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Maharashtra retains overall title

Special Correspondent

KANAKPURA: The gritty Maharashtra contingent did it again. It retained the overall title with 307 points and a medal haul of 20 gold, nine silver and nine bronze as the four-day National sub-junior aquatics championships came to a close at the JIRS pool here on Wednesday.

Maharashtra claimed the team honours in the boys Group IV, girls Group III and IV and capping the sweep was Ishan Kulkarni as the young lad from Mumbai was crowned as the best swimmer of the meet in the boys' section.

Host Karnataka finished with a haul of eight gold, 11 silver and nine bronze. Arhatha Magavi of Karnataka bagged the best swimmer award in the girls' section.

Lone record

Rujuta Bhat, who emerged champion in the girls' Group IV, set the lone record of the day, when she improved her own record of 1:11.81 set in the heats of 100m freestyle with 1:10.39 in the final.

The results: Swimming: Boys: Group III: 100m backstroke: 1. Abhinav S. (Kar) 1:14.36, 2. Pritam Halder (WB) 1:15.12, 3. Yudhishthir Jaising (Mah) 1:15.29; 100m freestyle: 1. Yudhishthir Jaising 1:04.70, 2. Rishab Pawar (Del) 1:05.02, 3. Saurabh Sangvekar (Mah) 1:05.16.

Group IV: 50m backstroke: 1. Yash Joshi (Mah) 0:37.64, 2. Arvind M. (Karn) 0:38.42, 3. Gautham Selvakumar (TN) 0:38.52; 100m freestyle: 1. Ishan Kulkarni (Mah) 1:11.81, 2. Mitesh Kunte (Mah) 1:12.10, 3. Vineeth N.N.V. (AP) 1:12.76.

Girls: Group III: 100m backstroke: 1. Kavya Bhandekar (Mah) 1:19.60, 2. Ratna Mondal (WB) 1:21.60, 3. Bhoomi Motwani (Kar) 1:21.80; 100m freestyle: 1. Arhatha Magavi (Kar)1:06.99, 2. Jyotsana Pansare (Mah) 1:07.35, 3. Kshitija Venchurkar (Mah) 1:08.06.

Group IV: 50m backstroke: 1. Ruhab Khan (Del) 0:38.79, 2. Vilassini S. (TN) 0:38.99, 3. Shreya Dutta (WB) 0:39.23; 100m freestyle: 1. Rujuta Bhatt (Mah) 1:10.39. NMR (Old: 1:12. 28), Ruhab Khan (Del) 1:12.03 (BMR), 3. Juhenara Begam (Tri) 1:13.16.

Best swimmers: Boys: Group III: Abhinav S. (Kar) 26 points; Group IV: Ishan Kulkarni (Mah) 28 points; Overall best swimmer: Ishan Kulkarni (Mah) 4 gold.

Girls: Group III: Arhatha Magavi (Kar) 28 pts; Group IV: Rujuta Bhatt (Mah) 30 pts; Overall best swimmer: Arhatha Magavi (Kar) 4 gold and 2 New Records.

Team champion: Boys: Group III: Bengal 70 pts; Group IV: Maharashtra 83 pts.

Girls: Group III: Maharashtra 110 pts; Group IV: Maharashtra 62 pts; Overall team champion: Maharashtra 307 points.

Diving: Boys: Group I: 1m springboard: 1. Hariprasad T. (Mah) 434.75 pts, 2. K.H. Ranju (SSCB) 409.55, 3. Krishna M. Naik (SSCB) 382.10. Group II: 1m springboard: 1. Ankit Dutta (SSCB) 324.80, 2. Mihir Savla (Mah) 302.90, 3.Mohnish J. Patel (Mah) 298.30.

Group III: highboard: 1. Ketan M. Shinde (Mah) 271.95, 2. Prem S. Potabatti (Mah) 259.95, 3. Abhishek Tiwari (UP) 225.55; 1m springboard: 1. Pruthviraj Ramesh Bavi (Mah) 256.80, 2. Ch. Puskar Meitei (SSCB) 256.60, 3. Rohan Chandra (Bengal) 250.85. Girls: Group I: 1m springboard: 1. Hrutika Shriram (Mah) 352.70, 2. Karishma M. Mohite (Kar) 328.85, 3. Pratha Kshirsagar (MP) 310.10. Group II: 1m springboard: 1. Poonam Sanjiv Shah (Mah) 292.70, 2. Sushmeeta Vasta (Goa) 292.65, 3. Divya K. (Kar) 234.45.

Group III: highboard: 1. N. Divya Theja (Kar) 199.20, 2. Jagruti S. Satarkar (Mah)194.20, 3. Deepti Panwar (Del) 184.25; 1m springboard: 1. Priyanka Thakkar (Mah) 208.65, 2. Jagruti S. Satarkar (Mah) 208.00, 3. N. Divya Theja (Kar) 204.90.

Best divers: Boys: Group I: Hariprasad T. (Mah) 17 pts; Group II: Naveenkumar Pandey (UP) 15 pts; Group III: Pruthviraj Bavi (Mah) 12 pts. Girls: Group I: Hruthika Shriram (Mah) 14 pts; Group II: Poonam Sanjib Shah (Mah) 21 Pts; Group III: Jagruti S. Satarkar (Mah) 17 pts.