Sanjay and Aalyah rule the pool

Bengaluru: Sanjay CJ continued to add gloss to his personal CV as the Karnataka swimmer set another national mark on Day Two of the Glenmark 43rd junior National aquatic championship at the Basavanagudi Aquatic Centre on Wednesday.

Sanjay built on his first day’s performance as he clocked 8:45.56 seconds to erase Aryan Makhija’s two-year-old mark of 8:50.48s en route to the Group II 800M freestyle gold. His state-mate KS Saif Chandan (9:07.84) took the silver while Rudransh Mishra (9:21.30s) of Maharashtra took the bronze.

Meanwhile among girls, Aalyah Singh of Uttar Pradesh blazed her way to the yellow metal and a national record in the Group II 50M breaststroke. The 13-year-old stopped the clock at 35.28 seconds to rewrite the four-year-old record of 35.42 seconds set by AV Jayveena.

Karnataka continue to lead the medals tally with 16 gold, 10 silver and eight bronze while Maharashtra remain second having notched up seven gold, five silver and seven bronze medals. Madhya Pradesh occupy the third spot with two gold, five silver and two bronze.

Results: Group I Boys: 50M FS: 1. Rutvik Bhatt (Guj) 24.97s, 2. Neel Roy (Mah) 25.06s, 3. Jerry D D'Mello (Goa) 25.07s. 1500M FS: 1. Advait Page (MP) 16:46.30s, 2. S. Aswathaaman (TN) 17:13.19s, 3. Prajwal Wagh (Mah) 17:13.65s 50M BR: 1. Siddharth Sankhe (Mah) 30.44s, 2. Nithya Anand (TN) 31.12s, 3. Varun Patel (MP) 31.33s. 200M Fly: 1. Shivaksh Sahu (Cht) 2:08.21s, 2. M. Rahul (Kar) 2:10.99s, 3. Pratyay Bhattacharya (WB) 2:15.98s. GIrls: 50M BR: 1. Riddhi S Bohra (Kar) 36.67s, 2. B Preethi (TN) 37.37s, 3. Harshitha Jayaram (Kar) 37.71s. 50 FS: 1. Shraddha Sudhir (Kar) 28.59s, 2. Suman D Ms Patil (Goa) 28.70s, 3. Sadhvi Dhuri (Mah) 28.81s. 400M FS: 1. Rayna Saldanha (Mah) 4:44.46s, 2. Bhavika Dugar (TN) 4:47.4s, 3. H.M. Preksha (Kar) 4:47.46s 200M Fly: 1. Damini K. Gowda (Kar) 2:24.06s, 2. Trisha Karkhanis (Mah) 2:32.53s, 3. S.V.Nikitha (Kar) 2:33.26s Group II: Boys: 50M BR: 1. Ricky Singh Laikhuram (Man) 32.55s, 2. Kushal P (Kar) 32.94s, 3. Sahil Hooda (Har) 33.69s. 50M FS: 1. Bastab Tapan Bordoloi (Asm) 25.47s, 2. Prasidh Krishna PA (Kar) 26.48s, 3. P Vikkas (TN) 26.49s. 800M FS: 1. C.J. Sanjay (Kar) 8:45.56s, (NR OR: 8:50.48s, Aryan Makhija, Mah, 2014), 2. K.S. Saif Chandan (Kar) 9:07.84s, 3. Rudransh Mishra (Mah) 9:21.30s 200M Fly: 1. Param Birthare (MP) 2:15.57s, 2. P.A. Prasidh Krishna (Kar) 2:15.84s, 3. D.Adhithya (TN) 2:15.95s.
Girls: 50M BR: 1. Aaliyah Singh (UP) 35.28s (NR, OR: AV Jayveena 35.42s, 2012), 2. Annie Jain (MP) 35.44s, 3. R Jaahnavi (TN) 36.78s. 50M FS: 1. Kenisha Gupta (Mah) 28.20s, 2. Annie Jain (MP) 28.52s, Sunana Manjunath (Kar) 28.94s. 400M FS: 1. Khushi Dinesh (Kar) 4:47.02s, 2. Tanuj Trina (Tel) 4:50.17s, 3. S.S. Nandini (Kar) 4:58.72s. 200M Fly: 1. Mayuri Lingaraj (Kar) 2:31.21s, 2. Rinki Bordoloi (Del) 2:36.91s, 3. Smruthi Mahalingam (Kar) 2:37.32s.