From correspondents in Delhi, India, 09:30 PM IST

The selection committee of Athletics Federation of India (AFI) Saturday announced the team for the two-day South Asian Athletics Championships scheduled to be held in Kochi from March 7.

The participating countries besides India are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

The squad:

Men

100m: B.G.Nagraj, Jamalludin, Ritesh Anand, Ajay Kumar Naik, Vilas Nelgund

200m: P. Muthu Samy, Ritesh Anand

4x400m: Virender Kumar Pankaj, P. Shankar, V.B. Bineesh, Vinay Chauhary, Sunil Kumar, Amreek Rana

800m: Rameshan Rajeev, Sajeesh Joseph, Ghamanda Ram

1500m: Ravinder, C. Hamza, Pritam Bind

5000m: Surender Singh, Sandeep Batham, Santosh Patel

10000m: Surender Singh, Santosh Patel, Soji Mathew

110m Hurldes: Krishna Mohan, P. Muthu Samy

400m Hurdles: Kuldev Singh, P.Shanker

High Jump: Hari Shanker Roy, Beatic Starley, L. Yogaraj, Elangumaran

Triple Jump: Amar Jeet Singh, B. Mathew, Malkiat Singh

Pole Vault: Gajanan Upadhhay, Bimin K.P

Long Jump: Maha Singh, Pushpender Singh, Amrit Pal Singh

Discus Throw: Simranjit Singh, Sukhbir Singh, Rambir Singh

Hammer Throw: Shanawaj Khan, Madhu Kumar, Jitender Singh

Javelin Throw: Kashi Nath Naik, Purandar P.J, Sandeep Yadav

Shot Put: Om Prakash, P.B. Giri, Satyender Kumar Singh

Women

100m and amp; 4X100m Relay: H.M. Jyothi, Mandeep Kaur, K. Sowjanya, Priya P.K, G.D.Goramma, Namita Samal

200m: K. Sowjanya, H.M. Jyothi, Poovamma

400m and amp; 4X400m Relay: Chitra K. Somaon, Mandeep Kaur, S. Geetha, Manjeet Kaur, K. Mirdula, Sini Jose

800m: Sinimole Paulose, Sushma, Bindhu S.R.

1500m: Sinimole Paulose, Bindhu S.R, Priyanka Singh Patel

5000m: Kavita Raut, Preeja Sreedharan, Preeti L. Rao

100m Hurdles: Anuradha Biswal, Poonam Bojanna, Shreema Priyadarshini

400m Hurdles: V. Leelavathy, Harpreet Kaur, Shiji John C

High Jump: Sahana Kumari, Siji N.K., Sushmita Singha Roy

Long Jump: Anju Bobby George, Mayookha Johny, J.J. Shobha, Prajusha M.A.

Discus Throw: Seema Antil, Harwant Kaur, Saroj Sihag

Javelin Throw: Suman Devi, Gurpreet Kaur

Shot put: Seema Antil, Saroj Sihag

(Staff Writer, © IANS)