AFI Media
25 April 2018
New Delhi. National junior record breaker Gurindervir Singh will lead the Indian athletics team at the 3rd South Asian Junior Athletics Championships to be held from May 5-6, 2018 in Colombo, Sri Lanka
The AFI selection committee for juniors selected 31 boys and 28 girls for the SAF championships.
Sprinter Gurindervir Singh from Punjab shattered the U20 record in the 100m clocking 10.47s at the 16th Federation Cup National Junior Athletics Championships concluded last week in Coimbatore.
Besides India and host Sri Lanka, the other SAF nations participating in the two-day championship are Bangladesh, Pakistan, Maldives, Bhutan and Nepal.
Sanjay Garnaik, Chief coach (juniors) said, “SAF will serve as a good competitive event for juniors ahead of the Asian Junior Championships to be held in Japan in June. It will provide good exposure to those athletes who have never participated in an international event.”
The team will depart for Colombo on 2 & 3 May 2018.
Team-
Boys:
| S.NO | NAME | EVENT | PERSONAL BEST |
| 1 | Gurindervir Singh | 100m, 4x100m | 10.47S |
| 2 | Akash Kumar | 200m, 4×100 | 21.53S |
| 3 | Prajwal Mandanna | 4x100m | 10.66S |
| 4 | Nithin Scidanandh | 200m, 4x100m | 21.97S |
| 5 | Saneesh PS | 4x100m | 10.89S |
| 6 | Gaurav | 400m, 4x400m | 46.93S |
| 7 | Nihal Joel W | 400m, 4x400m | 47.08S |
| 8 | Rajesh Ramesh | 4x400m | 47.52S |
| 9 | Ayush Dabas | 4x400m | 47.65S |
| 10 | Devender Kumar | 4x400m | ——- |
| 11 | Amandeep Kumar | 800m | 1:51.90S |
| 12 | Ankit | 800m, 1500m | 1:52.30S,, 3:45.15S |
| 13 | Ajit Kumar | 1500m | 3:53.21S |
| 14 | Abhinanth Sunderesan | 1500m | 3:53.23S |
| 15 | Kunal Choudhury | 110mh | 14.16S |
| 16 | Mohammed Fias C | 110mh | 14.20S |
| 17 | Rashab Rishiwar | Long jump | 7.44M |
| 18 | Lokesh S | Long jump | 7.42M |
| 19 | Kamal Raj K | Triple jump | 16.41M |
| 20 | Ashutosh Chouhan | Triple jump | 15.49M |
| 21 | Santhosh Manikandan | High jump | 2.06M |
| 22 | Gurjeet Singh | High jump | 2.06M |
| 23 | Ashish Bholothia | Shot put | 17.89M |
| 24 | Sahib Singh | Shot put | 17.79M |
| 25 | Ajay | Discus throw | 51.06M |
| 26 | Sahil Silwal | Javelin throw | 74.05M |
| 27 | Arshdeep Singh | Javelin throw | 68.99M |
| 28 | Aman | 400mh | 53.14S |
| 29 | Dhval Utekar | 400mh | 53.66S |
| 30 | Gurpreet | 5000m | 14:37.97S |
| 31 | Ajay Kumar Bind | 5000m | 14:53.65S |
Girls:
| S.NO | NAME | EVENT | Best Performances |
| 1 | Chaitrali Gujar | 100m, 4×100 | 12.05S |
| 2 | Vijaya Kumari | 100m, 4×100 | 12.13S |
| 3 | Nithya Gandhe | 4×100 | 12.24S |
| 4 | Siddhi Hirey | 100m, 4×100 | 12.37S |
| 5 | Rosalin Lewis | 200m, 4x100m | 24.97S |
| 6 | Jisna Mathew | 4x400m | 54.73S |
| 7 | Rachna | 400m, 4x400m | 55.59S |
| 8 | Subha Venkatesh | 200m, 400m, 4x400m | 25.10S, 6.18S |
| 9 | Nidhi Singh | 4x400m | 57.14S |
| 10 | Sunil Kumari | 4x400m | 57.60S |
| 11 | Abhigail Arokianathan | 4x400m, 400m H | 57.67, 62.38S |
| 12 | Nanhi | 400mh | 62.98S |
| 13 | Sapna Kumari | 100mh | 13.61S |
| 14 | Pragyan Prasant Sahu | 100mh | 14.60S |
| 15 | Abhinaya Shetty | High jump | 1.71M |
| 16 | Greacena G Merry Glistus | High jump | 1.71M |
| 17 | Punitha Ramasamy | Long jump | 5.78M |
| 18 | Priyadarshini Suresh | Triple jump | 12.82M |
| 19 | Khushbeen Kaur Wariach | Triple jump | 12.58M |
| 20 | Kiran Baliyan | Shot put | 15.23M |
| 21 | Anamika Das | Shot put | 14.96M |
| 22 | Arpandeep Kaur Bajwa | Discus throw | 49.56M |
| 23 | Karuniya Muthu Ramalingam | Discus throw | 45.79M |
| 24 | Sanjana Choudhary | Javelin throw | 46.97M |
| 25 | Durga Deore | 800m, 1500m | 2:10.62S, 4:30.43S |
| 26 | Ankita Chahal | 800m | 2:10.72S |
| 27 | Poonam Sonune | 3000m | 9:50.61S |
| 28 | Savita Pal | 3000m | 10:16.16S |
