Date:02/11/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/11/02/stories/2007110261962400.htm

Sport

Diptesh, Riddhi, Mankiran shine

Special Correspondent

CHENNAI: Diptesh Chatterjee, Riddhi Desmukh, and Mankiran Kaur shone on the penultimate day of the CBSE National swimming championship held here.

They won double titles and set a new meet record each.

The results (all winners):

Boys:

Freestyle: 400m, U-19: Mohit Aggarwal (DPS RK Puram, Delhi) 4:58.49; 200m, U-16: Kusha H. Sridhar (Jnanodaya, Bangalore) 2:17.02; 200m, U-14: Jayawant Kumar (Chettinad, Chennai) 2:18.68.

200m individual medley: U-19: Diptesh Chatterjee (Hariyana Vidyalaya, Kolkata) 2:35.42; U-16: Raktim Baruah (Rajdhani Public School, Sonapur) 2:33.90; U-14: Jaywant Vijaykumar (Chettinad, Chennai) 2:38.21; U-12: Jyotirman Dey (Don Bosco School, Guwahati) 2:56.09.

200m breaststroke: U-19: Diptesh Chatterjee (Hariyana Vidyamandir, Kolkata) 2:51.11 (NMR, old 2:52.11); U-16: Shrey Goel (Bosco PS, Delhi) 2:49.35.

200m backstroke: U-19: Anurag Sharma (Maharishi Vidyamandir, Guwahati) 2:49.07.

4x100m medley relay: U-19: Shah Satnamji (Sirsa) 5:03.74; U-16: Abudhabi Indian School (Gulf) 5:14.52 (NMR, old 5:52.06).

Girls: Freestyle: 400m, U-19: Riddhi Desmukh (Apeejay School, Navi Mumbai) 5:11.75 (NMR, old 5:14.18); 200m, U-16: Surineni Kiruthika (ADIS, Gulf) 2:38.15; 200m, U-14: S. Darshini (Amrita Vidhyalaya, Chennai) 2:33.44.

200m individual medley: U-19: Riddhi Desmukh (Apeejay School, Navi Mumbai) 2:59.58; U-16: Mankiran Kaur (Golden Earth, Sangrur) 2:56.04; U-14: Aditi Shah (Bhavan’s BP Vidyamandir, Nagpur) 2:50.26; U-12: Madhumitha (DAVPS, Chennai) 2:55.71 (NMR, old 2:59.84).

200m breaststroke: U-19: Arpanjeet Kaur (Golden Earth Global School, Sangrur) 3:11.82 (NMR, old 3:17.38); U-16: Mankiran Kaur (Golden Earth Global School, Sangrur) 3:09.57 (NMR, old 3:14.75).

200m backstroke: U-19: B. Harika Reddy (SBOA, Chennai) 2:44.11 (NMR, 2:51.31).

4x100m medley relay: U-19: ADIS (Gulf) 6:08.08.