Quite in line with expectations, hosts Karnataka dished out a dominating performance to emerge overall champions in the 21st South Zone aquatic championship, which concluded at the P M Swimming Centre here on Friday.
Karnataka took their total points tally to1251 points with 91 gold, 58 silver and 30 bronze medals dethroning defending champions Tamil Nadu, who finished second with 17 gold, 42 silver and 44 bronze.
Results:
Boys: Group I: 50M freestyle: Mohan G (TN, 26.51s) 1; Ramakrishna S (AP, 26.99) 2; Bichu Suresh S G (Ker. 27.05) 3. 200M freestyle: Aaron D’ Souza (Kar, 2:02.61; NMR, Old Record: Aniketh D’ Souza (Kar, 2005) 2:05.30) 1; Mohan G (TN, 2:10.85) 2; Murali Krishnan L G (Kerala, 2:16.37) 3. 100M backstroke: Poorna Chandra (Kar, 1:07.12) 1; Gowtham C G (TN, 1:10.63) 2; Ashok V S (Ker, 1:13.38) 3. 200M butterfly: Aaron D’ Souza (Kar, 2:12.03; NMR, Old Record: Shrinath Srinivas (Kar, 2004) 2:15.27) 1; Gowtham C G (TN, 2:30.02) 2; Gagan A P (Kar, 2:31.34) 3. 50M breaststroke: Adithya Roshan (Kar, 34.59) 1; Antony V (TN, 34.64) 2; Rajeev R (Ker, 35.06) 3. 100M breaststroke: Adithya Roshan (Kar, 1:13.69) 1; Senthil Kumar (TN, 1:19.47) 2; Tamilarasan D (TN, 1:20.24) 3.
Group II: 50M freestyle: Jayawant Vijayakumar (TN, 27.75) 1; Salu Sasi (Ker, 28.41) 2; Sajan Prakash (TN, 28.44) 3. 200M freestyle: Akshay Krishna (Kar, 2:09.83) 1; Nandhakumar K (TN, 2:14.06) 2; Jayawant Vijayakumar (TN, 2:18.75) 3. 100M backstroke: Tarbu V (Ker, 1:09.94; NMR, Old Record: Sandeep N A (Kar, 2005) 2:23.11) 1; Nithin Prabhakar (Kar, 1:10.09) 2; Nandhakumar K (TN, 1:14.59) 3. 200M butterfly: Siji J (Ker, 2:33.56) 1; Harikrishna Babu G (TN, 2:34.72) 2; Dhrithiman Roy (Kar, 2:36.12) 3. 50M breaststroke: Akash Rohith (Kar, 34.60) 1; Supreeth S (Kar, 37.98) 2; Ganapathy Rakesh K (TN, 38.19) 3. 100M breaststroke: Akash Rohith (Kar, 1:17.17) 1; Supreeth S (Kar, 1:23.13) 2; Sarathkumar S (TN, 1:25.79) 3.
Group III: 50M freestyle: Prajwal K S (Kar, 29.05) 1; Shreyas L (Kar, 29.28) 2; Visakh S S (Ker, 30.07) 3. 100M backstroke: Arvind M (Kar, 1:15.57) 1; Arun Rao (Kar, 1:16.53) 2; Sandeep P (TN, 1:18.31) 3. 100M butterfly: Yugesh Kumar J T (TN, 1:13.75) 1; Karthik Anil S (Kar, 1:15.78) 2; Prajwal K S (Kar, 1:15.96) 3. 50M breastroke: Saravyan R (Ker, 37.51) 1; Ashok S (AP, 38.34) 2; Abhishek Lobo (Kar, 38.91) 3.
Group IV: 50M freestyle: Adarsh Narayanan S K (TN, 32.52) 1; Vinith Kumar S (TN, 33.41) 2; Ashwin Prabhakar (AP, 33.92) 3. 100M freestyle: Adarsh Narayanan S K (TN, 1:11.76) 1; Sethu Manickavel T (TN, 1:13.46) 2; Yaqoob Salem D (Kar, 1:13.77) 3.
