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Six more records rewritten on the penultimate day

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KOLKATA: Six more records were rewritten on the penultimate day of the four-day 25th sub-junior National aquatics meet at the Subhas Sarobar pool here on Saturday. Five of them were accounted in the swimming events and one in diving.

Ananya Panigrahi of Maharashtra clocked 1:14.63s in winning the 100m backstroke for girls’ in Group III. Ranit Dey of Bengal and Rujuta Bhatt of Maharashtra won the 100m butterfly events in Group III with new timings. Swara Kulkarni produced a record time in the 50m butterfly for girls in Group IV. The fifth record was set in the 4x50m freestyle relay by Karnataka quartet (girls’ Group IV).

The results: Boys: Group III (11-12 years): 100m backstroke: 1. Aravind M. (Kar) 1:13.74s, 2. Pranam B. (Kar) 1:16.46, 3. Gautham Selvakumar (TN) 1:17.16; 50m breaststroke: 1. Raoul Rajani (Mah) 37.53s, 2. Joy Bahadur Jamatia (Tri) 38:55, 3. Arun S. (Ker) 38.56; 100m butterfly: 1. Ranit Dey (Ben) 1:06.07s (NMR, previous record 1:09.51 by Mohit Kumar of Delhi in 2003), 2. J.T. Yugesh Kumar (TN) 1:08.53 (NMR), 3. Supriya Mondal (Ben) 1:10.10. Group IV (9-10 years): 50m butterfly: 1. Vishawesh Dudham (Mah) 34.08s, 2. Rajeev B. (Kar) 34.62, 3. Vignesh N. (Kar) 34.71; 4x50m freestyle relay: 1. Maharashtra 2:12.52s, 2. Karnataka 2:13.73, 3. Tamil Nadu 2:15.25.

Girls: Group III: 100m backstroke: 1. Ananya Panigrahi (Mah) 1:14.63s (NMR, previous record 1:14.88s by Kavya of Maharashtra in 2007), 2. S. Vilassini (TN) 1:15.45, 3. Avantika Chavan (Mah) 1:20.90s; 50m breaststroke: 1. S. Angel Rose (TN) 39.33s, 2. Divya Guruswamy (Kar) 39.75, 3. Priyanka (Del) 39.95; 100m butterfly: 1. Rujuta Bhatt (Mah) 1:10.03s (NMR, previous record 1:11.66 by Arhatha Magavi of Karnataka in 2006), 2. Kanchi Desai (Mah) 1:12.02, 3. V.K.R. Meenakshi (TN) 1:13.26. Group IV: 50m butterfly: 1. Swara Kulkarni (Mah) 34.80s, (NMR, previous record 34.96 by Rujuta Bhatt of Maharashtra in 2006), 2. Ashwathy Nair (Mah) 35.16, 3. K. Harishree J. Rai (Kar) 36.12; 4x50m freestyle: 1. Karnataka (Damini Gowda, Deeksha Ramesh, K. Harishree J. Rai & Malavika V.) 2:15.16s (NMR, previous record 2:17.00s by Maharashtra in 2006), 2. Maharashtra 2:16.49 (NMR), 3. Tamil Nadu 2:25.73. Diving: Boys: Group III (12-13 years): Highboard: 1. Rahul Deb (Ben) 236.45 points, 2. Supratim Das (Ben) 214.05, 3. M.M. Meitei (Ser) 210.60. Group I (16-18): Springboard 1m: 1. Rahul Soman (Goa) 319.60, 2. Mihir Sabla (Mah) 315.15, 3. Billol Adhikary (Ben) 304.30. Girls: Group III (12-13 years): Highboard: 1. Swati V. Vidap (Mah) 195.20, 2. Mayuri Dhadke (Mah) 148.95, 3. Twinkle Singha (Ben) 141.50. Group I (16-18): Springboard 1m: 1. Hrutika Shriram (Mah) 321.55, 2. Poonam S. Shah (Mah) 273.45, 3. Karishma Mohite (Kar) 273.00. Group III (12-13): Springboard 3m: 1. Nammi Divya Theja (Kar) 275.10 points, (NMR, previous record 270.45 by Poonam S. Shah of Maharashtra in 2006), 2. Priyanka Thakkar (Mah) 252.50, 3. G.P. Veda Priya (TN) 229.70.