The Hindu : Sport : Agnishwar and Gulnaz Rawoof rule the pool

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Monday, Sep 22, 2008
ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version

Sport

Sport - Sports : General

Agnishwar and Gulnaz Rawoof rule the pool

Sports Reporter

— Photo: M. Karunakaran

PROUD CHAMPIONS: Agnishwar and Gulnaz Rawoof with their trophies.

Chennai: Turtles’s J. Agnishwar and A. Gulnaz Rawoof’s eight gold medals each, all in record time, earned them the individual champion awards in the men’s and women’s categories respectively on the concluding day of the 35th Delphi TVS State senior aquatic championship at the Velachery Aquatics Complex.

Agnishwar and Gulnaz accumulated 60 points each. Turtles swept all of the day’s silverware, claiming the men’s, women’s and overall club championships. Olympian Sebastian Xavier distributed the prizes.

The results: Men: 1,500m freestyle: 1. B. Vivek (Turtles) 18:49.18, 2. Allen James Tom (NLC) 19:04.29, 3. D. Girishkumar (TSPA) 19:22.31. 200m Breaststroke: 1. J. Agnishwar (Turtles) 2:27.14 NMR (OR J. Agnishwar 2:36.81), 2. K. Elavarasan (SDAT Sakthi) 2:44.98, 3. V. Antony (SDAT Sakthi) 2:46.85. 100m Butterfly: 1. C.G. Gowtham (SDAT Sakthi) 1:02.98, 2. S. Premnath (Turtles) 1:03.12, 3. A. Md Thaberzkhan (NLC) 1:03.73. 200m Backstroke: 1. M.B. Balakrishnan (SDAT Sakthi) 2:18.30, 2. C.G. Gowtham 2:24.68, 3. N. Arvind (TSPA) 2:33.80. 100m Freestyle: 1. Jayawant Vijayakumar (Turtles) 56.97s, 2. Jayakumar (Turtles) 57.48s, 3. V. Anandaraj (SDAT Sakthi) 58.92s. 50m Breaststroke: 1. J. Agnishwar 30.37s NMR (OR J. Agnishwar 31.18s), 2. K. Elavarasan 33.52s, 3. V. Antony 34.19s. 50m Butterfly: 1. K. Divakar (SDAT Anna) 27.43s, 2. M.B. Balakrishnan 27.54s, 3. Hemanathan (GAC) 28.15s. 400m Freestyle: 1. Sajan Prakash (NLC) 4:35.69, 2. B. Vivek 4:35.72, 3. Allen James Tom 4:43.23. 200m Individual Medley: 1. J. Agnishwar 2:12.42 NMR (OR J. Agnishwar 2:16.97), 2. C.G. Gowtham 2:26.17, 3. M. Vimal (SDAT Anna) 2:30.49. 4x100m Freestyle Relay: 1. Turtles 3:52.28 NMR (OR SRSA 4:02.81), 2. SDAT Sakthi 3:55.19, 3. NLC 4:10.90.

Women: 1,500m Freestyle: 1. A. Gulnaz Rawoof (Turtles) 19:37.06 NMR (OR A. Gulnaz Rawoof 20:11.11), 2. S Dharshini (CAC) 20:18.18, 3. S. Ashwathy Nair (Turtles) 20:47.83. 200m Breaststroke: 1. M.M. Venpa (SDAT Dolphin) 2:59.21, 2. M. Raghavi (Turtles) 3:01.00, 3. A.R. Madhumitha (CAC) 3:15.10. 100m Butterfly: 1. U. Aditimalavika (NLC) 1:10.64 NMR (OR V. Sivaranjani Venus 1:11.46), 2. T. Archana (NLC) 1:12.12, 3. V.K.R. Meenakshi (Turtles) 1:13.57. 200m Backstroke: 1. C. Ayshwarya (SDAT Sakthi) 2:38.16 NMR (OR Mayurakumar Inchem 2:39.82), 2. T. Archana (NLC) 2:43.68, 3. S. Vilassini (Turtles) 2:47.67. 100m Freestyle: 1. A. Gulnaz Rawoof 1:04.69 NMR (OR Nisha Millet Dolphin 1:04.85), 2. U. Aditimalavika (NLC) 1:05.04, 3. M. Hemanthika (Turtles) 1:05.71. 50m Breaststroke: 1. M.M. Venpa 37.73s, 2. M. Raghavi 38.44s, 3. Angel Rose (TSPA) 40.05s. 50m Butterfly: 1. U. Aditimalavika 31.73s, 2. M. Hemanthika 32.79s, 3. C. Ayshwarya 33.30s. 400m Freestyle: 1. A. Gulnaz Rawoof 4:54.91 NMR (OR A. Gulnaz Rawoof 5:01.12), 2. V.K.R. Meenakshi (Turtles) 5:05.42, 3. Anusha Mehta (ORCA) 5:12.03. 200m Individual Medley: 1. M.M. Venpa 2:38.24 NMR (OR M.M. Venpa 2:40.01), 2. M. Raghavi 2:42.78, 3. S. Dharshini 2:43.05. 4x100m Freestyle Relay: 1. Turtles 4:31.49 NMR (OR SDAT Sakthi 4:37.74), 2. TSPA 4:41.72, 3. CAC 4:46.48.