<p>Pranam hogged the limelight with double gold in the boys’ Group II category. The BAC trainee first staved off a strong challenge from Maharashtrean Viraj Dhokale to pocket the 200M freestyle gold in 2:10.03. Viraj clocked 2:10.91 to bag silver ahead of Pranam’s team-mate SV Sumukh, who claimed bronze in 2:11.27. <br /><br />The Sri Kumaran’s Children Home eighth standard student then cruised home in the 100M backstroke, beating team-mate Aravind M to the second spot. Pranam stopped the clock at 1:06.27 and Aravind touched the pad in 1:07.84. <br /><br />Akhilesh won the boys’ Group II 100M breaststroke, timing one minute 15.66. In the morning session, Karnataka’s 4x100 freestyle Group II boys’ relay team and girls’ Group I team claimed the gold medals. <br /><br />The day’s best performances came from Surabhi Tipre of Maharashtra, Priyanka Pirydrshini of Delhi and the Maharashtra’s 4x100M freestyle team, who all went under the national mark. Surabhi edged out a fighting Talasha Prabhu of Goa to claim the latter’s national record in the girls’ Group I 200M freestyle event. <br /><br />Surabhi touched the pad in 2:09.55 to erase the national mark of 2:11.29 set last year in Jaipur by Talasha, who clocked 2:10.48 to duck under the meet record here. Maharashtra lead the medals tally with six gold, followed by Karnataka with five. <br /><br />In waterpolo, Bengal boys beat Karnataka 16-7 in a league match. The State girls will open their campaign on Thursday against Bengal. <br /><br />Results: <br />Boys: Group I: 200M freestyle: Saurabh Sangvekar (Mah) 2:00.03, 1; Jaywant Vijay Kumar (TN) 2:00.75, 2; Akshay Krishna (Kar) 2:00.98, 3. <br />100M backstroke: Ajey Moghe (Mah) 1:04.89, 1; V Turbu (Ker) 1:05.25, 2; K Nandakumar (TN) 1:05.48, 3.<br />100M breaststroke: Anjani Kumar (UP) 1:07.37, 1; Akash Rohit (Kar) 1:12.16, 2; Soham (Mah) 1:14.21, 3.<br />4x100M freestyle relay: Tamil Nadu (Sandeep, Jaywant, Nandakumar, Sajan) 3:48.77, 1; Karnataka (Prajwal K S, Akash Rohit, Ajay A, Akshay Krishna) 3:50.42, 2; Maharashtra (Saurabh, Apurva, Rahul, Kevin) 3:51.85, 3. <br />Group II: 200M freestyle: Pranam B (Kar) 2:10.03, 1; Viraj Dhokale (Mah) 2:10.91, 2; S V Sumukh (Kar) 2;11.27, 3.<br />100M backstroke: Pranam B (Kar) 1:06.27, 1; Aravind M (Kar) 1:07.61, 2; Rohit Imoliya (MP) 1:09.28, 3.<br />100M breaststroke: Akhilesh Ram (Kar) 1:15.66, 1; Neil Contractor (Guj) 1:16.13, 2; Ritesh R Suryavanshi (Kar) 1:16.95, 3.<br />4x100M freestyle relay: Karnataka (Akhilesh Ram, S V Sumukh, Rakshith U Shetty, Pranam B) 4:04.26, 1; Maharashtra (Viraj, Shawn, Parth, Sangram) 4:10.07, 2; Tamil Nadu (Arvind, Adarsh, Balaji, Larsen) 4:11.63, 3.<br />Girls: Group I: 200M freestyle: Surabhi Tipre (Mah) 2:09.55. National record. Old record: (2:11.29, Talasha Prabhu, Goa, 2009) 1; Talasha Prabhu (Goa) 2:10.48, 2. Bettered meet record; Sneha T (Kar) 2:15.32, 3.