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Yoshmitha, Divya make a splash

Tuticorin: A. Yoshmitha (Group II) and Divya Chellam (Group IV) of Vikaasa School (Tuticorin) won four gold medals each in the girls’ section in the Sterlite Industries Tuticorin-Tirunelveli Districts Schools swimming meet at Tuticorin on Saturday.

The results (all winners): Boys (Group I): 100m freestyle: K. Rajkumar 1:08.21s; backstroke: K. Rajkumar 1:21.98s; breaststroke: V. Nareen (Bell School, Palay) 1:35.56s; 50m freestyle: K. Rajkumar 30.57s; backstroke: K. Rajkumar 35.87s; breaststroke: V. Nareen 41.62s. 25m backstroke: Ashwin Pranesh (Vikasa School) 16.32s; breaststroke: V. Nareen 17.20s; butterfly: Ashwin Pranesh 14.83s.

Group II: 100m freestyle: M. Sarath Sadayappan (St. Xavier) 1:14.81s; backstroke: B. Ram (VS) 2:17.38s; breaststroke: Ganapathy Rakesh (BMC) 1:24.57s; 50m freestyle: Ganapathy Rakesh 31.84s; backstroke: V. Iyappa Prasad (CH) 44.97s; breaststroke: Ganapathy Rakesh 37.55s; 25m backstroke: V. Iyappa Prasad 22.22s; breaststroke: Ganapathy Rakesh 16.84s; butterfly: Sarath Sadayappan 16.68s.

Group III: 50m freestyle: S. Aravind (St. Xavier) 34.09s; backstroke: S. Aravind 42.48s; breaststroke: T. Emil Robinson (Pushpalatha MHSS) 43.42s; 25m backstroke: S. Muthukumar (Sri Jeyandra Swami) 19.54s; breaststroke: T. Emil Robinson 18.45s; butterfly: T. Emil Robinson 17.75s.

Group IV: 25m freestyle: Sethumanickavel (Bell School) 15.01s; backstroke: Sethumanickavel 18.47s; breaststroke: Sethumanickavel 20.35s; butterfly: Sethumanickavel 16.80s.

Girls: Group I: 100m freestyle: S. Murshita Sinas (Bell School) 1:52.79s; backstroke: Tanya Kumbhat (VS) 2:38.73s; breaststroke: V. Mariammal (KAC) 2:08.53s; 50m freestyle: V. Mariammal 43.54s; backstroke: S. Murshita Sinas 1:03.68s; breaststroke: V. Mariammal 55.12s; 25m backstroke: S. Murshita Sinas 26.59s; breaststroke: V. Mariammal 24.17s; butterfly: Augesten Selvi (BMC Group of School) 39.80s.

Group II: 100m freestyle: E. Ida Esther (KAC) 1:40.94s; backstroke: A. Yoshmitha (VS) 1:45.63s; breaststroke: Maharaja Radha Ducly (KAC) 2:08.72s; 50m freestyle: A. Yoshmitha 34.90s; backstroke: G. Eswari (SPIC) 59.06s; breaststroke: Maharaja Radha Ducly 55.33s; 25m backstroke: G. Eswari 25.22s; breaststroke: A. Yoshmitha 21.90s; butterfly: A. Yoshmitha 18.61s.

Group III: 50m freestyle: K. Athithya Juwala (SJS) 36.19s; backstroke: K. Athithya Juwala 46.03s; breaststroke: K. Athithya Juwala 51.34s; 25m backstroke: G. Thangamari (KAC) 20.35s; breaststroke: G. Thangamari 22.68s; butterfly: K. Athithya Juwala 19.66s.

Group IV: 25m freestyle: Divya Chellam (VS) 22.52s; backstroke: Divya Chellam 19.96s; breaststroke: Divya Chellam 22.52s; butterfly: Divya Chellam 21.54s.

TNEB (Chennai) and Port Trust (Tuticorin) will clash for the title in the TNEB Golden Jubilee State-level basketball tournament at Tuticorin.