Super BAC emerge champions

Mandya Favourites Basavanagudi Aquatic Centre emerged the overall champions in the 14th State Short Course Swimming Championship here on Sunday.

BAC, led by superb performances from Arvind M and Damini K Gowda, notched up 1,027 points at the PET Aquatic Centre.

Arvind, who won the boys’ Group I 50M backstroke individual gold on the final day of the meet, set five records and raked up 290 points in the process to bag the individual honours in his group.

Damini bagged three individual golds (Group II 100M butterfly, Group II 100M backstroke, 25M freestyle) on the concluding day to clinch the title in her category, tallying 292 points.


Results: Boys: Group I: 25M freestyle: Rakshith U Shetty (BAC) 11.73, 1; Arvind M (BAC) 11.82, 2; Prithvi M (NAC) 11.90, 3. 200M freestyle: Parnav Podode (BAC) 2:01.77, 1; G Chandra Kiran (MEG) 2:08.30, 2; Sharath R (GSA) 2:12.25, 3. 50M backstroke: Arvind M (BAC) 26.94, 1; Rajaram Nikhil (GSA) 31.54, 2; Kushal S (PETAC) 32.92, 3. 200M breaststroke: Gavrav Yadav KA (Dolphin Aquatics) 2:35.87, 1; Vaishnav Hegde (Dolphin Aquatics) 2:39.65, 2; Rajkumar Bronson (MEG) 2:39.80, 3. 100M butterfly: Rakshith U Shetty (BAC) 55.99, 1; Rajeev B (BAC) 1:03.21, 2; Gowtham R (Dolphin Aquatics) 1:03.30, 3. 4x50M freestyle relay: BAC (1:46.33) 1; MEG (1:47.56) 2.
Group II: 25M freestyle: Manav D (Dolphin Aquatics) 12.50, 1; Sanjeev R (PMSC) 12.90, 2; Hemanth Jenukal VB (GSA) 12.93, 3. 200M freestyle: Hemanth Jenukal VB (GSA) 2:04.30, 1; Rohit Yadav (MEG) 2:14.14, 2; Karan K Raju (NAC) 2:14.28, 3. 100M backstroke: S Siva (BAC) 1:06.74, 1; J Roshan (Abba) 1:10.50, 2; Joseph Padavath (NAC) 1:10.73, 3. 50M breaststroke: Manav D ((Dolphin Aquatics) 32.93, 1; Akash N (GSA) 35.10, 2; M Shreyas Rao (JSC) 36.39, 3. 100M butterfly: Sanjeev R (PMSC) 1:02.73, 1; Anirudh Haritas Murali (BAC) 1:03.66, 2; Chirag Kempegowda (GSA) 1:03.74, 3. 4x50M medley relay: GSA (2:04.76) 1; BAC ‘A’ 2:07.67, 2; NAC (2:09.76) 3.
Group III: 25M freestyle: Sanjay CK (Dolphin Aquatics) 13.33, 1; P Kushal (Dolphin Aquatics) 13.95, 2; Srihari Nataraj (Dolphin Aquatics) 14.27, 3 50M freestyle: Sanjay CJ (Dolphin Aquatics) 27.93, 1; P Khushal (Dolphin Aquatics) 29.35, 2; Sidharth Joshi (GSA) 30.66, 3.
Group IV: 50M backstroke: Dhyan Balakrishna (PMSC) 38.81, 1; SN Harshavardhan (BAC) 38.91, 2; Shivansh Singh (BAC) 39.92, 3. 50M butterfly: Raj Vinayak Relekar (PMSC) 33.33, 1; Krishna PA (VSA) 35.12, 2; S Hiten Mittal (BAC) and Dhyan Balakrishna (PMSC) 35.48, 3. 4x25M medley relay: BAC ‘A (1:08.77) 1; PMSC (1:09.58) 2; BAC ‘B’ (1:12.70) 3.
Girls: Group I: 25M freestyle: Siya Manjeshwar (Dolphin Aquatics) 13,81, 1; Harishree J Rai K (GSA) 13.84, 2; Anagha S Gowda (NAC) 15.10, 3. 200M freestyle: Siya Manjeshwar (Dolphin Aquatics) 2:17.24, 1; Ranjeetha J (BAC) 2:39.53, 2. 50M backstroke: Harishree J Rai K (GSA) 32.31, 1; Anagha S Gowda (NAC) 35.80, 2; DS Sathyashree (PETAC) 37.37, 3. 200M breaststroke: DS Sathyashree (PETAC) 3:22.32, 1; Riya Juyal (PMSC) 3:28.78, 2. 100M butterfly: Siya Manjeshwar (Dolphin Aquatics) 1:09.55, 1.
Group II: 25M freestyle: Damini K Gowda (BAC) 13.65, 1; Shraddha Sudhir (NAC) 13.74, 2; K Chandana (VSC)  200M freestyle: K Chandana (VSC) 2:19.95, 1; Nikitha SV (BAC) 2:22.33, 2; Preksha HM (NAC) 2:24.93, 3. 50M breaststroke: Shraddha Sudhir (NAC) 37.14, 1; Damini JP (GSA) 38.93, 2; Preethi T (BAC) 39.26, 3. 100M backstroke: Damini K Gowda (BAC) 1:06.87, 1; Shriya R Bhat (BAC) 1:13.52, 2; Ranjana H (BAC) 1:14.36, 3. 100M butterfly: Damini K Gowda (BAC) 1:06.08, 1; Amulya R (BAC) 1:03.66, 2; Sahana A Kumari (NAC) 1:15.33, 3. 4x50M medley relay: BAC ‘A’ (2:15.14) 1; NAC (2:17.26) 2; BAC ‘B’ (2:20.74) 3.
Group III: 25M freestyle: Vaania Kapoor Achuthan (BAC) 14.46, 1; Harshitha J (BAC) 14.73, 2; Thanuja S (BAC) 15.22, 3. 50M freestyle: Harshitha J (BAC) 31.30, 1; Abhigna Anand (NAC) 32.50, 2; Devika Srikanth (PMSC) 33.44, 3.
Group IV: 50M backstroke: Suvana C Baskar ((Dolphin Aquatics) 38.53, 1; Khushi Dinesh (BAC) 38.81, 2; Kshitija (BAC) 41.34, 3. 50M butterfly: Poojitha G Murthy (BAC) 36.10, 1; Mahalingam Smruthi (BAC) 37.30, 2; Saachi G (BAC) 37.42, 3. 4x25M medley relay: BAC ‘A’ (1:13.41) 1; Dolphin Aquatics (1:14.82) 2; BAC ‘B’ 1:17.92, 3.
Individual champions: Boys: Group I: Arvind M (BAC) 290 points; Group II: Sanjeev R (PMSC) 140; Group III: Sanjay CJ (Dolphin Aquatics) 85; Group IV: Raj Vinayak Relekar (PMSC) 35.
Girls: Harishree J Rai K (GSA) 181; Group II: Damini K Gowda (BAC) 292; Group III: Vaniaa Kapoor Achutan (BAC) 135; Group IV: Khushi Dinesh (BAC) 33.
Overall champions: 1027 points.