Mumbai: Deep Patil of Uran Gymkhana, Uran and Shreya Mulik of Shree Sidheshwar Sports Club, Satara emerged as the fastest boy and girl respectively. Both Deep and Shreya sprinted away with the gold medals winning the boys’ and girls’ under-18 100 metres events in the 43rd Bombay YMCA State-Level Annual Athletic Meet 2019, organised under the auspices of the MCDAAA by the Bombay YMCA Physical Education Department, at the University Pavilion, Marine Lines on Sunday afternoon.
The Uran athlete ran a powerful race and produced a strong late burst in the final few metres and managed to hold off a spirited challenge Mohit Gawade of Somaiya Sports Academy, Vidyavihar and won by a tight margin clocking 11.3 seconds. Mohit who gave it his best shot and tried his best was beaten at the tape finished fractionally behind Deep in 11.6secs to claim the silver, while Aryan Somale of J.S. Sports Club, Mira Road with a time of 11.7s.had to settle for the bronze. The Satara youngster Shreya and Michelle Fernandes of Holy Cross, Kurla both got good starts and were involved in a close race. But, Shreya with a sudden push in the last 10 metres did well to breast the tape first in 12.6 seconds for the gold, while Michelle who came in 12.8secs got the silver, Siya Dawoor of Sprinters Sports Club won the bronze in 13.3secs.