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Sethu Manikavel stars on day one

Chennai: T. Sethu Manikavel starred on day one of the Senthil Memorial State-level swimming meet here on Saturday, winning gold in the 50m backstroke, 200m individual medley and 100m backstroke in the boys’ Group III category, setting new meet records in each of the events.

The results (winners):

Boys:

Group I: 800m freestyle: D. Girish Kumar (Turtles) 9:25.10s; 50m backstroke: K. Nanda Kumar (TSPA) 30.25s; 200m butterfly: N. Arvind (TSPA) 2:15.69s (NMR); 100m breaststroke: Sandeep Devasenapathy (Turtles) 1:17.92s; 400m individual medley: B. Sathish (SDAT Salem) 5:23.43s; 200m freestyle: Jayawant Vijayakumar (Turtles) 2:02.00s.

100m backstroke: K. Nanda Kumar (TSPA) 1:06.44s; 50m freestyle: Sajan Prakash (NLC) 25.75s; 4x100m freestyle relay: Turtles 3:59.90s; 4x100m medley relay: Turtles 4:31.12s (NMR).

Group II: 800m freestyle: D. Vigneshwaran (NLC) 9:47.25s (NMR); 50m backstroke: T. Athip (SDAT Sakthi) 33.94s; 200m butterfly: J.T. Yugesh Kumar (Turtles) 2:32.11s; 100m breaststroke: P. Sandeep (NLC) 1:17.14s; 400m individual medley: J.T. Yugesh Kumar (Turtles) 5:36.46s; 200m freestyle: Kavin Sai Muthuvel (CAC) 2:16.83s; 100m backstroke: Gautham Selvakumar (Turtles) 1:13.58s; 50m freestyle: P. Sandeep (NLC) 26.02s (NMR); 4x100m freestyle relay: NLC 4:16.74s; 4x100m medley relay: Turtles 4:54.29s.

Group III: 50m backstroke: T. Sethu Manikavel (SDAT Tirunelveli) 34.32s (NMR); 100m breaststroke: P. Kumaresh Pandiyan (SDAT Sakthi) 1:27.48s; 200m individual medley: T. Sethu Manikavel (SDAT Tirunelveli) 2:40.65s (NMR); 200m freestyle: Arun Thaneer Malai (Turtles) 2:24.29s; 100m backstroke: T. Sethu Manikavel (SDAT Tirunelveli) 1:14.44s (NMR); 50m freestyle: M. Anandan (SDAT Sakthi) 29.07s; 4x50m medley relay: SDAT Sakthi 2:15.93s.

Group IV: 50m backstroke: S. Aswathaaman (Turtles) 39.16s; 200m individual medley: S. Aswathaaman (Turtles) 2:56.44s; 50m freestyle: M. Harish Raj (SDAT Anna) 32.20s; 4x50m freestyle relay: Chennai Corporation 2:23.38s.

Girls:

Group I: 800m freestyle: A. Gulnaz Rawoof (Turtles) 10:07.12s; 50m backstroke: C. Ayshwarya (SDAT Sakthi) 34.91s; 200m butterfly: Pavithra Rawat (Turtles) 2:56.86s; 100m breaststroke: M. Ragavi (Turtles) 1:22.15s (NMR); 400m individual medley: R. Sruthi (SDAT Tiruchi) 7:46.09s; 200m freestyle: A. Gulnaz Rawoof (Turtles) 2:21.69s; 100m backstroke: C. Ayshwarya (SDAT Sakthi) 1:13.69s; 50m freestyle: V.K. Visali (SDAT Sakthi) 31.03s; 4x100m freestyle relay: Turtles: 4:46.42s; 4x100m medley relay: Turtles 5:28.16s.

Group II: 800m freestyle: Anusha Mehta (Orca) 10:00.45s (NMR); 50m backstroke: R. Sushmitha (Turtles) 35.33s; 200m butterfly: S. Dharshini (CAC) 2:38.03s; 100m breaststroke: N. Harini (CAC) 1:28.74s; 400m individual medley: V.K.R. Meenakshi (Turtles) 5:38.53s; 200m freestyle: Anusha Mehta (Orca) 2:19.53s; 100m backstroke: S. Vilassini (Turtles) 1:16.00s; 50m freestyle: R. Sushmitha (Turtles) 30.15s; 4x100m freestyle relay: Turtles 4:33.02s; 4x100m medley relay: Turtles 5:14.31s.

Group III:

50m backstroke: Sherlyn Devadasan (Orca) 35.81s; 100m breaststroke: A.V. Jayaveena (Turtles) 1:25.99s (NMR); 200m individual medley: Sherlyn Devadasan (Orca) 2:48.09s; 200m freestyle: M. Yuvashree (Chennai Corporation) 2:32.64s; 100m backstroke: M. Aarthi (SDAT Anna) 1:21.33s; 50m freestyle: A.V. Jayaveena (Turtles) 31.07s; 4x50m medley relay: Orca 2:32.75s.

Group IV: 50m backstroke: Nivya Raja (Orca) 37.70s (NMR); 200m individual medley: Nivya Raja (Orca) 2:59.41s (NMR); 50m freestyle: Nivya Raja (Orca) 33.00s; 4x50m freestyle relay: Orca 2:20.88s (NMR).