Valiant Karnataka finish runners-up

However, Karnataka swimmers can take solace from claiming second place, bettering the third-place finish last year in Bangalore by climbing above Tamil Nadu in the overall standings. Maharashtra tallied 360 points, 70 more than Karnataka. Damini K Gowda (Group III girls) and N Sri Hari (Group IV boys) were adjudged the best swimmers in their respective categories. Karnataka swimmers also took home the Group III girls’ and Group IV boys’ team championship titles.

On the concluding day, Damini completed a treble when she powered to victory in the 50M backstroke in 34.60 seconds while S Siva pocketed the corresponding boys’ title, clocking 34.25. The Karnataka 4x50M medlay relay quartet of Siva, Spandan Pratik Rath, Manish Chandra V and Sanjeev R clinched another gold in 2:14:91.

Results: Boys: Group III: 100M freestyle: Saumya Vora (Mah) 1:03.25, 1; Aryan Makhija (Mah) 1:04.97, 2; Sanjeev R (Kar) 1:06.17, 3. 50M backstroke: S Siva (Kar) 34.25, 1; Ayan Basu (WB) 34.63, 2; Tanish Nav Talukdar (Asm) 34.80, 3. 4X50M medlay relay: Karnataka (S Siva, Spandan Pratik Rath, Manish Chandra V, Sanjeev R) 2:14:91, 1; Maharashtra (2:16.41) 2; West Bengal (2:16:47) 3. Group IV: 100M freestyle: Neel Roy (Mah) 1:10.00, 1; N Sri Hari (Kar) 1:11.09, 2; Sanjay CJ (Kar) 1:11.47, 3. 50M breaststroke: Yashdeep Siwach (Har) 41.68, 1; Prashant Gokhale (Mah) 42.78, 2; Neel Roy (Mah) 42.92, 3. Girls: Group III: 100M freestyle: Gitanjali Pandey (Guj) 1:06.09, 1; Nikita Bhaiya (TN) 1:06.88, 2; Ayusha Bora (Mah) 1:08.60, 3. 50M backstroke: Damini K Gowda (Kar) 34.60, 1; Nivya Raja (TN) 35.50, 2; Yuga Birnale (Mah) 35.73, 3. 4X50M medlay relay: Maharashtra (2:21.53) 1; Karnataka (Shraddha S, Preethi T, Pavithra B, Damini K Gowda) 2:24.24, 2; Tamil Nadu (2:26.44) 3. Group IV: 100M freestyle: Rayna Saldanha (Mah) 1:12.34, 1; S Ashwin Rose (TN) 1:13.99, 2; Ishwari Jagdale (Mah) 1:14.59, 3. 50M breaststroke: Manasi Herekar (Kar) 42.56, 1; Muskaan Tolani (Mah) 42.84, 2; Thanuja S (Kar) 44.98, 3.
Diving: Boys: Group I: Platform: C H Puskar Meitei (SSCB) 412.00 points, 1; Gaurav Raghuvanshi (MP) 387.40, 2; Manoj Prajapati (Bih) 335.15, 3. Group II: 1M springboard: K Ramananda Sharma (SSCB) 368.35, 1. NR (Old: Ankit Dutta, 324.80, SSCB, 2006); D Ajay (TN) 298.20, 2; Aditya Giram (Mah) 294.95, 3. Group III: 3M springboard: Sandip Dass (SSCB) 285.45, 1; Surojit Rajbanshi (SSCB) 250.40, 2; Varun S Pai (Mah) 236.65, 3.
Girls: Group I: Deepti Panwar (Del) 317.00, 1; Jagruti Satarkar (Mah) 275.10, 2; Swati Vidap (Mah) 265.35, 3. Group II: 1M springboard: Genevieve Atala D'costa (Goa) 193.30, 1; Yashika J Sheth (Mah) 190.15, 2; Sayali Mahadik (Mah) 182.00, 3.
Group III: 3M springboard: Bhavika Pingle (MP) 173.60, 1; Manali Borgavkar (MP) 147.55, 2; Falguni Deshpande (Mah) 145.90, 3.