<br />100M backstroke: Kavya B (Mah) 1:10.79, 1; Aarsi (WB) 1:13.26, 2; C Ayshwarya (TN) 1:14.48, 3. <br />100M breaststroke: Poorva Shetye (Mah) 1:19.78, 1; Man Kiran Kaur (Pun) 1:20.14, 2; M Raghavi (TN) 1:20.48, 3.<br />4x100M freestyle relay: Karnataka (Prathima Kollali, Arhatha Magavi, Bhoomi R Motwani, Sneha T) 4:17.68, 1; Tamil Nadu (Visali, Sushmitha, Gulnaz, Anusha) 4:21.73, 2; Maharashtra (Surabhi, Sinjani, Komal, Asawari) 4;31.39, 3. <br />Group II: 200M freestyle: Kanchi Desai (Mah) 2:12.92, 1; V K R Meenakshi (TN) 2:19.87, 2; Shivani Kataria (Har) 2:19.88, 3.<br />100M backstroke: Ananya P (Mah) 1:10.62, 1; S Vilasini (TN) 1;15.24, 2; Shreyanti (WB) 1;17.27, 3. 100M breaststroke: Priyanka Priydarshini (Del) 1:20.48. (broke national record in heats: 1:20.32). Old record: 1:21.55 (M M Venpa, TN, 2007) 1; Divya Guruswamy (Kar) 1:25.11, 2; Shalmali Saraswate (Mah) 1:27.47, 3.<br />4x100M freestyle relay: Maharashtra (Rujuta, Ananya, Kanchi, Avantika) 4:21.97. NR. Old record: 4;23.25 (Karnataka, 2005) 1; Karnataka (Divya Guruswamy, Sapthami U S, Tulasi R Haritsa, Ishwarya Bhandari) 4:25.74, 2; Delhi (Anjali, Vani, Ruhaab, Priyanka) 4:30.14, 3.<br />Waterpolo: Boys: Punjab: 9 bt Madhya Pradesh: 0; Bengal: 16 (Viswajith Dutta 5; Pritam Dey 4; Ankush Roy Chaudhary 2; Pinti Naiya 2; Biraswar Sarkar 1; Kunal Bhanja 1; Subhankar Mishtry 1) bt Karnataka: 7 (Avinash A Rao 4;Lohit 1; Vishal Ajjampur 1; Ramston Edwin Rodriques 1); Maharashtra: 14 bt Delhi 1; Kerala: 15 bt Manipur: 1. <br />Girls: Bengal: 7 bt Delhi: 0; Kerala: 8 bt Maharashtra: 2.</p>
<p>Pranam hogged the limelight with double gold in the boys’ Group II category. The BAC trainee first staved off a strong challenge from Maharashtrean Viraj Dhokale to pocket the 200M freestyle gold in 2:10.03. Viraj clocked 2:10.91 to bag silver ahead of Pranam’s team-mate SV Sumukh, who claimed bronze in 2:11.27. <br /><br />The Sri Kumaran’s Children Home eighth standard student then cruised home in the 100M backstroke, beating team-mate Aravind M to the second spot. Pranam stopped the clock at 1:06.27 and Aravind touched the pad in 1:07.84. <br /><br />Akhilesh won the boys’ Group II 100M breaststroke, timing one minute 15.66. In the morning session, Karnataka’s 4x100 freestyle Group II boys’ relay team and girls’ Group I team claimed the gold medals. <br /><br />The day’s best performances came from Surabhi Tipre of Maharashtra, Priyanka Pirydrshini of Delhi and the Maharashtra’s 4x100M freestyle team, who all went under the national mark. Surabhi edged out a fighting Talasha Prabhu of Goa to claim the latter’s national record in the girls’ Group I 200M freestyle event. <br /><br />Surabhi touched the pad in 2:09.55 to erase the national mark of 2:11.29 set last year in Jaipur by Talasha, who clocked 2:10.48 to duck under the meet record here. Maharashtra lead the medals tally with six gold, followed by Karnataka with five. <br /><br />In waterpolo, Bengal boys beat Karnataka 16-7 in a league match. The State girls will open their campaign on Thursday against Bengal. <br /><br />Results: <br />Boys: Group I: 200M freestyle: Saurabh Sangvekar (Mah) 2:00.03, 1; Jaywant Vijay Kumar (TN) 2:00.75, 2; Akshay Krishna (Kar) 2:00.98, 3. <br />100M backstroke: Ajey Moghe (Mah) 1:04.89, 1; V Turbu (Ker) 1:05.25, 2; K Nandakumar (TN) 1:05.48, 3.