Mangalore : Balanjaneya Gym and Moodbidri’s Alva’s college teams bagged the overall team championship in the men’s and women’s section respectively at the Senior State Powerlifting Championship that concluded here on Sunday.

Vinod Raj from Balanjaneya Gym and Chaithra from the Nitte Education Trust were adjudged Strong Man and Strong Woman. The two-day competition was organised by the Karntaka State Powerlifting Association in association with Mangalore-based Carlo’s Gym.

Winners
Men — Category 93: Azam Ali from Bangalore (first), Arshad Ulla from Bangalore (second), and B. Arjun Kiran M.A from Moodbidri (third); Category 105: Sujay Janardhan from Bangalore (first), Mohammed Azmat from Bangalore (second), and Sampath Kumar from Mangalore (third); Category 120: Vinod Raj from Mangalore (first), N. Subramanya from Bangalore (second), and Ashraf Ali from Dharwad (third); and Category 120+: Raghavendra from Bangalore (first), Pratheek Tej from Mangalore (second), and Alwyn John Monis from Moodbidri (third).

Women — Category 47kg: Chaitra from Nitte (first), Sushma T.S. from Alvas College (second), Thusmita M.V. from SDM Ujire (third); Category 52kg: Shodhana N. from Alva College Moodbidri (first), Lakshmi B. from SDM Ujire (second), and Arpitha K. from Alvas College Moodbidri (third); Category 57kg: Thoi Thoi Devi from Alvas College Moodbidri (first), Deekshitha I.E. from Alvas College Moodbidri (second), and Praveen Surkode from Alvas College Moodbidri (third); Category 63kg: Marina Devi from Alvas College Moodbidri (first), Soujanya Salian from Nitte (second), and Shruthi H.S. from Alvas College Moodbidri (third); Category 72 kg: Prajna B. from Alvas College (first); Shalini G. from Alvas College Moodbidri (second), and Suketha from SDM Ujire (third); Category 84kg: Akhila from SDM Ujire (first); Usha B.N. from Alvas College, Moodbidri, (second), and Akshatha from Alvas College Moodbidri (third); and Category +84 kg: Divyashree from Alva College, Moodbidri.