Akash dazzles, sets new record

Akash, who had set the previous best mark of 1:08.73 last year for the KCR swimming academy, set the pool ablaze with a time of 1:08.19 to clinch gold. YSC’s Balaji came in at a distant second in a time of 1:15.72 while Glorious Academy’s Manoj Kumar (1:17.55) finished third.

Results: Boys: Group I: 200M freestyle: Sourabh Sangvekar (BAC, 2:02.35) 1; Samar Manjeshwar (DA, 2:13.85) 2; Mukund (SJIHS, 2:16.91). 1,500M freestyle: Saurabh Sangvekar (BAC, 16:48.52) 1; UM Justin (MEG&C, 19:40.54) 2; Shashank Umbre (BAC, 20:00.42) 3.

100M backstroke: Tejas Limaye (BAC, 1:04.73) 1; Varun Rao (DA, 1:06.98) 2; Saurabh Vernekar (SCB, 1:08.79) 3. 50M butterfly: Chethan B Aradhya (PMSC, 27.82) 1; Varun Rao (DA, 28.27) 2; Tejas Limaye (BAC, 29.53) 3. 100M breaststroke: Akash Rohit (DA, 1:08.19, NMR: Old: Akash Rohit, 1:08.73) 1; N Balaji (YSC, 1:15.72) 2; Manoj Kumar (Glorious, 1:17.55) 3.     200M individual medley: Akash Rohit (DA, 2:17.55) 1; Varun Rao (DA, 2:27.09) 2; Chethan B Aradhya (PMSC, 2:30.30) 3.

Group II: 200M freestyle: Akhilesh Ram (DA, 2:05.28) 1; Chirag B Kundgol (PMSC, 2:08.10) 2; B Pranam (BAC, 2:08.15) 3. 800M freestyle: BK Chirag (PMSC, 9:25.65) 1; Y Suhas (PMSC, 9:47.45) 2; R Gowtham (DA, 9:51.21) 3. 100M backstroke: B Pranam (BAC, 1:04.95) 1; Arvind (BAC, 1:05.01) 2; M Ajay (YSC, 1:10.21) 3.
50M butterfly: Rakshit U Shetty  (BAC, 27.42) 1; Ritesh R Suryavanshi (BAC, 28.34) 2; A Kishan  Sharma (MEG&C, 29.29) 3. 100M breaststroke: Akhilesh (DA, 1:12.79) 1; M Arvind (BAC, 1:13.15) 2; Ritesh R Suryavamshi (BAC, 1:14.09) 3.    
200M individual medley: M Arvind (BAC, 2:21.59, NMR: Old: JP Arjun, 2:22.20) 1; B Pranam (BAC, 2:25.71) 2; L Anil Meitei (MEG&C, 2:33.96) 3.        

Group III: 200M freestyle: Md Yaqoob (PMSC, 2:18.92) 1; B Rajeev (BAC, 2:22.79) 2; M Avinash (BAC, 2:23.23) 3. 100M backstroke: Md Yaqoob (PMSC, 1:15.79) 1; Atul Kumar (MEG&C, 1:16.41) 2; J Roshan (ABBA, 1:17.23) 3. 50M butterfly: M Avinash (BAC, 33.01) 1; SP Likith (BAC, 33.21) 2; Manish Chandra (PMSC, 33.23) 3. 50M breaststroke: SP Likith (BAC, 35.23) 1; Rajkumar Bronson (MEG&C, 35.65) 2; Mananjay Chauhan (MEG&C, 38.92) 3. 4x25M medley relay: BAC “A” (1:04.48) 1; MEG (1:04.71) 2; PMSC “A” (1:05.28) 3.    

Group IV: 50M backstroke: S Siva (BAC, 36.07) 1; N Akash (VSC, 38.29) 2; Sri Hari (YSC, 38.39) 3. 50M butterfly: S Siva (BAC, 35.09) 1; H Om Kumar (BAC, 35.78) 2; VG Madhesh (YSC, 35.97) 3.    

Girls: Group I: 200M freestyle: Arhatha Maghavi (DA, 2:16.23) 1.  100M backstroke: Sanskrithi RC (PMSC, 1:17.97) 1; Tanya A (PMSC, 1:19.38) 2; Nikita Patel (ABBA, 1:26.21) 3.       100M breaststroke: Nikhita (ABBA, 1:37.77) 1;  J Ashwini (YSC, 1:41.10) 2.

Group II: 200M freestyle: Tulasi R Haritsa (BAC, 2:15.27, NMR: Old: Pooja R Alwa 2:15.54) 1; Ashritha NB (PMSC, 2:21.35) 2; Aishwarya Suresh (YSC, 2:47.72) 3. 800M freestyle: Ashritha NB (PMSC, 10:15.10) 1; Simran DM (BAC, 10:32.29) 2; Gayathri G (PMSC, 10:55.43) 3. 100M backstroke: Srika K Raju (BAC, 1:17.97) 1; Abhigna A (BAC, 1:19.10) 2; Sahithya Alva (BAC, 1:20.27) 3.
50M butterfly: Srika K Raju (BAC, 32.17) 1; Simran Deepak M (BAC, 34.12) 2; Soumya Krishnamurthy (BAC, 34.79) 3.  100M breaststroke: Divya Guruswamy (YSC, 1:21.51) 1; Minal B Shivaprakash (PMSC, 1:25.87) 2; Keerthana R (BAC, 1:27.48) 3.
200M individual medley: Divya Guruswamy (YSC, 2:40.67) 1; Mrinalini Anand (DA, 2:43.72) 2; Ranjitha (JIRS, 2:54.14) 3.     
Group III: 200M freestyle: Malavika V (BAC, 2:17.66) 1; Siya Manjeshwar (DA, 2:25.27) 2; Pavithra B (BAC, 2:39.10) 3. 100M backstroke: Damini K Gowda (BAC, 1:13.48, NMR: Old: Madhavi Giri 1:13.62) 1; Sharanya V (BAC, 1:19.03) 2; Shraddha S (BAC, 1:23.27) 3.
50M breaststroke: Deeksha Ramesh (YSC, 39.58) 1; Charu Hamsini DA (BAC, 39.59) 2;  Amoolya JP (BAC, 41.09) 3.
4x25M medley relay: BAC ‘A (1:04.28, NMR) 1; BAC ‘B’ (1:09.10) 2; PMSC (1:09.53) 3.  
Group IV: 50M backstroke: Shriya R Bhat (BAC, 41.09) 1; Mansi Herekar (SCB, 41.65) 2; Joan R Deepak (PMSC, 42.41) 3.