BHUBANESHWAR: Four new meet records were established on Tuesday in the 81st All India Inter-University Athletics (Women) Championship 2021-22 in KIIT University. Those who set new meet records were Dutee Chand (100m, 11.44 seconds), Priya H Mohan of Jain Deemed to be University (400m, 52.58 seconds), Jagadale Komal of Savitribai Phule, Pune (3000m steeplechase, 10.00, 23) and Gracena Merly of Manonmaniam Sundaran (high jump 1.84 m).
Dutee Chand od KIIT University Bhubaneswar created the new meet record in the 100m finals and qualified for the second Khelo India University Games. Madhumita Deb of in KIIT University ffinished sixth in the race and qualified for the 2nd Khelo India University Games.
The 4x100M relay teams of KIIT University (Dutee Chand, Madhimita Deb, Riya Kumari and Shatakshi Ray), Utkal University & Sambalpur University qualified for the semifinals to be held tomorrow.
Dutee Chand clocked 11.44 seconds against the old record of 11.56 held in the name of NM Simi of MG university Kotayyam.
The new 400 metres record was set by Priya H Mohan of Jain Deemed to be University with a timing of 52.58 second . She broke Anilda Thomas' record of 52.99 (2005) of MG University Kottayam.
Jagadale Komal set a new meet record in 3000 metres steeplechase by clocking 10:00.23 against the previous record of 10:23.66 which was created by Komal Jagadale in 2020.
Gracena Merly of Manonmaniam Sundaran erased the high jump record of 1.83 m set in 2018 by Anhel P Devasya of University of Calicut. Gracena Merly cleared the bar at 1.84 m.
Meanwhile, Punjabi University of Patiala won the 4th place along with gold and bronze medals in the 20 Km Walk . Athlete Baljit won the gold medal with a time of 1 hour 39: 10.48 seconds while Pyle won the bronze medal with a time of 1 hour 40: 39.89 seconds. Another Punjabi Varsity athlete Jyoti finished fourth with a time of 1 hour 43: 57.34 seconds. Another varsity athlete Shali Dhama won a bronze medal in the 3000m steeplechase race