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Monday, Aug 16, 2004

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Merwyn, Shloka set meet records

NEW DELHI, AUG. 15. Merwyn Chen and Shloka Joshi set new meet records, bettering their own marks set in 2003, in the Delhi State swimming championships at the Talkatora complex here. Chen won the men's 400m individual medley in 5 minutes 01.88 seconds as he surpassed his mark of 5:05.35 achieved last year. Shloka was winner in girl's group II, in the 50m butterfly event with a timing of 33.80.

The results (winners only):

Men: 800m freestyle: Rohit Gupta 9:16.49; 50m butterfly: Jitender Tokas 29.05s; 100m backstroke: Varun Sethi 1:13.06; 400m IM: Merwyn Chen 5:01.88 NMR (old 5:05.35); 4x100m freestyle relay: Hansraj College 4:12.75.

Boys: Group I: 400m freestyle: Chirag Fialoke 4:59.57; 50m butterfly: Tarun Tokas 30.09s; 100m backstroke: Sameer Sareen 1:10.12; 400m IM: Aniruddh G. V. 5:25.70; 4x200m freestyle relay: Delhi Public School (Mathura Road), 9:41.84.

Group II: 100m freestyle: Nishchay Pradhan 1:10.42; 1,500m freestyle: Ashwani Tokas 20:43.06; 50m butterfly: Mohit Kumar 31.21; 100m backstroke: Parveen Tokas 1:10.96; 400m IM: Praveen Tokas 5:38.50; 4x100m medley relay: St. Columba's Academy 5:11.46.

Group III: 50m butterfly: Bhanu Rathi 34.77s; Group IV: 50m breaststroke: Rishabh Pawar 48.51s; 100m backstroke: Shreyak Chauhan 1:24.01; 200m IM: Jayant Mehlawat 3:10.16; Group V: 50m butterfly: Shwam Saurabh 44.23s; 4x50m freestyle relay: St. Columba's School 3:08.21.

Group VI: 50m freestyle: Vedant Sehrawat 42.24s; 50m breaststroke: Arsh Khan 1:00.77.

Women: 800m freestyle: Meenakshi 12:12.51; 50m butterfly: Kiran Tokas 37.02s; 100m backstroke: Chandni 1:26.78; 400m IM: Meenakshi Tokas 6:10.54; 4x100m freestyle relay: JSTS `A' 6:20.38.

Girls: Group I: 400m freestyle: Rajni 5:14.27. 50m butterfly: Misha Rao Arora 34.80s; 100m backstroke: Ritu Sejwal 1:19.90; 400m IM: Rajni 6:28.89; 4x200m freestyle relay: JSTS `A' 11:15.03; Group II: 1,500m freestyle: Anwesha Hore 20:45.58; 400m IM: Anushree 6:54.87; 50m butterfly: Shloka 33.80s NMR (old 34.00); 100m backstroke: Shloka 1:18.46; 4x100m freestyle relay: JSTS `A' 6:11.99.

Group III: 100m freestyle: Bhawna 1:10.55; 50m butterfly: Harpreet 34.32s; 100m backstroke: Arshita 1:25.71; Group IV: 50m breaststroke: Neetalee 47.79s; 200m IM: Neetalee 3:35.77.

Group V: 50m butterfly: Ruhaab Khan 41.39s; 4x50m freestyle relay: NYSGMC (R) 3:37.66.

Group VI: 50m freestyle: Muskan Bhasin 1:07.00; 50m breaststroke: Tania 1:26.07.

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