Karnataka swimmers set the pool ablaze to retain their crown in the South Zone Aquatic championships here on Saturday.
Defending champions collected a massive 1109 points. State boys swimmers Mitesh M Kunte (Group I) Md Yaqoob Saleem (Group II), Hemanth Jenukal V B (Group III) and Sanjay C J (Group IV) made a clean sweep of the individual titles while Vaania Kapoor Achutan (Group IV) was the lone Karnataka swimmer to grab the honour in the girls’ section.
On the final day, Malavika V of Karnataka set her fourth meet mark en route to winning the girls’ Group II 50M freestyle gold, clocking 28.91 seconds. The Nettakallappa Aquatic Centre swimmer erased the eight-year-old meet record of 28.96, set by her State-mate Subha C.
Results: Boys: Group I: 50M freestyle: Rakshith U Shetty (Kar) 25.72 seconds, 1; P Larsen (TN) 25.92, 2; M Anandhan (TN) 26.10, 3. 400M freestyle: Mitesh M Kunte (Kar) 4:22.38, 1; J T Yugesh Kumar (TN) 4:27.63, 2; Anand A S (Ker) 4:34.13, 3. 200M backstroke: Sethu Manickavel T (TN) 2:18.58, 1; R Vishak (TN) 2:26.16, 2; Sreeresh R N (Ker) 2:30.84, 3. 100 breaststroke: T Emil Robin Singh (TN) 1:11.21, 1; Arvind M (Kar) 1:11.66, 2; Gaurav Yadav K (Kar) 1:14.53, 3. 4x100M freestyle relay: Karnataka (3:50.33) NMR (Old: 3:50.99, Karnataka, 2011) 1; TN (3:50.50) BMR, 2; Kerala (4:07.19) 3.
Group II: 50M freestyle: P Mukundhan (TN) 26.04 seconds, 1; Ram J Narayan (TN) 27.89, 2; N Sai Sampath Reddy (AP) 28.38, 3. 1500M freestyle: Md Yaqoob Saleem (Kar) 17:42.52; NMR (Old: 17:46.15, Ajay A, Kar, 2010) 1; Sanjeev R (Kar) 18:25.16, 2; Jithu (Ker) 19:01.68, 3. 200M backstroke: P Mukundhan (TN) 2:32.41, 1; Enosh George (TN) 2:33.51, 2; Jitvan Suri S (Kar) 2:36.41, 3. 100 breaststroke: C Ruban Kumar (TN) 1:15.76, 1; S Nithya Anand (TN) 1:15.94, 2; Suneesh S (Ker) 1:19.00, 3. 4x100M freestyle relay: Karnataka (4:02.66) 1; TN (4:08.47) 2; Kerala (4:14.64) 3.
Group III: 50M freestyle: S G Muralidharan (TN) 29.29 seconds, 1; S Abishek (TN) 29.58, 2; Chirag Kempegowda (Kar) 29.92, 3. 50M backstroke: S Danush (TN) 33.12 seconds, 1; Siva S (Kar) 34.34, 2; Sri Hari (Kar) 35.22, 3. 50M butterfly: Anirudh H Murali (Kar) 31.03 seconds, 1; Chirag Kempegowda (Kar) 31.46, 2; S G Muralidharan (TN) 31.64, 3. 4x50M freestyle relay: Karnataka (1:56.97) NMR (Old: 1:57.17, TN, 2011) 1; TN (1:57.44) 2; Kerala (2:02.89) 3.
Group IV: 50M freestyle: Sanjay C J (Kar) 30.17 seconds; NMR (Old: 30.78, Shreyas L, Kar, 2006) 1; D Adhithya (TN) 32.05, 2; Siddharth Joshi (Kar) 33.77, 3. 200 freestyle: Sanjay C J (Kar) 1:06.95; NMR (Old: 1:08.43, N Venkateswaran, TN, 2006) 1; D Adhithya (TN) 1:10.09, 2; P Raghul (TN) 1:12.52, 3.
