Hosts Karnataka created seven new meet records to dominate the concluding day of the 25th South Zone Aquatics Championship and claim the overall championship trophy at the Basavanagudi Aquatics Centre on Wednesday.
Saurabh Sangvekar broke his own 2011 record of 4:16.61 to clock 4:09.00 and clinch gold in the 400M freestyle boys’ group I event. State-mate Ajay A bagged the silver in 4:27.50s while Kavin Sai Muthuvel of Tamil Nadu settled for the bronze at 4:50.22.
In the girls’ group I 50M freestyle competition, Sneha T of Karnataka sent Andhra Pradesh’s G Pranavi Bagawathi’s record of 29.93 seconds set last year tumbling with a timing of 28.81. Karnataka’s Pratima Kollali grabbed the silver in 30.40 and Kerala’s Ragi IV the bronze in 30.75s.
Sangvekar won the individual championship in the boys’ group I section while Anusha Mehta of Tamil Nadu claimed the award in the corresponding girls’ category.
Result:
Boys:
Group I: 50M freestyle: Ajay A (Kar) 25.96S, 1; Arun S (Ker) 26.06, 2; Chethan B Aradhya (Kar) 26.15, 3. 400M freestyle: Saurabh Sangvekar (Kar) 4:09.00. (NMR: Old: 4:14.61, Sangvekar, 2011) 1; Ajay A (Kar) 4:27.50, 2; Kavin Sai Muthuvel (TN) 4:50.22, 3. 200M backstroke: Pranam B (Kar) 2:14.98. (NMR: Old: 2:20.90, Tarbu V, 2011) 1; Srinivas MD (Kar) 2:28.27, 2; K Mugunthan (TN) 2:32.86, 3. 100M breaststroke: Arvind M (Kar) 1:11.54, 1; Arun S (Ker) 1:13.57, 2; M Sarath Sadayappan (TN) 1:15.98, 3.
4x100M freestyle relay: Karnataka (Ajay A, Pranav Padodoe, Chetan B Aradhya, Saurabh Sangvekar) 3:52.15, 1; Kerala (3:59.68) 2; Tamil Nadu (4:00.20) 3.
Group II: 50M freestyle: M Anandhan (TN) 26.64S, 1; M Aravindhan (TN) 26.96, 2; Gurav Yadav K (Kar) 27.53, 3. 1500M freestyle: Md Yaqoob Saleem (Kar) 18:20.21, 1; Anand AS (Ker) 18:42.94, 2; SV Arun Thaneermalai (TN) 18:49.30, 3.
200M backstroke: Sethu Manickavel T (TN) 2:21.51, 1; R Vishak (TN) 2:24.42, 2; Pushpanand H (Kar) 2:28.99, 3. 100M breaststroke: Likith SP (Kar) 1:10.93. (NMR: Old: 1:12.35, Akhilesh Ram, 2011) 1; Nishanth S (Kar) 1:16.07, 2; P Kumaresh Pandian (TN) 1:20.88, 3. 4x100M freestyle relay: Tamil Nadu (3:57.74). (NMR: Old: 3:59.80, TN, 2009) 1; Karnataka (Pushpanand H, Santosh Bhonsle, Sharath R, Md Yaqoob Saleem) 4:00.66, 2; Kerala (4:19.85) 3.
Group III: 50M freestyle: SG Muralidharan (TN) 30.28S, 1; Sanjeev R (Kar) 30.36, 2; Manish Chandra (Kar) 30.62, 3. 50M backstroke: S Siva (Kar) 35.01S, 1; J Roshan (Kar) 36.52, 2; Kirankumar SV (Ker) 36.99, 3. 50M butterflystroke: Manish Chandra (Kar) 32.66S, 1; Rohit Yadav (Kar) 32.87, 2; B Goutham (TN) 33.19, 3. 4x50M freestyle relay: Karnataka (Manish Chandra, Hemanth B, Siva S, Sanjeev R) 2:01.94, 1; Kerala (2:03.43) 2; Tamil Nadu (2:03.75) 3.
Group IV: 50M freestyle: Sanjay CJ (Kar) 32.43S, 1; PE Selva Prasanna (TN) 32.47, 2; KJ Visal Sabari (TN) 32.51, 3.
100M freestyle: KJ Visal Sabari (TN) 1:10.10, 1; PE Selva Prasanna (TN) 1:10.41, 2; N Srihari (Kar) 1:10.88, 3.
