Maharashtra retain crown

Tamil Nadu relegate Karnataka to third spot

 With a thoroughly dominating display, Maharashtra -- who won 17 gold, 10 silver and 10 bronze medals -- garnered 344 points to emerge champions for the second year on the trot. They had won the title last year in Kolkata.

Karnataka (7 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze) could muster only 209 points and were relegated to the third place by Tamil Nadu, who took the second spot with 227 points.
On the final day, Damini K Gowda, who was adjudged the best swimmer of the championship in the girls’ section, erased two national marks. The Basavanagudi Aquatic Centre swimmer took her tally of gold to six, including one in the 4x50M freestyle relay. She also created five national records in the 50M backstroke, 200 individual medley, 50 butterfly, 50 and 100 freestyle events.

On Saturday, the 10-year-old set a time of 33.34 seconds in the 50M butterfly for Group IV girls, sending into oblivion the old record of 34.80 set last year by Swara Kulkarni of Maharashtra. Damini also went past the national mark in the morning heats, clocking 33.84.

Just thirty minutes later, Damini sent the 100 free national record into oblivion, stopping the clock at one minute 10.22 seconds. In the process, she rewrote the three-year-old record of 1:10.39 which had stood in the name of Maharashtrean Rujuta Bhatt.

Results:
Boys: Group III: 100M freestyle: Deepak Kumar Maurya (UP) 1:04.19 seconds, 1; S K Adarsh Narayan (TN) 1:05.91, 2; Rohitash Dubey (MP) 1:04.99, 3.
50M breaststroke: S Inunganba Meitei (Man) 37.40, 1; Udit Gupta (Dli) 37.82, 2; Munna Yadav (UP) 38.21, 3.
Group IV: 100M freestyle: Aditya Ghosh (Mah) 1:12.05, 1; S Aswathaaman (TN) 1:12.34, 2; Sanjeev R (Kar) 1:12.39, 3.
50M butterfly: Ritish Mavle (Mah) 34.75, 1; Sanjeev R (Kar) 35.14, 2; Aditya Ghosh (Mah) 35.82, 3.
Girls: Group III: 100M freestyle: Pranjali Davda (Mah) 1:06.19, 1; Vani Sahni (Dli) 1:06.40, 2; Reeta Orison (Ker) 1:07.81, 3.
50M breaststroke: Mondira Bangal (WB) 40.25, 1; K Sai Geeshma (AP) 40.69, 2; Minal B Shivaprakash (Kar) 40.72, 3.
Group IV: 100M freestyle: Damini K Gowda (Kar) 1:10.22, 1. NR. Old record: 1:10.39 (Rujuta Bhatt, Maharashtra, 2006); Nikita Bhaiya (TN) 1:12.94, 2; Srushti Shirgaonkar (Mah) 1:14.95, 3.
50M butterfly: Damini K Gowda (Kar) 33.34, 1 (clocked 33.84 in heats). National record. Old record: 34.80 (Swara Kulkarni, Maharashtra, 2008); Srushti Shirgaonkar (Mah) 35.80, 2; Yuga Birnale (Mah) 36.48, 3.
Team championship: Overall title: Maharashtra 344 points.
Boys: Group III: West Bengal (90 points); Group IV: Maharashtra (78).
Girls: Group III: Maharashtra (131); Group IV: Maharashtra (58).
Best swimmers of the championship: Boys: Supriya Mondal (WB). Girls: Damini K Gowda (Karnataka).
Individual awards: Boys: Group III: Supriya Mondal (WB, 23 points); Group IV: Aditya Ghosh (Mah, 27).
Girls: Group III: Sherlyn Devadason (TN, 26); Group IV: Damini K Gowda (Kar, 35).
Diving:
Boys: Group III: 3M Spring board: Ramananda Sharma (SSCB) 305.00 points, 1. NR. Old record: 247.1 (Rehan Chandra, West Bengal, 2006); Aditya Anil Giram (Mah) 292.45, 2. BMR; Indrajeet Shinde (Mah) 254.7. BMR, 3.
Girls: Group I: 1M Spring board: Sushmeeta Vasta (Goa) 297.1, 1; Poonam Shah (Mah) 278.75, 2; Divya K (Kar) 238.25, 3.
Group II: 3M Spring board: Swati Vidap (Mah) 274.5, 1; Nammi Divya Teja (Kar) 233.45, 2; G P Veda Priya (TN) 224.3, 3.
Team championship: Boys: Group I: SSCB (21 points); Group II: SSCB (21); Group III: Tamil Nadu (24). Girls: Group I: Maharashtra (24 points); Group II: Maharashtra (22); Group III: Goa (28).