Girls: Group I: 50M freestyle: Sanjana N Shah (TN) 30.76 seconds, 1; Ragi I V (Ker) 31.03, 2; Manya Manoharan (Ker) and R Sushmitha (TN) 31.57, 3. 400M freestyle: Shruthi Mahalingam (TN) 5:02.65, 1; Sreekutty J (Ker) 5:22.23, 2; Archa A A (Ker) 5:37.87, 3. 200M backstroke: Tulasi R Haritsa (Kar) 2:37.14, 1; S Vilassini (TN) 2:43.40, 2; Simran Deepak Mungekar (Kar) 2:45.65, 3. 100M breaststroke: Divya Guruswamy (Kar) 1:22.01; NMR (Old: 1:24.33, Bhoomi R Motwani, Kar, 2011) 1; Arathy S (Ker) 1:26.54, 2; Keerthana R (Kar) 1:31.40, 3. 4x100M freestyle relay: Karnataka (4:24.37) NMR (Old: 4:25.07, Kar, 2011) 1; TN (4:31.34) 2; Kerala (4:43.99) 3.
Group II: 50M freestyle: Malavika V (Kar) 28.91; NMR (Old: 28.96, Subha C, Kar, 2004) 1; Deeksha Ramesh (Kar) 28.99, 2; Jomi George (Ker) 30.47, 3. 1500M freestyle: Rukshana K Y (Pud) 20:14.63, 1; Shraddha Sudhir (Kar) 20:26.10, 2; Vishaka Bhat (Kar) 21:08.41, 3. 200M backstroke: Sherlyn Devadason (TN) 2:34.03; NMR (Old: 2:38.22, Madhavi Giri, Kar, 2006) 1; Nivya Raja (TN) 2:34.52; BMR, 2; K Harishree J Rai (Kar) 2:48.42, 3. 100M breaststroke: A V Jayaveena (TN) 1:22.93; NMR (Old: 1:23.69, Bhoomi R Motwani, Kar, 2010) 1; Deeksha Ramesh (Kar) 1:24.27, 2; Rhia Singh (Kar) 1:30.37, 3. 4x100M freestyle relay: TN (4:20.07) NMR (Old: 4:27.00, TN, 2011) 1; Karnataka (4:20.45) BMR, 2; Kerala (5:01.43) 3.
Group III: 50M freestyle: P M Abishiktha (TN) 31.19 seconds, 1; A Kaavyashri (TN) 31.63, 2; Amita Gondi (AP) 32.63, 3. 50M backstroke: A Kaavyashri (TN) 36.56 seconds, 1; Shriya R Bhat (Kar) 36.63, 2; Jhanati Rajesh (Kar) 37.01, 3. 50M butterfly: Uthare U S (Kar) 33.17 seconds, 1; S Umadevi (TN) 33.21, 2; S Mamtha Shiv Dharshni (TN) 33.90, 3. 4x50M freestyle relay: TN (2:08.46) 1; Karnataka (2:10.14) 2; AP (2:30.24) 3.
Group IV: 50M freestyle: Vaania Kapoor Achutan (Kar) 32.26 seconds, 1; S M Swetha (TN) 33.60, 2; R Jaahnavi (TN) 33.99, 3. 100M freestyle: Vaania Kapoor Achutan (Kar) 1:09.61, 1; S M Swetha (TN) 1:14.22, 2; R Jaahnavi (TN) 1:14.84, 3. Special awards: Individual championships:
Boys: Group I: Mitesh M Kunte (Kar, 35). Group II: Md Yaqoob Saleem (Kar, 28). Group III: Hemanth Jenukal V B (Kar, 28). Group IV: Sanjay C J (Kar, 35).
Girls: Group I: V K R Meenakshi (TN, 35). Group II: A V Jayaveena (TN, 35) and Sherlyn Devadason (TN, 35). Group III: P M Abishiktha (TN, 28). Group IV: Vaania Kapoor Achutan (Kar, 42).
Overall championship: Karnataka (1109 points). Water polo (standings): Boys: Kerala, 1; Karnataka, 2.
Girls: Kerala, 1; Karanataka, 2.
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