YOUNG middle distance runner Himanshi Bawane returned home with arich medalhaul from the Maharashtra State School Under-17 At hletics Championship organised by District Sports Office, Palghar, recently. Himanshi started her gold-winningrunwith a first place finish in the 1500 metrerace.She then clinched the yellowmetal in the 3000 metres race. In 800 metres run, Himanshi had to be content with asilver medal as Santoshi Pinpad and Rishali Kasekar pocketed gold and bronzemedals respectively. Delhi Public School’s Kaushik Choudhary secured second place in the boys 800 metres race, In another race,city’sRuhi Ramekaran took 10.29.03 minutes to finish her 3000 metres race to clinch the silver medal. Lavanya Shendre clinched the bronze medal with a time of 60.9 secondsin the 400 metres sprint. Ruhi and Lavanya are students of Pandit Bachchraj Vyas Mahavidyalaya and practice under the guidance of NIS instructor Jitendra Ghordadekar.

 

Kaushik is trained by Gajanan Thakre at Mission Lakshya vedh Centre,while Himanshi practices under the guidance of international trainer Ravindra Tong. All the medal winners booked their berths for the national-level championship. Nagpur District Athletics Association (NDAA) President Gurudev Nagrale, Secretary Dr Sharad Suryawanshi, NDAA Vice-President Shekhar Suryawanshi, Nagesh Sahare, RavindraTong, Joint Secretaries Ramchandra Wani and Archana Kottewar along with Dr Vibekanand Singh, Harendra Thakre, Sunil Kapgate, Dr Amit Thakur,Chandrabhan Kolte, VandevThakre, Dr Brijmohan Singh Rawat, Kamlesh Hinge, Rajesh Bhute,Ganesh Wani congratulated the winners.