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Karnataka makes a splash

Special Correspondent

BANGALORE: Karnataka swimmers struck it rich on the first day of the South Zone swimming championship at the PMSC pool here on Wednesday. Five swimmers — Poornachandra, Prabhakar, Ramakrishna, K.S. Prajwal and Ayshwarya — won two golds each.

The results (winners only): Boys: Group I: 1500m freestyle: A.P.Gagan (Kar).17:48.22s. 50m backstroke: S. Ramakrishnather (AP) 31.42. 4x100m freestyle relay: Karnataka 3:53.60. 800m freestyle: Akshay Krishna (Kar) 9:38.42. 400m freestyle: Poornachandra (Kar) 5:07.32. 200m backstroke: Poornchandra 2:23.74. 50m butterfly: Ramakrishna 27.59.

Group II: 400m indivudal medley: Nithin Prabhakar (Kar) 5:40.20. 50m backstroke: V. Tarbu (Ker) 30.99. 100m freestyle: L. Shreyas (Kar) 1:04.0. 200m backstroke: Nithin Prabhakar 2:31.06. 50m butterfly: Sreelal (Ker) 30.26. 4 x 100m freestyle: Karnataka 4:08.27.

Group III: 200m individual medley: K.S. Prajwal (Kar) 2:44.93. 50m backstroke: Shreyas (Kar) 35.24. 50m butterfly: K.S. Prajwal 31.94. 4 x 50 medley relay: Karnataka 2:16.05.

Group IV: 50m backstroke: Vinith Kumar (TN) 37.27. 4 x 50m medley relay: Tamil Nadu 2:32.38. 50m butrerfly: Adarsh Narayan (TN) 36.09.

Girls: Group I: 1500m freestyle: Sushka Pratap (Kar) 19:12.90. 50m backstroke: Madhavi Giri (Kar) 34.34. 4 x 100m freestyle: Karnataka 4:31.34. 800m freestyle: Sreelakshmi Gorur (Kar) 10:06.99. 400m individual medley: Pooja R. Alva (Kar). 5:40.48. 200m backstroke: Sameeksha Alva 2:39.95. 50m butterfly: B. Neeraja (Kar) 32.07.

Group II: 200m individual medley: M. Pravalika (Kar) 5:42.29. 50m backstroke: Ayshwarya (TN) 33.55. 100m freestyle: Prathima 1:05.79. 200m backstroke: Ayshwarya 2:40.089. 50m butterfly: Arhatha Magavi.(Kar) 31.76. 4 x 100m freestyle: Karnataka 4:32.86.

Group III: 200m individual medley: C. Mena (Kar) 2:51.58. 50m backstroke: S. Meghana (Kar) 36.24. 50m butterfly: Tanya Agnihotri (Kar) 35.32. 4x50 m medley relay: Karnataka 2:23.50.

Group IV: 50m backstroke: Rita Francis (Ker) 39.81. 4 x 50 medley relay: Karnataka 2:35.32. 50m butterfly: Ashritha Bharadwaj (Kar) 37.04.