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Havaldar and Shubha are champions in Group 1

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Chennai: Karnataka's Rohit R. Havaldar, who erased five records in the championship was named the boys' Group 1 individual champion, while C. Shubha (MP) clinched the girls' Group 1 individual championship (four meet records), in the 33rd junior national aquatics championship which concluded at the Velachery Aquatics Complex on Sunday.

Karnataka's Aaron D'souza and Maharashtra's Surabhi Tipre were the Group 2 boys' and girls' individual champions, respectively.

Karnataka swept all the four (boys' and girls' group 1 and 2) team championships, with a total of 46 gold, 31 silver and 20 bronze. Maharashtra was second in the medals list with Delhi finishing third.

Kerala won the boys' water polo event, while Maharashtra took the honours in the girls' section.

Individual champions:

Boys:

Group 1: Rohit R. Havaldar (Kar) 35 points, 5 new meet records; Group 2: Aaron D'souza (Kar) 35 points, 5 NMRs.

Girls: Group 1: C. Shubha (MP) 28 points, 4 NMRs; Group 2: Surabhi Tipre (Mah) 35 points.

Team championships: Boys: Group 1: Karnataka 165 points; Group 2: Karnataka 202 points.

Girls: Group 1: Karnataka 191 points; Group 2: Karnataka 158 points.

The results (fifth day):

Boys:

Group 1: 50m butterfly: 1. Veer Dhaval Khade (Mah) 26.50s, NMR (OR 26.79s, Veer Dhaval Khade, Mah), 2. Tarun Tokas (Del) 27.98s, 3. Sanketh Bengre (Kar) 28.07s; 200m backstroke: 1. Rohit R.Havaldar (Kar) 2:13.51, NMR (OR 2:17.57 Sushanth, Kar), 2. N.A. Sandeep (Kar) 2:14.65, 3. Praveen Tokas (Del) 2:18.75; 100m freestyle: 1. Khade (Mah) 54.02s, NMR (OR 55.52s, Aniketh D'souza, Kar), 2. N.A. Sandeep (Kar) 55.14s, 3. K. Mani (TN) 56.83s; 4x200m relay freestyle: 1. Karnataka 8:25.87 NMR (OR 8:35.17 Karnataka), 2. Maharastra 8:29.55, 3. Tamil Nadu 8:39.84.

Group 2: 50m butterfly: 1. K. Divakar (TN) 27.71s, NMR (OR 28.50s Aditya Sangvekar, Mah), 2. Siddhant Deshmukh (Kar) 28.51s, 3. Gopinath Koyal (WB) 28.96s; 200m backstroke: 1. Siddarth (Kar) 2:27.19, 2. Aditya Kamath (Mah) 2:31.67, 3. Gopinath Koyal (WB) 2:36.73; 100m freestyle: 1. K. Divakar (TN) 57.51s, 2. Siddarth (Kar) 1:00.34, 3. Ishan Ohale (Mah) 1:00.51; 4x200m relay freestyle: 1. Karnataka 8:58.39, 2. Maharastra 9:23.02, 3.Tamil Nadu 9:44.59.

Girls:

Group 1: 50m butterfly: 1. C. Shubha (MP) 29.90s, NMR (OR 29.98s C. Shubha, Kar), 2. Lekha Kamath (Mah) 29.98s, 3. B. Neeraja (Kar) 33s; 200m backstroke: 1. Fariha Zaman (Asm) 2:34.91, 2. Kshipra Mahajan (Kar) 2:37.21, 3. G. Megna Gupta (Kar) 2:38.09; 100m freestyle: 1. C. Shubha (MP) 1:01.13, NMR (OR 1:01.67 Ambica Iyengar, Kar), 2. Lekha Kamath (Mah) 1:01.36, 3. B. Neeraja (Kar) 1:01.98; 4x200m relay freestyle: 1. Karnataka 9:32.03, NMR (OR 9:43.39 Karnataka), 2. Maharastra 9:55.60, 3. Kerala 10:06.33.

Group 2: 50m butterfly: 1. Monalisa Mondal (WB) 32.04s, 2. U. Aditi Malavika (TN) 32.55s, 3. Tanvi Doddanavar (Kar) 32.58s; 200m backstroke: 1. Madhavi Giri (Kar) 2:36.74, 2. Hetadave (MP) 2:41.44, 3. Sameeksha S. Alva (Kar) 2:41.51; 100m freestyle: 1. Surabhi Tipre (Mah) 1:04.29, 2. M.M. Venpa (TN) 1:05.91, 3. Talasha Prabhu (Goa) 1:06.43; 4x200m relay freestyle: 1. Karnataka 9:50.49, 2. Maharastra 10:10.32, 3. Tamil Nadu 10:26.61

Water Polo:

Final: Boys: Kerala 9 bt Bengal 8.

Girls: Maharashtra 8 beatt Karnataka 1.

Third place:

Boys: Karnataka 5 bt Maharashtra 3.

Girls: Kerala 11 bt Bengal 4.

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