ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: Muhammad Ayub of Army set a new national pole vault record on Friday in the Ranking athletics meet which concluded at the Jinnah Stadium.

It was a one-two-three finish for Army in the event with Ayub soaring 4.90m to create the record leaving behind team-mates Muhammad Jaffar (4.70m) and Adnan Anjum (4.30m).

Muhammad Shahbaz, another armyman, won the 100m dash clocking 10.78 followed by Nazim Shah (10.86) and Qudratullah, who was home in 10.87 sec.

Results:

Women’s

100m: Naseem Hamid 12.44, Noshee Parveen 12.73, Mehreen Khan 13.60

400m: Bushra Parveen 56.30, Sumaira Zahoor 56.80, Rozina Shafqat 58.30

1500m: Sadia Parveen 5:58.82, Kiran 6:42.66, Balqees Hashmi 6:42.66

5000m: Azalfa Shafi 21:19.05, Shazia Hidyat 21:51.36, Salma Shafqat 26.13.82

High jump: Nasreen 1.40, Uzma Rani 1.35, Kiran 1.25

Discus throw: Abida Changez 33.86, Fouzia Kahtoon 32.94, Asma Hameed 28.60

Men’s

100m: Muhammad Shahbaz 10.78, Nazim Shah 10.86, Qudratullah 10.87

400m: Asad Iqbal 47.65, Saeed Ahmed 48.13, Haq Nawaz 48.20

1500m: Sarfraz Khan 4:00.38, Muhammad Ashraf 4:00.84, Munir Ahmed 4:04.01

10000m: Waris Maseeh 31:24.27, Muhammad Niaz 31:43.49, Muhammad Ilyas 32:22.23

110m hurdles: Muhammad Shah 14.24, Muhammad Sajjad 14.24, Abdul Rasheed 14.67

Pole vault: Muhammad Ayub 4.90m (NR), Muhammad Jaffar 4.70, Adnan Anjum 4.30

Triple jump: Waseem Khan 15.14, Muhammad Azam 14.88, Fayyaz Ahmed 14.42m

Discus throw: Asim Aleem Randhawa 51.81m, Basharat Ali 51.53, Muhammad Javed 51.04.

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