TRACK Star Athletics Club’s Samit Tong and Black Bird Flyers Club’s Vadapalli Nageshwari will lead the Nagpur district’s boys and girls teams in the 38th Maharashtra State Junior Group Athletics Championship for U-14, U-16, U-18 and U-20. The championship is being organised by Pune District Athletics Association from September 19 under the auspices of Maharashtra State Athletics Association at Shivchhatrapati Krida Nagri, Balewadi, Pune’s synthetic track. Dr Sharad Suryawanshi, Secretary, Nagpur District Athletics Association announced the district teams. A selection committee, comprising Jitendra Ghordadekar Umakant Sangode, Gaurav Mirase, Rohini Raut and Ramchandra Wani, picked the teams. Wani will be the coach of the team while Akshay Pal will be the manager. The teams Boys Under-14: Soumya Nikode (Triathlon C), Yatharth Wandhare (Triathlon A), Siddhesh Kshirsagar (Triathlon B), Abhinav Tyagi (Javelin, Kalpesh Kshirsagar (Triathlon B), Harsh Dhoble (Triathlon C). Girls Under-14: Himanshi Bavane (Triathlon C), Mrinali Ghurde (Triathlon A), Ananya Mangar (Triathlon C), Arya Choubey (Triathlon A), Vanshika Srivas (Javelin), Rishika Karlekar (Javelin). Under-16 Boys: Kaushik Chaudhary (600m), Rudra Patil (Javelin), Liladhar Kawle (80m Hurdles), Bhavik Urkude (Long Jump), Shivaji Wankhede (600m), Kundan Belekar (Javelin), Harshal Kamble (100m), Manas Kamble (60m) Ani Kawle (80m Hurdles), Shivash Patel (Pentathlon), Anshuman Rawat (Long Jump), Vikrant Gupta (Long Jump), Mohammad Ansari (High Jump), Parth Sarve (Pentathlon), Takshak Bagde (Long Jump), Dhruv Thakre (Long Jump). Girls Under-16: Pritha Godbole (60m and Long Jump), Dhanalakshmi Kachore (Long Jump), Srishti Lokhande (High Jump), Janvi Bavane (600m), Tanmay Pimpalkar (Pentathlon), Mahi Dhumankhede (60m), Shravani Mandve (Shot Put). Under-18 Boys: Yash Nikode (200m), Digant Bapat (Heptathlon), Yash Bhute (Shot Put & Discus), Abhishek Pandey (Javelin), Abhimanyu Kushwaha (Shot Put), Ishant Khodke (400m), Krish Mule (High Jump), Atul Mangam (60m), Harshal Joge (1000m), Devanshu Chakole (Discus), Harsh Upadhyay (200m and 400m), Atharva Bhandekar (1000m), Anshu Sharma (400m and Long Jump), Devank Madavi (110m Hurdles), Neville Krishnan (100m), Kunal Bhujade (Long Jump), Sahil Nemade (Long Jump), Rohit Hatwar (110m Hurdles), Vinay Idhole (Javelin), Tanishk Deshpande (Heptathlon). Girls Under-18: Janhvi Hirudkar (1000m), Kashish Bhagat (200m & 400m), Rohini Durbude (Long Shot Put), Samiksha Pithode (Shot Put), Sayogita Misar (100m Hurdles), Astha Rawat (Discus Throw), Sanskriti Dhomane (1000m), Akanksha Bhagat (Heptathlon), Mansi Patankar (Javelin), Himanshi Taiwade (Heptathlon), Akanksha Nagre (100m), Ozen Montero (100m and 200m), Palak Patel (100m Hurdles), Bharti Shivarkar (3000m Walk), Khushi Shende (3000m Walk), Rituja Madavi (High Jump), Neha Mahajan (Discus Throw). Under-20 Boys: Samit Tong (Captain, 1500m & 3000m Steeplechase), Prajwal Dhanre (400m), Praveen Kumar (100m & 200m), Bhavesh Khandar (1500m), Tejas Bankar (3000m Steeplechase), Abul Hasan (Hammer Throw), Piyush Madane (Shot Put & Discus Throw), Nitin Dorkhande (Long Jump and Triple Jump), Vibhas Jadhav (100m and 200m), Bhavesh Manakwade (110m Hurdles), Aryan Jambhule (Long Jump and Triple Jump), Lucky Samarth (5000m), Pratik Dhoke (Javelin), Sanay Tikar (High Jump), Shreyans Kanojia (10000m), Shailesh Dhawale (Javelin), Rudra Kurhe (800). Under-20 Girls: Nageshwari Vadapalli (Captain, 100m & 200m), Mitali Bhoyar (3000m & 5000m), Arya Kore (400m), Chaitali Borekar (1500m & 3000m Steeplechase), Anjali Madavi (3000m Steeplechase), Bhuneshwari Masram (400m & 400m Hurdles), Ayesha Naseem (Shot Put and Discus), Aarti Bhagat (5000m and 3000m), Nandini Jadhav (800m), Namrata Atkare (100m and 200m).