Aaron, Sejwal shine

Aaron D’Souza and Sandeep Sejwal pocketed titles with ease on the penultimate day of the Federation Cup swimming championships at the GMC Balayogi stadium in Gachibowli on Saturday.

Karnataka’s Aaron clocked one minute 53.31 seconds to bag the gold in the men’s 200M freestyle, beating Sujay Shah of Gujarat by a comfortable four seconds. Sandeep posted 2:19.49 to fetch the 200M breaststroke crown and his victory margin was more than 15 seconds.

Results: Men: 200M freestyle: Aaron D’Souza (Karnataka) 1:53.31, 1; Sujay Shah (Gujarat) 1:57.75, 2; Anand AS (Kerala) 2:04.71, 3.

200M breaststroke: Sandeep Sejwal (MP) 2:19.49, 1; Neil Contractor (Gujarat) 2:35.15, 2; N Haridas Singh (Police) 2:47.17, 3.

100M butterfly: Sajan Prakash (TN) 57.33 seconds, 1; Tarun Tokas (Delhi) 58.30, 2; Anshul Kothari (Gujarat) 58.96, 3.

400M individual medley: Merwyn Chen (Delhi) 5:12.54, 1; Sachin Kumar Maurya (Uttar Pradesh) 5:28.51, 2.

Women: 200M freestyle: Richa Mishra (Police) 2:10.22, 1; Surabhi Tipre (Karnataka) 2:11.99, 2; Vandita Dhariyal (Gujarat) 2:15.02, 3.

200M breaststroke: M Raghavi (Tamil Nadu) 2:51.98, 1; Poorva Shetye (Maharashtra) 2:53.69, 2; K Sai Greeshma (AP) 3:26.59, 3.

100M butterfly: Jyotsna Pansare (Maharashtra) 1:05.51, 1; Vandita Dhariyal (Gujarat) 1:07.11, 2; JS Yuvika (AP) 1:27.79, 3.

400M individual medley: Vandita Dhariyal (Gujarat) 5:54.83, 1; Asra Anwar (AP) 6:47.36, 2; Aathmika Krishnan (AP) 7:08.04, 3.