Karnataka girls settle for silver

Bengaluru: Karnataka women's waterpolo team settled for silver as the home side lost to Kerala 8-14 in the final of the 51st Junior National Aquatic Championship on Thursday.

The boys' team, meanwhile, lost to Kerala 10-15 in the bronze medal match. 

For the girls' team, Roshni S and Nithya C scored five and three goals respectively, but Nivya M's late-scoring spree of four goals for Kerala took the game away from the hosts at the Basavangudi Aquatic Centre.

Roshni and Nithya scored the bulk of the goals in the semifinal game against Odisha as well. Kerala's Safwa Sakeer was awarded the best women's player.

In the boys' bronze-medal match, Karnataka's defence struggled to contain Kerala's attack, led by Gokul Krishna (four goals), while three more scored a hat-trick.

Bengal, who defeated Karnataka boys in the semifinal on Thursday, clinched the gold medal with a close 16-15 victory over Maharashtra.

Joy Mondal was also awarded the best player in boys' section.

In diving, Karnataka's Skandan Prasad claimed the bronze medal with a score of 264.45 behind Madhya Pradesh's Arush Raghuvanshi (297.15) and Manipur's Shaikhom Korounganba (275.55) at the the Kensington Swimming Pool in Ulsoor.

Results: Waterpolo: Boys: Gold medal match: Bengal: 16 bt Maharashtra: 15; Bronze medal match: Kerala: 15 bt Karnataka: 10
Girls: Gold Medal Match: Kerala: 14 bt Karnataka: 8; Bronze medal match: Maharashtra: 13 bt Odisha: 8

Diving: Boys: Group I: 1m Springboard: Swaraj Rajendra Lad (Mah, 381.15) 1; Soumik Polley (SSCB, 370.60) 2; Aritra Koley (SSCB, 353.45) 3
3m Springboard: Soumik Polley (SSCB, 400.60) 1; Supradeep Saha (SSCB, 375.15) 2; Swaraj Rajendra Lad (Mah, 367.60) 3
Platform: Supradeep Saha (SSCB, 398.45) 1; Risav Das (SSCB, 349.35) 2; Swaraj Rajendra Lad (Mah, 333.10) 3

Group II: 1m Springboard: Shreyash Sakpal (Mah, 227.50) 1; Ranveer Rajendra Khade (Mah, 226.15) 2; Arush Raghuvanshi (MP, 215.05) 3
3m Springboard: Arush Raghuvanshi (MP, 297.15) 1; Shaikhom Korounganba (Man, 275.55) 2; Skandan Prasad T (Kar, 264.45) 3
Platform: Shreyash Sakpal (Mah, 277.25) 1; Ranveer Rajendra Khade (Mah, 248.00) 2; Tuban Mordan (Ben, 226.75) 3

Group III: 1m Springboard: Arubam Benhar (Man, 255.40) 1; Hirom Bonson Singh (Man, 199.05) 2; Nil Sandeep Patil (Mah, 196.20) 3
3m Springboard: Arubam Benhar (Man, 246.15) 1; Hirom Bonson Singh (Man, 229.50) 2; Indranil Digvijay Patil (Mah, 229.20) 3
Platform: Indranil Digvijay Patil (Mah, 218.85) 1; Arubam Benhar (Man, 210.80) 2; Hirom Bonson Singh (Man, 205.20) 3

Girls: Group I: 1m Springboard: Shravani Pratap Suryawanshi (Mah, 268.15) 1; Mrunalini K (TN, 254.10) 2; Annesha Dhara (Ben, 250.80) 3
3m Springboard: Shravani Pratap Suryawanshi (Mah, 313.30) 1; Annesha Dhara (Ben, 274.85) 2; Keya Heramb Prabhu (Mah, 263.15) 3
Platform: Shravani Pratap Suryawanshi (Mah, 288.05) 1; Keya Heramb Prabhu (Mah, 239.15) 2; Preeti Sharma (MP, 238.00) 3

Group II: 1m Springboard: Sivashmi S.M (TN, 226.35) 1; Ananya Yadav (MP, 195.50) 2; Vanshika Chungiwadiyar (Mah, 191.60) 3
3m Springboard: Sivashmi S.M (TN, 204.55) 1; Tanishshree S.A (TN, 191.80) 2; Vanshika Chungiwadiyar (Mah, 188.70) 3
Platform: Vanshika Chungiwadiyar (Mah, 181.15) 1; Ananya Yadav (MP, 161.00) 2; Isha Sarkar (Ben, 154.30) 3

Group III: 1m Springboard: Manasvi Mane (Mah, 188.15) 1; Urjita Das (Ben, 175.85) 2; Nishita Raj Thakur (Mah, 173.35) 3
3m Springboard: Manasvi Mane (Mah, 193.40) 1; Nishita Raj Thakur (Mah, 182.85) 2; Urjita Das (Ben, 170.25) 3
Platform: Manasvi Mane (Mah, 180.40) 1; Geetika Salian (Mah, 166.10) 2; Urjita Das (Ben, 151.85) 3