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Triple for Srinand, Sivaranjani

BANGALORE, JAN. 6. National swimmers Srinand of Bangalore Medical College and V. Sivaranjani of Sree Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College (SBMJC) won three gold medals apiece on the opening day of the swimming championship of the VIE inter-collegiate sports meet, organised by SBMJC, on Thursday.

Srinand bagged golds in 200m individual medley, 100m backstroke and butterfly events, while Sivaranjani topped in 100m butterfly, 200m individual medley and 50m backstroke. V. Arun of Loyola College won the 25m butterfly and 50m freestyle events.

SBMJC entered the men's semifinals in tennis, beating St. Joseph's PU College 2-0. St. Thomas College, Sri Lanka defeated St. Joseph's College of Commerce 3-1 in the hockey tournament.

Earlier, the meet was inaugurated by hockey Olympian Dhanraj Pillay.

The results:

Badminton: Men: St. Thomas College bt Presidency College 2-0; SBMJC `A' bt Vijaya Evening College 2-0; St. Joseph's PU College bt SBMJC, KGF 2-0; MATS, Raipur bt Garden City College 2-0. Women: MCC bt Vaishnav College, Chennai 2-0.

Cricket: New College, Chennai 179 for nine in 26 overs beat D.B. Jain College, Chennai 124 in 24.4 overs.

Hockey: St. Thomas College, Sri Lanka bt SJCC 3-1; St. Joseph's PU College bt Cauvery College, Gonikaoppa 6-0.

Swimming: Men: 25m butterfly: V. Arun (Loyola, Chennai). 50m backstroke: Ankur Kanojia (SBMJC). 200m individual medley: Srinand (BMC). 100m backstroke: Srinand. 50m freestyle: V. Arun. 100m butterfly: Srinand. 25m breaststroke: Madhu Kumar (Surana College). 4 x 50 medley realy: SBMJC. 4 x 100m freestyle: St. Thomas College, Sri Lanka. Women: 25m butterfly: Shradha Alva (SBMJC). 50m backstroke: V. Sivaranjani (SBMJC). 200m individual medley: V. Sivaranjani. 100m backstroke: Preethi (SBMJC). 50m freestyle: Shikha Tandon (SBMJC). 100m butterfly: V. Sivaranjani. 25m breaststroke: C. Nikhila. 4 x 50 medley: SBMJC.

Snooker (men): SBMJC `A' beat SBMJC `C' 420-160; SBMJC `C' bt Presidency College 336-244; SJCC bt Sindhi College 279-210.

Tennis (quarterfinals): SBMJC bt St. Joseph's PU College 2-0.

Pre- quarterfinals: SBMJ PU College bt SBR Mahajana College, Mysore 2-0; Presidency College bt UVCE; BIT w/o Loyola, Chennai. — Our Special Correspondent

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