Water polo: Karnataka 1; Kerala 2; Tamil Nadu 3.
Individual championship:
Group I: Saurabh Sangvekar (Kar) 35 points.
Group II: Md Yaqoob Saleem (Kar) 32.
Group III: Sanjeev R (Kar) 26.
Group IV: N Srihari (Kar) 24.
Girls:
Group I: 50M freestyle: Sneha T (Kar) 28.81 (NMR, Old: Pranathi Bagawathi, AP, 29.93, 2010) 1; Pratima Kollali (Kar) 30.40, 2; Ragi IV (Ker) 30.75, 3.
400M freestyle: Anusha Mehta (TN) 4:48.75, 1; Tulasi R Haritsa (Kar) 4:58.79, 2; Pratima Kollali (Kar) 5:05.18, 3.
200M backstroke: Tulasi R Haritsa (Kar) 2:36.59 (NMR, Old: Aishwarya C, TN, 2:38.05, 2009) 1; Kavya Gopalakrishnan (TN) 2:45.06, 2; S Vilassini (TN) 2:57.23, 3.
100M breaststroke: Bhoomi R Motwani (Kar) 1:24.33 (NMR, Old: MS Diya, AP, 1:25.88, 2006) 1; Hrithikka Prabakar (TN) 1:27.58, 2; Asra Anwar (AP) 1:29.99, 3.
4x100M freestyle relay: Karnataka (Pratima, Tulasi, Bhoomi, Sneha) 4:25.07 (NMR, Old: TN, 4:30.65, 2009) 1; Tamil Nadu (4:33.50) 2; Kerala (4:39.00) 3.
Group II: 50M freestyle: Deeksha Ramesh (Kar) 29.26, 1; Malavika V (Kar) 30.24, 2; Sanjana N Shah (TN) 31.04, 3.
1500M freestyle: Shruthi Mahalingam (TN) 19:42.75, 1; Samyuktha Chandar (TN) 19:59.54, 2; Abhijna A (Kar) 21:16.26, 3.
200M backstroke: M Aarthi (TN) 2:46.45, 1; Sahithya Alva (Kar) 2:49.42, 2; Sharanya V (Kar) 2:50.35, 3.
100M breaststroke: Charu Hamsini DA (Kar) 1:24.16, 1; Deeksha Ramesh (Kar) 1:25.94, 2; Arathy S (Ker) 1:29.29, 3.
4x100M freestyle relay: Tamil Nadu (4:27.00) (NMR, Old: Karnataka, 4:27.11, 2011) 1; Karnataka (Siya Manjeshwar, Abhijna A, Mrinalini Anand, Malavika V) 4:28.43, 2; Kerala (4:58.13) 3.
Group III: 50M freestyle: Damini K Gowda (Kar) 30.06 (NMR, Old: Malavika V, Kar, 30.11, 2011) 1; Nikita Bhaiya (TN) 30.47, 2; Yashna Vummidi (TN) 30.83, 3.
50M backstroke: Damini K Gowda (Kar) 34.77, 1; Nivya Raja (TN) 36.49, 2; PM Abishiktha (TN) 38.73, 3.
50M butterflystroke: Damini K Gowda (Kar) 32.72, 1; Pavithra B (Kar) 33.58, 2; Shruthi Mol (TN) 34.70, 3.
4x50M freestyle relay: Karnataka (Shraddha S, Ranjana H, Pavithra B, Damini K Gowda) 2:05.07, 1; Tamil Nadu (2:05.46) 2; Kerala (2:32.26) 3.
Group IV: 50M freestyle: S Ashwin Rose (TN) 34.02, 1; Vaania Kapoor Achuthan (Kar) 34.23, 2; Amita Gondi (AP) 34.30, 3.
100M freestyle: Vaania Kapoor Achuthan (Kar) 1:13.28, 1; S Ashwin Rose (TN) 1:14.17, 2; Amita Gondi (AP) 1:14.60, 3.
Water polo: Kerala 1; Karnataka 2; Tamil Nadu 3.
Individual championship:
Group I: Anusha Mehta (TN) 35.
Group II: Sherlyn Devadasan (TN) 35.
Group III: Damini K Gowda (Kar) 28.
Group IV: Vaania Kapoor Achuthan (Kar) 30.
Overall championship: Karnataka (1,199 points) 1; Tamil Nadu (998) 2.