The 57th State Athletic Meet concluded with 14 new records at VSS Stadium in Sambalpur today. Cuttack district emerged overall champions, securing 454 points, while Sundargarh finished overall runners-up with 386 points. Among the record breakers, Rabi Das, Ranjita Mahanta, Dandu Soren, Sandeep Burh and Purnima Hembram were well-known.

NEW MEET RECORDS:
U-20 boys long jump: Rabi Das (Cuttack) 7.14 mtrs (Previous 6.99).
U-14 girls 100m sprint: Sekunta Kullu (Bhubaneswar) 13.4 secs (Previous: 13.6).
U-18 girls 100m sprint: Ranjita Mahanta (Bhubaneswar) 12.1 secs (Previous 12.2).
U-14 boys triathlon: Jitendra Marandi (Phulbani) 1,729 pts (Previous 1,715).
Men’s 20km walk: Rajesh Kumar Das (Angul) 1hr 47:40.0 secs (Previous 1:55:20.14).
U-14 girls shot put: Kishori Lakra (Bhubaneswar) 7.37 mtrs (Previous 7.11).
U-14 boys shot put: Biswajit Banchor (Sambalpur) 12.32 mtrs (Previouus 10.00).
U-16 girls 1,500m run: Kishori Mundu (Sundargarh) 5:09.9 secs.
U-16 boys 1,500m run: Sushant Lakra (Sundargarh) 3:59.3 secs.
Men’s 1,500m run: Dandu Soren (ECo Rly) 3:59.3 secs (Previous 4:00.0).
U-14 boys high jump: Pritam Kumar Sahoo (Nayagarh) 1.57 mtrs (Previous 1.56).
U-18 boys 100m hurdles: Anil Kumar Das (Cuttack) 14.6 secs (Previous 15.0).
Men’s 400m hurdles: Sandeep Burh (Bhubaneswar) 50.6 secs (Previous 54.9).
U-18 girls heptathlon: Purnima Hembram (Sundargarh) 3,413 pts (Previous 3,303).

OTHER RESULTS:
MEN: 5,000m run: 1. Birsa Oram (15:41.1 secs), 2. Sukulal Munda (15:52.9), 3. Ashok Kumar Khinbudhi (16:06.8). Shot Put: 1. Samit Samal (12.38 mtrs), 2. Amulya Kumar Jena (11.90), 3. Biswaranjan Rout (11.19). Javelin: 1. Suvendu Kumar Singh Baboo (56.09 mtrs), 2. Prafulla Kumar Pradhan (52.75), 3. Alok Kumar Mohanty (50.80). 110m hurdles: 1. George Toppo (16.2 secs), 2. Ajaya Gouda (17.9), 3. Nishant Lugun (20.4): 20km walk: 1. Rajesh Kumar Das (1 hour, 47 min, 40.0 secs), 2. Jayanta Kumar Behera (1:58:00.0), 3. Nilamani Das (1:59:25.0): Long jump: 1. Manas Ranjan Soren (6.46 mtrs), 2. Budhuram Singh (6.42), 3. Prabhash Bagar (6.32 mtrs).
U-20 BOYS: Long jump: 1. Rabi Das (7.14 mtrs), 2. Pabitra Ku mar Sahani (5.83), 3. Achyut Kumar Seth (5.67). Shot put: 1. Siddhartha Chakraborty (11.55 mtrs), 2 Gobardhan Patra (10.77), 3. Sisir Kanta Jena (10.28). WOMEN: 5,000m run: 1. Sobha Nayak (19:20.8 secs), 2. Ashrita Kujur (20:01.8), 3. Labyanabati Gumansingh (22:29.7). 100m hurdles: 1. Rupashree Pothal (18.2 secs), 2. Rashmita Hemrom (20.8), 3. Monalisa Parida (22.1): Long jump: 1. Jyoti Birua (4.75 mtrs), 2. Damayanti Barik (4.60), 3. Meetarani Majhi (4.16): High jump: 1. Sumitra Nayak (1.45 mtrs), 2. Purnima Dang (1.30): Discuss: 1. Parbati Sethi (41.52 mtrs), 2. Smita Das (31.13), 3. Sujata Minz (27.88).
U-20 GIRLSs: 5,000m run: 1. Banabasini Behera (20:48.5 secs), 2. Kirtimayee Mohapatra (21:58.7), 3. Arati Das (23:19.5). Shot Put: 1. Bishnupriya Mangaraj (8.11 mtrs), 2. Tilottama Sahu (8.06), 3. Basanti Besra (7.60).
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PHOTO: Cuttack athletes celebrate celebrate after emerging over-all champions in the State Athletic Meet in Sambalpur on Dec 30, 2009.