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Karnataka dominates opening day

By Our Special Correspondent

MYSORE, JAN. 24. Living up to the expectations, Karnataka swimmers swept the board on the opening day of the 17th South Zone sub-junior and junior aquatic championship, which began at the Mysore University pool here on Friday. Karnataka bagged 31 golds out of the 36 that were at stake and in the process set eight new meet marks, four each in respective groups.

The results (winners only):

Boys' Group I: 400m freestyle: Chetan Sharma (Kar) 4:30.76s (NMR, Old: 4:31.53); 100m breaststroke: Satyasheel Gupta (Kar) 1:15.63; 50m backstroke: Skanda R. Ashwath (Kar) 30.99; 200m backstroke: Skanda R. Ashwath 2:23.77; 200m ind. medley: Srinand Srinivas (Kar) 2:23.63 (NMR, Old:2:45.55); 4 x 100m medley relay: Karnataka 4:29.83.

Boys' Group II: 200m freestyle: R.H. Rohit (Kar) 2:07.58 (NMR, Old: 2:11.23); 100m butterfly: Karthik M. Rao (Kar) 1:07.08; 50m breaststroke: J.P. Arjun (Kar) 34.16; 100m ind. Medley: J.P. Arjun 5:14.49; 100m breaststroke: J.P. Arjun 1:15.41; 4 x 100m medley relay: Karnataka 4:30.15 (NMR, Old: 4:37.97)

Boys' Group III: 200m freestyle: Sheraz Jason (Kar) 2:23.18; 50m butterfly: Senthil Kumar (TN) 31.27; 100m breaststroke: B.S. Swaroop (Kar) 1:24.73.

Boys' Group IV: 200m Ind. medley: Shruthi Sagar (Kar) 2:53.52; 4 x 50m medley relay: Karnataka 2:27.82.

Girls' Group I: 400m freestyle: K. Chandini (Kar) 5:52.04; 50m backstroke: Mala Kaur (AP) 35.97; 200m backstroke: Shrudha S. Alwa (Kar) 2:50.48; 200m ind. medley: Ambika N.S. Iyengar (Kar) 2:37.71 (NMR, Old: 2:40.60); 100m breaststroke: 1. Ambika N.S. Iyengar (Kar) 1:26.63; 4 x 100m medley relay: Karnataka 5:23.53.

Girls' Group II: 200m freestyle: D. Thejaswini (Kar) 2:24.44; 100m butterfly: C. Shubha (Kar) 1:08.46; 50m breaststroke: R. Aishwarya 38.96; 100m breaststroke: M.S. Nivedita (Kar) 1:26.51; 400m ind. medley: M.S. Nivedita 5:45.58 (NMR, Old: 5:48.99); 4 x 100m medley relay: Karnataka 5:02.05 (NMR, Old: 5:29.49).

Girls' Group III: 200m freestyle: L. Smitha (Kar) 2:30.95; 50m butterfly: P.D. Ananya (Kar) 34.04; 100m breaststroke: Madhavi Giri (Kar) 1:31.26.

Girls' Group IV: 100m freestyle: 1. M.M. Venpa (TN) 1:13.88; 200m ind. medley: V. Vaibhavi (Kar) 2:57.77; 4 x 50m medley relay: Karnataka 2:38.40.

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