Youth international Sabita Toppo, also a cadet of Odisha Reliance Foundation Athletics HPC, secured the other silver medal of the day for Odisha in U-18 girls 100 metre hurdles, clocking 14.16 seconds.

This was the fourth National Junior medal for Sabita, who had captured one gold and one silver in the previsous edition in Guwahati last year and one gold in the 35th edition in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh in 2019.

Odisha U-18 boys medley relay team, which secured bronze medals with a timing of 57.39 seconds, consisted of Mahendra Santa, Pankaj Mondal, Dondapati Mruty Jayaram and Bapi Hansda.

For Jayaram, this was his second medal in the ongoing National Junior Championship. Earlier on the second day, he captured gold medal in U-18 boys 100 metre sprint.
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TOP: Odisha hurdler Sabita Toppo poses with her silver medal at the 37th National Junior Athletics Championship in Guwahati on 13 November 2022.
RIGHT: Runners of Odisha U-18 boys medley relay team, (L-R) DM Jayaram, Mahendra Santa, Pankaj Mondal and Bapi Hansda pose with their bronze medal at the 37th National Junior Athletics Championship in Guwahati on 13 November 2022.