JOIN USKarnataka swimmers produced a sparkling performance in the relay events, winning three out of four gold medals on offer -- all with new national record timings -- on the third day of the 41st Junior National Aquatic Championship here on Monday.
While the boys won the Group I and II 4x200M freestyle relays, the girls triumphed in the respective Group I event before finishing second in the Group II event.
The lone individual gold medal winner for the defending champions was Supriya Mondal who scored a fine win in the boys’ Group I 100 metre freestyle event.
He clocked 4:44.65, ahead of Sethu Manickavel and Rajeeb B.
Results: Boys: Group I: 50M backstroke: Vedant Seth (Del) 27.80 (NR; Old: Rohit Imoliya (MP) 28.00, 2013) 1; Siddhant Sejwal (Del) 28.58, 2; T Sethu Manickavel (TN) 28.94, 3.
100M freestyle: Manavdeep Singh Bal (Pun) 54.17 seconds, 1; P Mukundhan (TN) 54.69, 2; SV Arun Thaneermalai (TN) 54.77, 3.
400M individual medley: Supriya Mondal (Kar) 4:44.65, 1; T Sethu Manickavel (TN) 4:45.53, 2; Rajeev B (Kar) 4:55.93, 3.
4x200M freestyle relay: Karnataka (Avinash, Rajeev B, Sanjeev and Md Yaqoob Saleem) 8:09.93 (NR; Old: Karnataka 8:12.62, 2012) 1; Maharashtra (8:11.24) 2; Tamil Nadu (8:32.16) 3.
Group II: 50M backstroke: S Danush (TN) 29.99, 1; S Siva (Kar) 30.68, 2; Rajindersingh Anand (Guj) 30.95, 3.
100M freestyle: Rutvik Bhatt (Guj) 57.56, 1; Manav D (Kar) 58.10, 2; Akash N (Kar) 58.66, 3.
400M individual medley: Aryan Makhija (Mah) 4:50.41 (NR; Old: Aditya Sangvekar 5:01.48, 2004) 1; S Siva (Kar) 4:53.55 (BMR) 2; Hemanth Jenukal VB (Kar) 4:58.79 (BMR) 3.
4x200M freestyle relay: Karnataka (S Siva, Arnav Divakar, Karan K Raju and Hemanth Jenukal VB) 8:34.86 (NR; Old: Maharashtra 8:43.23, 2012) 1; Maharashtra (8:43.15) (BMR) 2; Tamil Nadu (9:19.06) 3.
Girls: Group I: 50M backstroke: Nivya Raja (TN) 32.10, 1; Yuga Birnale (Mah) 32.30, 2; Avantika Chavan (Mah) 32.36, 3100M butterflystroke: Shivani Kataria (Har) 1:04.83 (NR; Old: Lekha Kamath 1:05.08 2006) 1; Damini K Gowda (Kar) 1:05.57, 2; Mughdha Mallareddy (TN) 1:06.85, 3.
1500M freestyle: Akanksha Vora (Mah) 17:37.13 (NR; Old: Surabhi Tirpe, 17:46.88, 2010) 1; Monique Gandhi (Mah) 17:46.38 (BMR) 2; Malavika V (Kar) 17:59.79, 3.
4x200M freestyle relay: Karnataka (Damini K Gowda, Siya Manjeshwar, Shraddha Sudhir and Malavika V) 9:01.98 (NR; Old: Karnataka 09:11.39 2012), 1; Maharashtra (9:08.16) (BMR) 2; Kerala (9:34.51) 3.
Group II: 50M backstroke: Maana Patel (Guj) 30.37 (NR; Old: 30.74 2013), 1; A Kaavyashri (TN) 34.26, 2; S Ashwin Rose (TN) 34.27, 3.
100M butterflystroke: Trisha Karhanis (Mah) 1:08.09, 1; Sanah Bhabha (Mah) 1:09.20, 2; Uthare US (Kar) 1:10.69, 3.
800M freestyle: PM Abishiktha (TN) 9:36.57, 1; Nikitha SV (Kar) 10:02.96, 2; Proteeti Sinha (Mah) 10:06.62, 34x200M freestyle relay: Maharashtra (Proteeti Sinha, Harshada Jadhav, Mallika Baikertkar Rayna Saldanha) 9:35.56, 1; Karnataka (9:41.70) 2; TN (9:55.14) 3.