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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

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It's BAC all the way

MANGALORE: Basavanagudi Aquatic Centre, Bangalore dominated the State-level sub-junior and junior swimming championships, winning the team titles and majority of individual titles on offer on the final day here on Tuesday.

While Aaron D'Souza of BAC set a new meet record and bettered the National record in the Group II boys' 400m freestyle event, teammate Sandeep N.A. followed suit in the Group I boys' 200m backstroke.

The results:

Group I: Boys: 400m freestyle: Rohith R. Havaldar, BAC, 4:22.74; 100m butterfly: Karthik G., BAC, 1:04.98; 50m breaststroke: Arjun J.P., BAC, 0:33.03; 4x200m freestyle relay: BAC `A', 9:54.51; 400m individual medley: Arjun J.P., BAC, 4:57.12 (NMR); 200m backstroke: Sandeep N.A., BAC, 2:14.90 (NNR); 50m freestyle: Sandeep N.A., BAC, 0:25.64. Girls: 400m freestyle: Pooja R. Alva, BAC, 4:53.47; 100m butterfly: Pooja R. Alva, BAC, 4:53.47; 50m breaststroke: Thejaswini V., BAC, 0:38.59; 4x200m freestyle relay: BAC `B', 10:54.06; 400m individual medley: Thejaswini V., BAC, 5:31.59; 200m backstroke: Kshipra Mahajan, BAC, 2:41.98; 50m freestyle: Neeraja B., BAC, 0:29.77.

Group II: Boys: 400m freestyle: Aaron D'Souza, BAC, 4:21.52 (NNR); 100m butterfly: Siddanth Deshmukh, KCR, 1:02.16; 50m breaststroke: Koushik S.R., BAC, 0:34.67; 4x100m medley relay: BAC `A', 4:33.49 (NMR); 200m backstroke: Siddarth, KCR, 2:28.82; 50m freestyle: Thushanth Bengre, Jaihind, 0:27.27. Girls: 400m freestyle: Amulya M. Reddy, BAC, 5:00.78; 100m butterfly: Madhavi Giri, KCR, 1:10.10; 50m breaststroke: Madhavi Giri, KCR, 0:39.57; 4x100m medley relay: BAC `A', 5:20.98; 400m individual medley: Madhavi Giri, KCR, 5:30.42; 200m backstroke: Madhavi Giri, KCR, 2:38.45; 50m freestyle: V. Sivapriya, BAC, 0:30.84.

Group III: Boys: 100m freestyle: Prajwal K.S., BAC, 1:08.81; 100m breaststroke: Akash Rohit, KCR, 1:24.10; 50m freestyle: Gautham A. Kishan, BAC, 0:31.21. Girls: 100m freestyle: Arhatha Magavi, BAC, 1:08.66; 100m breaststroke: Bhavana N. Jani, BAC, 1:31.26; 50m freestyle: Prathima Kollali, KCR, 0:33.02.

Group IV: Boys: 100m freestyle: Akhilesh Ram, KCR, 1:15.27; 50m freestyle: Arvind M., BAC, 0:34.09; Girls: 100m freestyle: Sapthami U.S., PMSC, 1:19.20; 50m freestyle: Sapthami U.S., PMSC, 0:34.98.

Individual awards: Group I: Boys: Sandeep N.A., BAC (1085 pts). Girls: Thejaswini V., Pooja R. Alva, BAC (85 pts each). Group II: Boys: Aaraon D'Souza, BAC (2285 pts). Girls: Madhavi Giri, KCR (535 pts). Group III: Boys: Akash Rohit, KCR, Abhinav S., PMSC (28 pts each). Girls: Arhatha Magavi, BAC (78 pts); Group IV: Boys: Arvind M., BAC (30 pts). Girls: Ishwarya Bhandary, BAC (28 pts); Team championships: Overall Junior: BAC (1139 pts). Sub-junior: BAC (552 pts). — Staff Reporter