SAMIT Tong of Track Star Athletics Club and Dhanashree Kamthe of The Sprint Hub will lead Nagpur district men and women teams respectively in the Suresh Kalmadi Memorial 74th State Senior Group Athletics Championship to be held from May 31 to June 2 on the synthetic track at Savitribai Phule Pune University Ground, Pune. Nagpur teams were announced by Dr Sharad Suryawanshi, Secretary, Nagpur District Athletics Association on Thursday. Ravindra Tong is coach of the district team while Shamsher Khan has been named manager. The selection committee headed by Jitendra Ghordadekar includes Ramchandra Wani, Khan, Rohini Raut and Umakant Sangole.

 

TEAMS : Men: Samit Tong (Captain) 3000m Steeplechase; Aniket Nalawade 100m (Krida Prabodhini Nagpur), Rishikesh Londhe 100m and 200m, Gaurav Khodatkar 1500m, Sumesh Kale long jump, Madhav Gupta 1500m, Prashant Bhoyar 200m and 400m, Pratik Kanhere 800m (all Nav-Maharashtra Krida Mandal, Nagpur), Neeraj Nagose shot put (Golden Star Sports Club, Parsheoni), Darsh Balpande high jump, Rohit Hatwar 400m hurdles (both Rising Sprinters Club, Nagpur), Kartikdas Katekhaye 20,000m walking (Bhiwapur College, Bhiwapur), Dheeraj Singh Bisen long jump (Balance with Yoga Sports Academy, Ramtek), Nutan Ghodichore shot put (Ishwar Deshmukh College of Physical Education, Nagpur). Women: Dhanashree Kamthe (Captain) 100m; V Nageshwari 100 and 200m, Bhavyashri Mahalle 1500m, Bhuvneshwari Masram 800m (all Nav-Maharashtra Krida Mandal, Nagpur), Neha Dhabale 400m hurdles (The Sprint Hub, Nagpur), Riya Dohatre 3000m steeplechase, Mitali Bhoyar 5000m (both Track Star Athletics Club, Nagpur), Sanyogita Misar 100m hurdles (SB City College, Nagpur), Sharda Rathod 200m (Administrative Services Degree College, Nandanvan).