Bengaluru: Karnataka’s domestic supremacy continued unabated as they wrapped up their 25th consecutive title in the Glenmark junior National aquatic championship which concluded at the Basavanagudi Aquatic Centre on Saturday. The hosts finished with 37 gold, 22 silver and 23 bronze to take the overall championship with 607 points while Maharashtra came way behind in second with 406 points (17 gold, 18 silver and 15 bronze).
Karnataka’s Sanjay CJ and Maharashtra’s Neel Roy were adjudged individual champions in the boys Group II and I respectively while Mayuri Lingaraj and Damini K Gowda, both from Karnataka, earned the honours in the girls’ respective categories. On the final day of the proceedings, Sayani Ghosh set the lone national record in the 400M individual medley event in Group I.
The Bengal swimmer touched the pad in 5:14.04 seconds to rewrite Kanchi Desai’s five-year-old mark of 5:14.46 seconds en route to the gold. Karnataka’s Rhia Singh (5:29.20s) and Maharashtra’s Rayana Saldhana (5:31.61s) took the silver and bronze respectively. For Karnataka, M Rahul (800M FS, Group I), Sanjay 1500M FS, Group II), P Kushal 200M BR, Group II), Damini (100M FS, Group I), Harshitha Jayaram (200M BR, Group I) and Poojitha G Murthy (400M IM, Group II) all bagged individual gold medals to cap a dominant show by the state.
Results: Boys: Group I: 4x100M medley: 1. Maharashtra 4:07.53s, 2. Karnataka 4:10.59s, 3. Delhi 4:10.97s; 800M FS: 1. M. Rahul (Kar) 8:51.86s, 2. Kushagra Rawat (Del) 8:53.02s, 3. Advait Page (MP) 8:55.75s; 200M BR: 1. Varun Patel (MP) 2:29.08s, 2. Yuvraj Patel (Guj) 2:29.64s, 3. Siddharth Sankhe (Mah) 2:30.13s; 100M Fly: 1. Mihir Ambre (Mah) 57.72s, 2. Priyank Rana (Del) 58.25s, 3. Shivaksh Sahu (Cht) 58.33s.
Group II: 4x100M medley: 1. Karnataka 4:19.65s, 2. Maharashtra 4:30.05s, Tamil Nadu 4:30.53s; 1500M FS: 1. C.J. Sanjay (Kar) 17:14.8s, 2. K.S. Saif Chandan (Kar) 17:39.39s, 3. Anurag R. Singh (Goa) 17:50.88s; 200M BR: 1. P. Kushal (Kar) 2:34.53s, 2. Sahil Hooda (Har) 2:41.77s, 3. Arjun Sambu (Ker) 2:44.33s; 100M Fly: 1. D Adhithya (TN) 1:00.43s, 2. Bastab Tapan Bordloi 1:00.46, 3. Prasidha Krishna PA (Kar) 1:01.37s.
Girls: Group I: 4x100M medley: 1. Karnataka 4:41.19s, 2. Maharashtra 4:41.35s, 3. Bengal 4:47.89s; 100M FS: 1. Damini K. Gowda (Kar) 1:00.3s, 2. Sadhvi Dhuri (Mah) 1:02.13s, 3. Shraddha Sudhir (Kar) 1:02.39s; 200M BR: 1. Harshitha Jayaram (Kar) 2:49.75s, 2. Sayani Ghosh (WB) 2:50.8s, 3. Shriya Bhat (Kar) 2:58.81s; 400M IM: 1. Sayani Ghosh (WB) 5:14.04s NMR (OR: Kanchi Desai 5:14.46s Mah, 2011), 2. Rhia Singh (Kar) 5:29.20s, 3. Rayna Saldhana (Mah) 5:31.61s
Group II: 100M FS: 1. Kenisha Gupta (Mah) 1:01.92s, 2. Annie Jain (MP) 1:02.19s, 3. Mayuri Lingaraj (Kar) 1:02.37s; 4x100M medley: 1. Karnataka 4:57.49s, Tamil Nadu 5:07.37s, 3. Assam 5:10.54s; 200M BR: 1. Silki Nagpure (Guj) 2:55.02s, 2. S.S. Nandini (Kar) 2:59.88s, 3. Pratiksha Patel (Kar) 3:00.0; 400M IM: 1. Poojitha G. Murthy (Kar) 5:42.48s, 2. G. Saachi (Kar) 5:47.21s, 3. Vedka Makhija (UP) 5:48.11s.
Individual awards: Best swimmer: Boys: Group I: Neel Roy (Mah); Group II: Sanjay CJ (Kar).Girls: Group I: Damini K Gowda (Kar); Group II: Mayuri Lingaraj (Kar). Overall Championships: Swimming: 1. Karnataka (607 points); 2. Maharashtra (406 points).
Boys: 1. Maharashtra (140 points); 2. Karnataka (173 points).
Girls: 1. Karnataka (187 points); 2. Karnataka (159 points).
Water Polo: Boys (final): Bengal 13 bt Maharashtra 12. Third place: Kerala 13 bt Karnataka 5.
Girls (final): Bengal 7 bt Maharashtra 5, Third place: Kerala 8 bt Karnataka 4.
