey.
Girls-18: 1. Priyanka Mahalik, 2. Priyanka Toppo, 3. Sanjukta Minz, 4. Sweta Kujur, 5. Sasmita Mohanta, 6. Lipti Kadraka, 7. Deepali Mahapatra, 8. Fulamani Karjee, 9. Manisha Meral.
Girls-20: 1. Pragyan Prasanti Sahu, 2. Jasmi Kisku, 3. Manisha Swati Minz, 4. Monika Barwa, 5. Raibari Tiria, 6. Sanjukta Mallick, 7. Saraswati Chatter, 8. Biplabini Sha, 9. Samsad Ara Begum, 10. Suchita Tirkey, 11. Divya Sandilya, 12. Anita Lakra, 13. Anjana Tirkey, 14. Carmela Barla, 15. Salmi Kispotta, 16. Subhani Kispotta.