Girls: Group I: 50M freestyle: Neeraja B (Kar, 30.03) 1; Swathi S (AP, 31.05) 2; Sumitha Lakshman (Kar, 31.56) 3. 200M freestyle: Pooja R Alva (Kar, 2:21.17) 1; Sushaka Pratap (Kar, 2:24.41) 2; Rashika P (TN, 2:31.61) 3. 100M backstroke: Sameeksha S Alva (Kar, 1:13.74; NMR, Old Record: Amrin Malik (AP, 2007) 1:13.90) 1; Madhavi Giri (Kar, 1:16.37) 2; Archana T (TN, 1:18.93) 3. 200M butterfly: Pooja R Alva (Kar, 2:33.62; NMR, Old Record: Priyanka (Ker, 2007) 2:50.53) 1; Sushaka Pratap (Kar, 2:34.83) 2; Archana T (TN, 3:00.05) 3. 50M breaststroke: Madhuri Giri (Kar, 40.81) 1; Swathi S (AP, 42.85) 2; Shifa S (Kar, 46.54) 3. 100M breaststroke: Madhuri Giri (Kar, 1:30.38) 1; Ashwini L (Kar, 1:37.34) 2; Aishwarya M (TN, 1:46.64) 3.
Group II: 50M freestyle: Swathi Sharma (AP, 30.76) 1; Swethashri S (TN, 31.08) 2; Nischala B (Kar, 31.16) 3. 200M freestyle: Sree Lakshmi Gorur (Kar, 2:21.52; NMR, Old Record: Neeraja (Kar, 2006) 2:21.97) 1; Arhatha Magavi (Kar, 2:22.68) 2; Harika Jyothi M (AP, 2:40.86) 3. 100M backstroke: Ayshwarya C (TN, 1:15.35) 1; Swethasri S (TN, 1:20.94) 2; Sindhura K G (Kar, 1:21.92) 3. 200M butterfly: Arhatha Magavi (Kar, 2:36.73) 1; Sree Lakshmi Gorur (Kar, 2:40.12) 2; Jyothi M (Ker, 3:19.99) 3. 50M breaststroke: Nischala B (Kar, 40.15) 1; Pranathi G (AP, 40.56) 2; Lavanya G (Kar, 41.36) 3. 100M breaststroke: Nischala N (Kar, 1:28.45) 1; Lavanya G (Kar, 1:28.95) 2; Pranathi G (AP, 1:30.93) 3.
Group III: 50M freestyle: Sneha T (Kar, 30.39; NMR, Old Record: Neeraj (Kar, 2004) 30.77) 1; Prathima Kollali (Kar, 30.76) 2; Sushmitha R (TN, 32.32) 3. 100M backstroke: Vilassini S (TN, 1:19.22) 1; Bhoomi R Motwani (Kar, 1:20.64) 2; Sruthi Ramesh (Kar, 1:21.56) 3. 100M butterfly: Meenakshi V K R (TN, 1:17.83) 1; Taniya Angnihotri (Kar, 1:19.19) 2; Medha C (Kar, 1:21.08) 3. 50M breastroke: Bhoomi R Motwani (Kar, 40.28) 1; Sneha T (Kar, 40.95) 2; Riya Orison (41.60) 3.
Group IV: 50M freestyle: Drishya P (Pon, 32.45) 1; Rita Orison (Ker, 33.02) 2; Prajwala S (Kar, 33.93) 3. 100M freestyle: Prajwala S (Kar, 1:14.02) 1; Medha D T (Kar, 1:14.45) 2; Rita Orison (Ker, 1:14.71) 3.
Waterpolo (final): Boys: Kerala: 11 bt Karnataka: 6. Girls: Kerala: 5 bt Karnataka: 2.
Individual champions: Boys: Group I: Aaron d Souza (Kar); Group II: Akshay Krishna (Kar); Group III: Prajwal K S (Kar) and Group IV: Vinith Kumar S (TN)
Girls: Group I: Pooja R Alwa (Kar); Group II: Arhatha Magavi (Kar) and Sree Lakshmi Gorur (Kar). Group III: Bhoomi R Motwani (Kar) and Group IV: Prajwala S (Kar).
Group champions: Boys: Group I, II and III: Karnataka; Group IV: Tamil Nadu.
Girls: Group I, II, III and IV: Karnataka.
Overall champions: Karnataka (1251 points).