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Karnataka reigns

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KOLKATA: : Karnataka swimmers completed their domination by winning 11 golds on the final day to help the State emerge the overwhelming champion as the 32nd Junior National aquatics concluded here at the Subhas Sarovar swimming complex on Friday.

Three Karnataka swimmers also excelled in their respective categories. The boys' events saw flawless performances from Rohit R. Havaldar in Group I and Aaron D' Souza in Group II.

Havaldar created three meet records on his way to winning golds in each of the five events he participated, while D'Souza also won all five golds, creating two records in the process.

The results:

Boys' Group I: 100m freestyle: 1. Rohit R. Hawaldar (Kar) 56.39s, 2. Aditya Sangvekar (Mah), 3. V. Bharath Kumar (Kar) 57.84. 50m butterfly: 1. V. Bharath Kumar (Kar) 27.60, 2. Krishna Torvi (AP), 3. Kapil Nalang (Mah). 200m backstroke: 1. Sushanth Krishna (Kar) 2:17.57 (NMR. Old: 2:19.66, Rohit Barve, Maha, 2004), 2. Sandeep N.A. (Kar), 3. Praveen Tokas (Del). 4x200m freestyle relay: 1. Karnataka (Bharath Kumar V., Rohit R. Hawaldar, Sandeep N.A., Arjun J.P.) 8:37.85, 2. Maharashtra, 3. Tamil Nadu. Girls' Group I: 100m freestyle: 1. Shubha C. (Kar) 1:03.08, 2. Niveditha M.S. (Kar), 3. Mridula Rajiv (TN); 50m butterfly: 1. Shubha C. (Kar) 29.98 (NMR. Old: 30.24, self, 2004), 2. Vaishnavi M. (Kar), 3. Shloka Joshi (Del). 200m backstroke: 1. Kshipra Mahajan (Kar) 2:37.05, 2. Aishwarya R. (TN), 3. Amreen Malik (AP); 4x200m freestyle relay: 1. Karnataka (Shubha C., Pooja R. Alva, Kshipra Mahajan, Tejaswini V.) 9:43.39 (NMR. Old: 9:47.18, self, 2004), 2. Tamil Nadu, 3. Maharashtra.

Boys' Group II: 100m freestyle: 1. Veerdhaval Khade (Mah) 56.93 (NMR. Old: 58.24, self, heats. Previous: 58.33, self, 2004), 2. Swaroop B.S. (Kar), 3. K. Divakar (TN);

50m butterfly: 1. K. Divakar (TN) 28.84, 2. Mohit Kumar (Del), 3. S. Premnath (TN); 200m backstroke: 1. Ashwin Menon (Kar) 2:23.19, 2. Nishit Shah (Guj), 3. Rahul Kakkad (Mah); 4x200m freestyle relay: 1. Karnataka (Aaron D' Souza, Prajwal S., Poorna Chandra, Shiraz Jason) 8:58.94, 2. Maharashtra 9:03.72, 3. Tamil Nadu.

Girls Group II: 100m freestyle: 1. Lekha Kamat (Mah) 1:02.11 (NMR. Old: 1:02.73, self, heats. Previous: 1:04.13, self, 2004), 2. Neeraja B. (Kar), 3. Parita Parekh;

50m butterfly: 1. Lekha Kamat (Mah) 29.83 (NMR, Old: 30.46, self, heats. Previous: 30.79, Shubha C, Kar, 2003), 2. Ananya P.D. (Kar) 31.27, 3. U. Aditi Malvika (TN); 200m backstroke: 1. Madhavi Giri (Kar) 2:33.88 (NMR. Old: 2:35.16, self, heats. Previous: 2:42.79, Kshipra Mahajan, Kar, 2004), 2. Fariha Zaman (Asm) (BMR), 3. Ruchi Shah (Mah) (BMR); 4x200m freestyle relay: 1. Maharashtra (Anushree Kulkarni, Lekha Kamat, Aditi Kulkarni, Aarti Ghorpade) 9:36.96, 2. Karnataka (Smitha L., Neeraja B., Ananya P.D., Madhavi Giri), 3. Tamil Nadu.

Best swimmers:

Group I: Boys: Rohit R. Havaldar (Karnataka, 35 points); Girls: Pooja R. Alva (Karnataka, 33 points).

Group II: Boys: Aaron D'Souza (Karnataka, 33 points); Girls: Lekha Kamat (Maharashtra, 32 points).

Team championships: Group I: Boys: 1. Karnataka (174 points); 2. Maharashtra (121). Girls: 1. Karnataka (237 pts); 2. Maharashtra (52). Group II: Boys: Karnataka (191); 2. Maharashtra (124). Girls: 1. Karnataka (171); 2. Maharashtra (156).

Overall championships: 1. Karnataka (773 points); 2. Maharashtra (453).

Water polo: Boys: Final: Bengal bt Maharashtra 6-3. Third place: Kerala bt Karnataka. Best player: Babu Naiya (Ben).

Girls: Final: Kerala bt Maharashtra 8-6. Third place: Karnataka bt Bengal 4-1. Best player: K.S. Soumya (Ker).

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