<br />100M breaststroke: Anjani Kumar (UP) 1:07.37, 1; Akash Rohit (Kar) 1:12.16, 2; Soham (Mah) 1:14.21, 3.<br />4x100M freestyle relay: Tamil Nadu (Sandeep, Jaywant, Nandakumar, Sajan) 3:48.77, 1; Karnataka (Prajwal K S, Akash Rohit, Ajay A, Akshay Krishna) 3:50.42, 2; Maharashtra (Saurabh, Apurva, Rahul, Kevin) 3:51.85, 3. <br />Group II: 200M freestyle: Pranam B (Kar) 2:10.03, 1; Viraj Dhokale (Mah) 2:10.91, 2; S V Sumukh (Kar) 2;11.27, 3.<br />100M backstroke: Pranam B (Kar) 1:06.27, 1; Aravind M (Kar) 1:07.61, 2; Rohit Imoliya (MP) 1:09.28, 3.<br />100M breaststroke: Akhilesh Ram (Kar) 1:15.66, 1; Neil Contractor (Guj) 1:16.13, 2; Ritesh R Suryavanshi (Kar) 1:16.95, 3.<br />4x100M freestyle relay: Karnataka (Akhilesh Ram, S V Sumukh, Rakshith U Shetty, Pranam B) 4:04.26, 1; Maharashtra (Viraj, Shawn, Parth, Sangram) 4:10.07, 2; Tamil Nadu (Arvind, Adarsh, Balaji, Larsen) 4:11.63, 3.<br />Girls: Group I: 200M freestyle: Surabhi Tipre (Mah) 2:09.55. National record. Old record: (2:11.29, Talasha Prabhu, Goa, 2009) 1; Talasha Prabhu (Goa) 2:10.48, 2. Bettered meet record; Sneha T (Kar) 2:15.32, 3.<br />100M backstroke: Kavya B (Mah) 1:10.79, 1; Aarsi (WB) 1:13.26, 2; C Ayshwarya (TN) 1:14.48, 3. <br />100M breaststroke: Poorva Shetye (Mah) 1:19.78, 1; Man Kiran Kaur (Pun) 1:20.14, 2; M Raghavi (TN) 1:20.48, 3.<br />4x100M freestyle relay: Karnataka (Prathima Kollali, Arhatha Magavi, Bhoomi R Motwani, Sneha T) 4:17.68, 1; Tamil Nadu (Visali, Sushmitha, Gulnaz, Anusha) 4:21.73, 2; Maharashtra (Surabhi, Sinjani, Komal, Asawari) 4;31.39, 3. <br />Group II: 200M freestyle: Kanchi Desai (Mah) 2:12.92, 1; V K R Meenakshi (TN) 2:19.87, 2; Shivani Kataria (Har) 2:19.88, 3.<br />100M backstroke: Ananya P (Mah) 1:10.62, 1; S Vilasini (TN) 1;15.24, 2; Shreyanti (WB) 1;17.27, 3. 100M breaststroke: Priyanka Priydarshini (Del) 1:20.48. (broke national record in heats: 1:20.32). Old record: 1:21.55 (M M Venpa, TN, 2007) 1; Divya Guruswamy (Kar) 1:25.11, 2; Shalmali Saraswate (Mah) 1:27.47, 3.<br />4x100M freestyle relay: Maharashtra (Rujuta, Ananya, Kanchi, Avantika) 4:21.97. NR. Old record: 4;23.25 (Karnataka, 2005) 1; Karnataka (Divya Guruswamy, Sapthami U S, Tulasi R Haritsa, Ishwarya Bhandari) 4:25.74, 2; Delhi (Anjali, Vani, Ruhaab, Priyanka) 4:30.14, 3.<br />Waterpolo: Boys: Punjab: 9 bt Madhya Pradesh: 0; Bengal: 16 (Viswajith Dutta 5; Pritam Dey 4; Ankush Roy Chaudhary 2; Pinti Naiya 2; Biraswar Sarkar 1; Kunal Bhanja 1; Subhankar Mishtry 1) bt Karnataka: 7 (Avinash A Rao 4;Lohit 1; Vishal Ajjampur 1; Ramston Edwin Rodriques 1); Maharashtra: 14 bt Delhi 1; Kerala: 15 bt Manipur: 1. <br />Girls: Bengal: 7 bt Delhi: 0; Kerala: 8 bt Maharashtra: 2.</p>
