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Tejaswini betters her record

Sports Reporter

Chennai: It was Karnataka all the way in the boys' events of the 33rd Junior National Aquatics Championships on the second day at the Velachery Aquatics Complex on Thursday.

Of the three meet records that was re-written on day two, one was by Karnataka in the 4x100m (group 1) freestyle relay, while the other two were by Karnataka's Aaron D'souza (Group 2), who bettered his record in the 1500m freestyle, and Rohit. H. Hawaldar, who smashed his record in the group 1 800m freestyle.

In the girls' events, Karnataka's V. Tejaswini bettered her own record in the Group 1 400m individual medley, while Assam's Fariha Zaman erased the 100m backstroke record, bettering Komal Athara's figures.

The results: Boys: Group 1: Freestyle: 800m: 1. Rohit. R. Hawaldar (Kar) 08:44:76 NMR (OR 08:50:49 Rohit. R. Hawaldar, Kar), 2. Ashwin Menon (Kar) 08:56:01, 3. N. Abhiram (AP) 09: 01:22. 400m Individual medley: 1. J.P. Arjun (Kar) 04:45:58, 2. Aditya Sangvekar (Mah) 04:47:91, 3. M. Abhiram (AP) 04:56:20. 100m Backstroke: N.A. Sandeep (Kar) 01:01:66, 2. Praveen Tokas (Del) 01:02:76, 3. M.B. Balakrishnan (TN), 01:03:51. 4x100m relay freestyle: 1. Karnataka 03:46:35 NMR (OR 03:49:45, Kar), 2. Maharashtra 03:48:67, 3. Delhi 03:52:27.

Group 2: Freestyle: 1500m: 1. Aaron D'souza (Kar) 16:58:00 NMR (OR 17:12:83-Aaron D'souza, Kar), 2. A.P. Gagan (Kar) 18:17:54, 3. Nimay Ashar (Mah) 19:13:75.

400m Individual medley: Siddant Deshmukh (Kar) 05:04:52, 2. Isahn Ohale (Mah) 05:16:28, 3. Aditya Roshan (Kar) 05:18:01. 100m Backstroke: 1. Siddarth (Kar) 01:07:53, 2. Gopinath Koyal (WB) 01:09:10, 3. Aditya Kamat (Mah) 01:10:64. 4x100m relay freestyle:1. Karnataka 03:58:90, 2. Maharashtra 04:13:94, 3. Tamil Nadu 04:21:45.

Girls: Group 1: Freestyle: 800m: 1. Pooja R. Alva (Kar) 09:52:61, 2. Aarti Ghorpade (Mah) 10:07:08, 3. Pooja Chaurashi (Guj) 10:10:77. 400m Ind. medley: 1. V. Tejaswini (Kar) 05:17:89 NMR (OR 05:29:60 V. Tejaswini, Kar), 2. M.S. Niveditha (Kar) 05:35:68, 3. Aarthi Ghorpade (Mah) 05:37:06. 100m Backstroke: 1. Fariha Zaman (Asm) 01:09:03 NMR (OR 01:10:53 Komal Athara, Mah), 2. Kshirpa Mahajan (Kar) 01:11:60, 3. R. Aishwarya (TN) 01:12:53. 4x100 relay freestyle: 1. Karnataka 04:19:96, 2. Maharastra 04:24:82, 3. Tamil Nadu 04:32:19

Group 2: Freestyle: 1500m: 1. Surbhi Tipre (Mah) 18:48:06 NMR (OR 19:09:41 Aarthi Ghorpade, Mah), 2. Gulnaz Rawoof (TN) 19:38:81, 3. Amoolya M. Reddy (Kar) 19:48:21. 400m Ind. medley: 1. Madhavi Giri (Kar) 05:27:93 NMR (OR 05:33:49 Justin Mellocastro, Mah), 2. Krunal Bhosale (Mah) 05:41:25, 3. Sushaka Pratap (Kar) 05:42:77. 100m Backstroke: 1. Sameeksha S. Alva (Kar) 01:13:36, 2. Tanvi Doddanavar (Kar) 01:13:92, 3. Devika Jidgekar (Mah) 01:15:54. 4x100m relay freestyle: 1. Karnataka 04:31:20, 2. Tamil Nadu 04:33:98, 3. Maharastra 04:36:50.