Karnataka will hope that Arvind M and Damini K Gowda set the pool ablaze when the swimming event of the 35th National Games begins in Thiruvanathapuram, on February 1.
The Karnataka Swimming Association on Wednesday announced a squad of 20 swimmers and four divers, apart from the squads for water polo.
Squad: Swimming: Men: Pruthvi M, M D Yaqoob Saleem, Arvind M, Avinash M, Sanjeev R, S Siva, Likith S P, Nishanth S, Charu Hamsini D A, Rakshith U Shetty.
Women: Sneha T, Deeksha Ramesh, Malavika V, Siya Manjeshwar, Nikitha S V, Vaania Kapoor Achuthan, Damini K Gowda, Charu Hamsini D A, Saloni Dalal, Shraddha Sudhir, Siraman D Mungekar, M Satish Kumar (manager), Geetha Balaraju (manager), Nihar Ameen (coach), R Jayaprakash (coach).
Diving: Men: Abhijeet R Gaonkar; Women: Aneesha R Gaonkar, Rutuja V Pawar, Mallika A Honagekar, Krishna Murthy (coach).
Water polo: Men: Vishnu Kumar, Sree Vishak, Sandeep S, Jayaram, Nagaraj, Vishal Ajjampur, Prajwal S M, Narendra S D, Suman R, Lohith, Suhas, Anand Sagar T S, Praveen. Madhu Kumar B M (manager), H Thulasi (coach).
Women: Ayana Holla, Varshini Gubbi, Malavika Gubbi, Renu R T, Keerthana S, Suchi Puttaraju, Swarna Rachana, Amulya J P, Uttara Kotari, Vishaka Bhat, Yashaswini, Aishwarya K Murthy, Rani Giriraj (manager), R S Rajeev (coach).