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Agnishwar excels as 19 records are sunk

By Our Sports Reporter

CHENNAI, JUNE 4. Considering that age groups in swimming were restructured only last year, it wasn't a surprise that there were as many as 19 new meet records on the opening day of the three-day 31st State sub-junior and junior Delphi-TVS meet, which was inaugurated by Mrs. Nina Reddy, Director, Savera Group of Hotels, at the Velachery Aquatic Complex here on Friday. The highlight, however, was J. Agnishwar's performance of 2:39.17 in the Group II boys' 200m breaststroke, where he not only bettered his previous mark but also upstaged Delhi lad Sandeep Sejwal's time of 2:43.53 set in the last Nationals.

The results (winners only):

Boys Group I: 400m freestyle: S. Suresh Kumar (TSPA) 4:39.44 (NMR, OR: Santhosh Kumar 4:52.12); 200m IM: Sushant Krishna (ORCA) 2:27.94 (NMR, OR: Zubin Nigli 2:34.84); 100m backstroke: Sushanth Krishna 1:07.21 (NMR, OR: Kaveesh 1:13.51); 200m backstroke: Sushanth Krishna 2:24.97 (NMR, OR: M. Md. Raffi 2:39.92); 4x100m freestyle relay: TSPA (S.K. Rakesh, Kaveesh, Suresh Kumar & K. Kapil) 4:09.48 (NMR, OR: GAC 4:10.08); 50m freestyle: B. Vinod Kumar (Venus) 0:26.53; 200m breaststroke: Zubin Nigli (Marina) 2:47.68 (NMR, OR: Nigli 2:50.26).

Boys Group II: 400m freestyle: A. Md. Imran Khan (NLC) 5:01.73; 200m IM: S.R. Sarath (NLC) 2:38.38; 100m backstroke: Senthil Kumar (Venus) 1:13.75; 200m backstroke: K. Mani (MAC) 2:39.74; 4x100m freestyle relay: NLC (Imran Khan, Asif Mustafa, Mithun Joshua, S.R. Sarath) 4:27.66; 50m freestyle: S.R. Sarath 0:27.61; 200m breaststroke: J. Agnishwar (Chettinad) 2:39.17 (NMR, OR: 2:47.67. Upstaged Sandeep Sejwal's 2:43.53 set in the last Nationals).

Boys Group III: 200m freestyle: K. Divakar (MAC) 2:20.60 (NMR, OR: 2:25.45); 200m IM: A. Md. Thabreas Khan (NLC) 2:54.22; 100m backstroke: Thabreas Khan 1:18.38; 4 x 50m freestyle relay: NLC (Ajith Joy, Mithun Prasad, Harikrishna Babu, Thabreas Khan) 2:14.35; 100m freestyle: K. Divakar (MAC) 1:02.74 (NMR, OR: S. Premnath 1:04.27).

Boys Group IV: 100m freestyle: N. Venkateshwaran (League) 1:11.68; 200m IM: N. Venkateshwaran 3:04.76.

Girls Group I: 400m freestyle: Mridula Rajiv (ORCA) 5:06.07 (NMR, OR: V. Bala 5:29.97); 200m IM: Krithika Bhaskar (SDAT Sakthi) 2:59.46; 100m backstroke: R. Aishwarya (Dolphin) 1:18.56 (NMR, OR: Krithika Bhaskar 1:20.45); 200m backstroke: Krithika Bhaskar 2:54.24; 4 x100m freestyle relay: ORCA (Mridula Rajiv, Gayatri Pillai, Sinduja, D. Tamana) 5:05.66; 50m freestyle: Mridula Rajiv 0:30.26 (NMR, OR: 0:30.49); 200m breaststroke: R. Aishwarya (Dolphin) 3:14.75 (NMR, OR: R. Mahalakshmi 3:25.18).

Girls Group II: 400m freestyle: A.A. Sarojini Devi (SDAT Sakthi) 5:12.38 (NMR, OR: Gayatri Pillai 5:21.82); 200m IM: B. Harika Reddy (SDAT Sakthi) 2:48.98 (NMR, OR: Harika 2:53.85); 100m backstroke: V.M. Abinaya (Dolphin) 1:19.04; 200m backstroke: V.M. Abinaya 2:50.99; 4 x100m freestyle relay: SDAT Sakthi (Harika Reddy, Sarojini Devi, Akshaya, T. Janani) 4:43.47 (NMR, OR: ORCA 4:53.05); 50m freestyle: Apoorva Rajiv (ORCA) 0:30.86; 200m breaststroke: Raina Shah (ORCA) 3:10.21 (NMR, OR: R. Aishwarya 3:12.50).

Girls Group III: 200m freestyle: Gulnaz Rawoof (ORCA) 2:43.25; 200m IM: V.M. Venpa (Dolphin) 2:56.24 (NMR, OR: Sarojini Devi 3:03.49); 100m backstroke: R. Vaishnavi (Venus) 1:30.61; 4 x 50m freestyle relay: NLC (Praneetha, Amelia Karan, M.G. Priyanka, Aditi Malavika) 2:17.59 (NMR, OR: 2:19.79); 100m freestyle: Aditi Malavika 1:11.91.

Girls Group IV: 100m freestyle: M. Ragavi (GAC) 1:18.27; 200m IM: M. Ragavi 3:10.19.

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