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Spate of records on opening day

Principal Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Fifteen records were set on the opening day of the 20th South Zone junior and sub-junior Aquatic championships at the Water Works Swimming pool here on Friday.

Tamil Nadu led the points tally at the end of the competitions on the first day with 331, marginally ahead of defending champion Karnataka (325). Host Kerala was a distant third at 189 points.

The results:

Boys:

Group I: 200m freestyle: 1. Rishender (TN) (2:06.97); 2. K.M. Vishnu (Kar); 3. K. Mani (TN). 1,500m freestyle: 1. R. Rishender (TN) (17:30.82 — NMR; 18:27.28 — OMR, N. Abhiram, 2006), 2. N. Abhi Ram (AP), 3. K.M. Vishnu (Kar). 50m backstroke: 1. S.R. Sarath (TN) (0:30.20); 2. S. Ramakrishna (AP); 3. V. Nandu (Ker). 200m backstroke: 1. Ashwin Menon (Kar) (2:21.13 - NMR; OR - 2:23.77, Skanda R. Aswanth, 2004); 2. S.R. Sarath (TN); 3. Anoop Augustine (Ker). 200m butterfly: 1. K.M. Vishnu (Kar) (2:20.57); 2. S. Premnath (TN); 3. Muralikrishna (Ker). 100m breaststroke: 1. D. Tamilarasan (TN); 2. Amar Thapa (Kar); 3. V. Antony (TN) (1:14.18); 4x100m medley relay: 1. Tamil Nadu (4.24.49 - NMR; OR - 4:28.31, TN, 2005); 2. Kerala; 3. Karnataka.

Group II: 1,500m freestyle: 1. A.P. Gagan (Kar) (18:08.59 - NMR; OR - 19:00.83, Gagan, 2006); 2. M.V. Balajeev (Kar); 3. M.S. Sreelal (Ker); 50m backstroke: 1. M. Siddarth (Kar) (0:32.10); 2. K. Nanda Kumar (TN); 3. Pramod Yadav (Kar). 200m backstroke: 1. M. Siddarth (Kar) (2:26.37); 2. S.R. Nithin (Kar); 3. K. Nadha Kumar (TN); 200m butterfly: 1. D. Siddanth (Kar) (2:16.20 - NMR; OR - 2:31.53, Pooja R.Alva, 2005); 2. Yashas R. Kumar (Kar); 3. T. Archana (TN). 100m breaststroke: 1. S.R. Koushik (Kar) (1:15.09); 2. Sarath K. Mukundan (TN); 3. Adithya Roshan (Kar).

Group III: 200m freestyle: 1. Jaywant (TN) (2:17.56); 2. M. Thoufeek (Ker); 3. Akash Rohit (Kar). 50m backstroke: 1. V. Tarbu (Ker); 2. S. Abhinav (Kar), 3. Tarun Muali (TN). (0:32.45 - NMR; OR - 0:32.55, Susanth Krishna, 2003). 100m breaststroke: 1. Akash Rohit (Kar) (1:16.75 - NMR; OR - 1:18.93, S.R. Koushik, 2006); 2. R.L. Arunkumar (Ker); 3. R. Saraviyan (Ker). 100m butterfly: 1. V.S. Abhinav (Kar), 2. K.S. Prajwal (Kar) (1:10.68).

Group IV: 50m backstroke: 1. B. Pranam (Kar) (0:36.60 - NMR; OR - 0:37.12, N. Venkadeswaran, 2006); 2. M. Arvind (Kar); 3. Gautham (TN). 200m IM: 1. M. Arvind (Kar) (2:48.94 - NMR; OR - 2:51.88, Shrevas, 2006); 2. B. Pranam (Kar); 3. N.N. Vineeth (AP).

Girls:

Group I: 200m freestyle: 1. A.A. Sarojini Devi (TN) (2:27.97); 2. A.R. Rohini (Ker); 3. Saranya S. Nair (Ker). 800m freestyle: 1. A.A. Sarojini Devi (TN) (10:45.44); 2. Saranya S. Nair (Ker); 3. H.S. Priyanka (Ker). 50m backstroke: 1. Amreen Malik (AP) (0:34.21); 2. B. Harika Reddy (TN); 3. J. Sharma (AP). 200m backstroke: 1. T. Archana (TN) (2:47.28 - NMR; OR - 2:49.49, K.Aishwarya, 2006); 2. B. Harika Reddy (TN); 3. K.R. Anu (Ker). 200m butterfly: 1. H.S. Priyanka (Ker) (2:50.53 - NMR; OR - 2:50.70, N.Arthi, 2006); 2. N. Arthi (TN); 3. T. Archana (TN). 4X100m: 1. Tamil Nadu (5:18.41 - NMR; OR - 5:20.54, Tamil Nadu, 2006); 2. Kerala; 3. Andhra Pradesh.

Group II: 800m freestyle: 1. Sushanka Pratap (Kar) (10:17.63 - NMR; OR - 10:30.03, G. Archana Gupta, 2006); 2. Gulnaz Rawoof (TN); 3. Navya G. Shenoy (Kar). 50m backstroke: 1. S. Sameeksha (Kar) (0:34.65); 2. C. Ayshwarya (TN); 3. S. Swetha Shri (TN). 200m back stroke: 1. Sameeksha S. Alva (Kar) (2:39.97); 2. C. Asyshwarya (TN); 3. K.G. Sindhura (Kar). 100m breast stroke: 1. Sonali Sethilvel (TN) (1:27.81); 2. M. Pravallika (Kar); 3. Namratha Shetty (Kar).

200m butterfly: 1. Sushaka Pratap (Kar) (2:41.40); 2. G. Saranya (TN); 3. Pragathi (Kar).

Group III: 200m freestyle: 1. Prathima Kollali (Kar) (2:24.44), 2. Sree Lakshmi (Kar), 3. J. Archana (TN). 50m backstroke: 1. R.C. Sanskruthi (Kar) (0:36.10); 2. R. Bhoomi (Kar); 3. R. Sushmitha (TN). 100m breaststroke: 1. Bhoomi R. Motwani (Kar) (1:28.28); 2. V.L. Reshma (Ker); 3. M. Raghavi (TN). 100m butterfly: 1. Arhatha Magavi (Kar) (1:11.18 - NMR; OR - 1:11.73, Madhavi Giri, 2005); 2. Hemanthika (TN); 3. Sree Lakshmi (Kar).

Group IV: 50m backstroke: 1. S. Vilassini (TN) (0:37.60 - NMR; OR - 0:37.90, Vibhavi, 2005); 2. Angel Rose (TN); 3. Ishwarya. 200m IM: 1. Ishwarya Bhandari (Kar) (2:58.60); 2. S. Vilassini (TN); 3. G. Divya (Kar).

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