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Eleven records rewritten

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Chennai: As many as 11 records were obliterated (four in the girls' categories, and seven in the boys' events), on day three of the 33rd junior national aquatics championship, at the Velachery Aquatics Complex, on Friday.

Karnataka's Rohit R. Hawaldar claimed his third record of the championship, in the 400m freestyle (Group 1) event, beating Rehan Poncha's record while Maharashtra's Veer Dhaval Khade and Delhi's Sandeep Sejwal altered figures in the 100m butterfly and 50m breaststroke respectively. Sandeep beat B.M. Madhu Kumar's record, while Khade bettered Aniketh D'souza's figures

Karnataka's Kshipra Mahajan smashed the 400m freestyle record in the girls' Group 1, bettering Pooja R. Alva's record, while Maharashtra's Lekha Kamat broke the 100m butterfly record of C. Shubha.

Delhi's Group 1 4x100m relay medley boys' team wiped out Karnataka's record, while Karnataka broke its own mark in the Group 1 girls' 4x100m relay medley event.

The results:

Boys:

Group 1: 400m freestyle: 1. Rohit R. Hawaldar (Kar) 4:11.05 NMR (OR 4:13.60 Rehan Poncha, Kar), 2. N. Abhiram (AP) 4:19.42, 3. Rohit Gupta (Del) 4:21.79.

100m butterfly: 1. Veer Dhaval Khade (Mah) 0:58.64 NMR (OR 0:59.24 Aniketh D'souza, Kar), 2. Aditya Sangvekar (Mah) 0:59.28, 3. Tarun Tokas (Del) 1:00.71.

50m breaststroke: 1. Sandeep Sejwal (Del) 0:31.08 NMR (OR 0:31.16 B.M. Madhu Kumar, Kar), 2. J.P. Arjun. (Kar) 0:31.31, 3. Yashodhan Lonkar (Mah) 0:32.96.

4x100m relay medley: 1. Delhi 4:08.35 NMR (OR 4:16.71 Karnataka), 2. Karnataka 4:12.19, 3. Maharastra 4:12.67.

Group 2: 400m freestyle: 1. Aaron D'souza (Kar) 4:16.22 NMR (OR 4:24.07 Aaron D'souza, Kar), 2. Isahn Ohale (Mah) 4:36.02, 3. Siddhant Jalan (Mah) 4:39.63.

100m butterfly: 1. Siddant Deshmukh (Kar) 1:00.01 NMR (OR 1:01.92 Aditya Sangvekar, Mah), 2. K.Divakar (TN) 1:01.00, 3. Krishna Kumar (SSCB) 1:03.98.

50m breaststroke:

1. Sanjit Reang (Tri) 0:34.14, 2. S.R. Koushik (Kar) 0:34.93, 3. Jashandeep Singh (Pun) 0:35.25

4x100m relay medley: 1. Karnataka 4:26.55 NMR (OR 4:27.14 Maharastra), 2. Maharastra 4:39.90, 3.Tamil Nadu 4:46.06.

Girls:

Group 1: 400m freestyle: 1. Kshipra Mahajan (Kar) 4:44.24 NMR (OR 4:44.52 Pooja R. Alva, Kar), 2. Pooja R. Alva (Kar) 4:44.93, 3. Aarti Ghorpade (Mah) 4:53.75.

100m butterfly: 1. Lekha Kamat (Mah) 1:05.08 NMR (OR 1:05.76 C. Shubha, Kar), 2. Pooja R. Alva (Kar) 1:10.06, 3. M. Vaishnavi (Kar) 1:12.04.

50m breaststroke: 1. V. Tejaswini (Kar) 0:38.31, 2. M.S. Divya (AP) 0:39.44, 3. Jessica Bole (Kar) 0:39.60.

4x100m relay medley: 1. Karnataka 4:50.25 NMR (OR 4:52.64 Karnataka), 2. Tamil Nadu 4:59.64, 3. Maharastra 5:03.25

Group 2:

400m freestyle: 1. Surbhi Tipre (Mah) 4:49.08, 2. Amoolya. M. Reddy (Kar) 4:59.48, 3. Gulnaz Rawoof (TN) 5:03.71.

100m butterfly: 1. Harpreet Kaur (Del) 1:11.04, 2. U. Aditi Malavika (TN) 1:11.36, 3. Tanvi Doddanavar (Kar) 1:11.59.

50m breaststroke: 1. Monalisa Mondal (WB) 0:38.33 NMR (OR 0:38.66 Monalisa Mondal, WB), 2. Poorva Shetye (Mah) 0:38.91, 3. Mankiran Kaur (Pun) 0:39.22

4x100m relay medley: 1. Karnataka 5:03.94, 2. Maharastra 5:07.01, 3. West Bengal 5:14.33

Water Polo:

Boys: Punjab bt Gujarat 12-7, Manipur bt Delhi 13-6, Karnataka bt Punjab 12-5, Kerala bt Manipur 13-1, Bengal bt Karnataka 11-5, Kerala bt Maharashtra 11-1

Girls: Bengal bt Delhi 11-6, Karnataka bt Manipur 10-0, Maharashtra bt Karnataka 11-5, Kerala bt Bengal 9-1.

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