Thomas shines on opening day

Cherian Thomas bagged three gold medals  on the opening day of the State-level Masters Swimming Championships at the Banashankari Swimming Pool on Saturday.

Thomas emerged winner in men’s Group E 50M freestyle, 100M backstroke and 50M butterfly events.

Nettakallappa Aquatic Centre bagged five gold medals on the opening day.
Results: Men: 50M Butterfly: Group I: BR Gopal Rao (41.78) 1. Group F: Nagaraja (1:14.72) 1.  Group J: Rajanna (1:22.35) 1.  Group G: Shastry S (38.35) 1.  Group H: Gopal Adiga P (38.58) 1. 50M Freestyle:  Group A: Partha Varanashi (29.41) 1. Group E: Cherian Thomas (29.97) 1.  Group C: Ravi Sandesh (39.67) 1. Group B: Shreesh Reddy (28.65) 1.  100M Backstroke: Group H: KV Nair (1:49.10) 1. Group J: Sundaram K (2:35.27) 1. Group I: Basudebsaha (1:46.80) 1.  Group K: Srinivas VA (3:38.53) 1.  Group F: MM Antony (1:38.23) 1. Group E: Cherian Thomas (1:19.96) 1. Group D: Mahesh R (1:40.46) 1.  Group G: SD Singh (1:25.39) 1. Group C: Sachin Pagnis (1:26.99) 1. Group B: Prathap Jadav NM (1:49.87) 1. Group A: Partha Varanashi (1:18.47) 1. 400M Freestyle: Group H: Gopal Adiga (6:44.21) 1. Group J: Aharavat (10:54.35) 1. Group I: Ajith Savanjanvar (11:13.06) 1. Group G: Shastry (7:16.33) 1.  Group D: Keshava BN (7:12.98) 1.  Group E: Jagdisha V (7:21.85) 1. Group F: Kallappa K Patil (6:43.79) 1. Group C: Dileep R (6:02.05) 1.  Group A: Manju Deepak (5:47.53) 1. Group B: Prathap Jadhav NM (7:04.40) 1. 50M butterfly: Group E: Cherian Thomas (27.95 seconds) 1. Group L: MS Venugopal Murty (1:06.35) 1.  Group K: Srinivasa VA (1:54.61) 1.  Group J: Someshekar (58.27) 1. Group G: Singh SD (31.46) 1. Group A: Partha Varanashi (27.15) 1. Group F: Mutanna (31.27) 1. Group C: Harish PH (28.78) 1. 200M Individual Medley: Group J: Basudeb Saha (4:07.58) 1. Group H: Mandal KK (3:32.91) 1. Group E: Sangappa Bijjargi (4:18.67) 1. Group F: Antony (3:31.29) 1. Group C: Ravi Sandesh  3:35.42) 1. Group D: Chandrashekar (7:24.51) 1. Group G: Yelachithaya (4:56.51) 1. Group A: Gurupad B Santi (3:02.14) 1. Group B: Shreesh Reddy (2:52.14) 1. Group I: Ajit Savanjanvar (5:42.23) 1.  50M Breast stroke: Group L: MS Venugopal Morthy (1:27.81) 1. Group H: Mohan Kutty (44:89) 1. Group G: Seethram Shetty (46:59) 1. Group F: Anand Amin (46:06) 1.  Group D: Kavirajan P (39:90) 1.  Group E: Appachen Chandy (41:57) 1. Group J: Sundaram B (1:06.80) 1. Group C: Basavaraj (40:54) 1. Group B: Ratheesh (40:35) 1. Group A: Vishnu Morthy Adiga (42:91) 1. 50m Freestyle: Group B: Praveen Poojari (32:04) 1.
Women: 50M Butterfly: Group F: Anya Saini (50.29) 1.  Group E: MS Rajashree (1:34.23) 1. Group B: Vani Embar (49.19) 1.  Group C: Aruna Vengopalendra (42.74) 1.  50M Freestyle: Group E: Rita S Pakar (2:19.41) 1.  Group F: Rajini Lakka (3:53.41) 1.  Group H: Lalitha Vijayaraghavan (3:18.91) 1.  100M Backstroke: Group A: Zainab Shoaib (1:58.01) 1.  Group B: Varuna M (1:40.59) 1.  Group C: Rashmi CR (2:26.47) 1.  Group D: Archana Saraf (3:26.59) 1.  400M Freestyle: Group D: Suman Singh (8:57.77) 1.  Group H: Seetha Rao (8:48.27) 1.  Group B: Monika Kamath (7:52.39) 1.  Group A: Nikhila Chayapathy (7:06.01) 1. Group C: Jyotsna Rao Mopur (15:35.84) 1.  200M Individual Medley: Group B: Varun M (3:43.95) 1. Group C: Aruna Venugopal (3:44.14) 1.  Group D: Nanditta Kapoor (4:53.10) 1. Group E: Rajashree (7:21.41) 1. Group F: Rajini Lakka (7:47.10) 1. 50M Breast stroke: Group A: Shilpaknokala (56:97) 1. Group B: Varuna M (49:79) 1.  Group C: Latha S Kishan (1:46.90) 1.  Group D: Suman Singhi (59:10) 1. Group E: Nagalatha Pradeep (1:35.71) 1. Group F: Anya Saini (51:97) 1. Group G: KS Jayalakshmi (2:05.84) 1. Group H: Lalitha Vijayaraghavan (1:37.65) 1. Group I: Jayshree T (1:13.74) 1.  50M Freestyle: Group D: Lalitha HS Vijayakumar (1:19.66) 1.
Groups denote the following ages. Group A: 25-29, Group B: 30-34, Group C: 35-39, Group D: 40-44, Group E: 45-49, Group F: 50-54, Group G: 55-59, Group H: 60-64, Group I: 65-69, Group J: 70-74, Group K: 75-79, Group L: 80-84.