Bhartender to lead 85-member Haryana team

Chandigarh, Nov 12 (UNI) International long jumper Bhartender Singh of Kurukshetra, who has been selected to represent India in the SAF Junior Athletic Championship at Colombo in December, will lead an 85-member Haryana contingent in the 23rd National Junior Athletics Championship to be held at Vjayawada from November 24 to 27.

Haryana State Athletic Association secretary Hanuman Singh Bhadu said here today that 10 Haryana athletes, who are in the Indian team for the Colombo Junior SAF athletics, are the part of the state contingent. They are: Dinesh (discus), Vipin (high jump), Dharamvir (400m), Akash Antil (discus), Anila (400m), Ritu (400m), Savita Dhankhar (1500m), Riku Sangwan (discus) and Neelam (shot put).

The other members of the Haryana contingent are: Boys Under-20: Krishan, Baljeet Singh, Sunil Kumar, Naveen Kumar, Dinesh, Rahul, Mohan Singh and Vipin kumar (all Bhiwani District), Pawan Kumar, Sunil Kumar, Ramesh Kumar and Navjot Singh (all Hisar District), Rohtash(Jind), Ajay Kumar and Manjit Singh (Jhajjar), Jai Chaudhary (Panipat) Devender Singh and Rambir (Rohtak), Chandram (Kurukshetra), Karan Singh (Gurgaon).

Boys Under -18: Parveen Kumar,Akash, Naresh and Sudhir Kumar(Sonipat), Shamsher Singh, Parveen Kumar, Arvind Kumar and Pardeep Kumar (Bhiwani), Rajkumar (Rohtak), Ajit Singh (Hisar), Neeraj Vats and Sandeep Kumar (Jhajjar), Boys Under-16: Manish and Sanjay (Panipat), Pardeep, Sukhdev Singh, Karan Singh and Jitender (Bhiwani), Nitish and Sushant (Rohtak), Tejbir(Sirsa), Avinash (Jhajjar), Kishore( Hisar), Boys Under-14: Triathlon : Group 'A' Satender (Jind), Group'B' Anil(Bhiwani).

Girls Under- 20: Savita, Munish and Kavita Dalal (Rohtak), Manisha, Rinku Sangwan, Neelam and Manju (Bhiwani), Meenakshi (Jhajjar), Ritu (Sonipat), Anila (Hisar).

Girls Under-18: Poonam, Anju Bala, Reena Kumari (Jhajjar), Promila,(Bhiwani), Anju Rathi (Sirsa), Pooja Jangra(Hisar), Mamta (Panchkula).

Girls Under-16: Kaushalya, Sonu (Hisar), Meenakshi, Sarita (Rohtak), Meena Kumari, Suman (Jhajjar).

Girls Under-14: Triathlon: Group' B' Sweety (Sirsa) and Group 'C' Suman(Jhajjar).

Coaches: V K Verma, , Satish Kumar and Jogender Singh. Lady Manager: Meenakshi. Managers: Paeveen Kumar Technical Officials; Rajeev Khatri and Ram Mehar Singh.

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