Date:21/09/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/21/stories/2008092160821800.htm

Sport - Swimming

Records galore on opening day

Sports Reporter

Chennai: Fourteen new meet records were set on the first day of the 35th Delphi TVS state senior aquatic championship, at the Velachery Aquatics Complex on Saturday.

SDAT’s M.B. Balakrishnan and Turtles’s J. Agnishwar bettered their own meet records in two categories each, in the men’s events.

In the women’s category, Turtles’s A. Gulnaz Rawoof finished with two new records, while SDAT Sakthi’s C. Ayshwarya broke a 15-year-old record in the 100m backstroke event, besides claiming the 50m backstroke record.

The results: Men: 800m freestyle: 1. B. Vivek (Turtles) 9: 42.81, 2. D. Girishkumar (TSPA) 10: 02.70, 3. Allen James Tom (NLC) 10:25.24. 200m butterfly: 1. C.G. Gowtham (SDAT Sakthi) 2:21.82, 2. G. Harikrishna Babu (NLC) 2:21.93, 3. A Md Thaberzkhan (NLC) 2:26.74.

50m backstroke: 1. M.B. Balakrishnan (SDAT Sakthi) 28.25s NMR (OR M.B. Balakrishnan 28.40s), 2. S. Premnath (Turtles) 30.67s, 3. K. Sathish (SDAT Sakthi) 31.25s. 100m breaststroke: 1. J. Agnishwar (Turtles) 1: 07.83 NMR (OR J. Agnishwar 1:10.71), 2. V. Antony (SDAT Sakthi) 1:14.39, 3. K. Elavarasan (SDAT Sakthi) 1:14.74.

4 x 200m freestyle relay: 1. Jayakumar, Premnath, Agni, Jaywant (Turtles) 8:41.43 NMR (OR SDAT Anna 9:01.64), 2. Sajan, Sandeep, Abinash, Thabrez (NLC) 9:04.37, 3. Anand, Gowtham, Satish, Balakrishnan (SDAT Sakthi) 9:10.81.

200m freestyle: 1. Jayawant Vijayakumar (Turtles) 2:05.34 NMR (M. Murugan TSPA 2:07.06), 2. Sajan Prakash (NLC) 2:10.22, 3. D. Girishkumar (TSPA) 2:10.26. 100m backstroke: 1. M.B. Balakrishnan (SDAT Sakthi) 1:01.38 NMR (OR M.B. Balakrishnan 1:01.53), 2. S. Premnath (Turtles) 1:05.78, 3. N. Arvind (TSPA) 1:07.69.

50m freestyle: 1. K Divakar (SDAT Anna) 26.01s, 2. V. Anandaraj (SDAT Sakthi) 26.24s, 3. Jayakumar (Turtles) 26.28s.

400m individual medley: 1. J. Agnishwar (Turtles) 4:49.96 NMR (OR J. Agnishwar 4:50.75), 2. C.G. Gowtham (SDAT Sakthi 5:11.28, 3. N. Arvind (TSPA) 5: 15.50.

4x100m medley relay: 1. Premnath, Agni, Jaywant, Jayakumar (Turtles) 4:16.69 NMR (OR SDAT Sakthi 4: 30.80), 2. Balakrishnan, Antony, Gowtham, Anandraj (SDAT Sakthi) 4:19.41, 3. Arvind, Senthil, Satish, Girish (TSPA) 4:48.29.

Women:

800m freestyle: 1. A. Gulnaz Rawoof (Turtles) 10:08.30 NMR (OR A. Gulnaz Rawoof ORCA 10:27.78), 2. S. Ashwathy Nair (Turtles) 10: 45.68, 3. Anusha Mehta (ORCA) 10:47.46. 200m butterfly: 1. U. Aditimalavika (NLC) 2:40.07 NMR (OR N. Arthi CAC 2: 44.00), 2. S. Dharshini (CAC) 2:41.12, 3. V.K.R. Meenakshi (Turtles) 2:43.10.

50m backstroke: 1. C. Ayshwarya (SDAT Sakthi) 33.27s NMR (OR R. Aishwarya Dolphin 33.96s), 2. R. Sushmitha (ORCA) 35.63s, 3. S. Vilassini (Turtles) 35.81s. 100m breaststroke: 1. M.M. Venpa (SDAT Dolphin) 1:24.33, 2. M. Raghavi (Turtles) 1: 26.71, 3. A.R. Madhumitha (CAC) 1:30.48.

4x200m freestyle relay: 1. Ashwathy, Raghavi, Meenakshi, Gulnaz (Turtles) 9:56.44 NMR (OR NLC 10:10.98), 2. Sushmitha, Diyya, Anitha, Anusha (ORCA) 10:29.19, 3. Lavanya, Madhumitha, Suganya, Dharshini (CAC) 10:29.81.

200m freestyle: 1. A. Gulnaz Rawoof (Turtles) 2:19.43 NMR (OR V. Sivaranjani Venus 2:19.87), 2. V.K.R. Meenakshi (Turtles) 2:25.43, 3. Anusha Mehta (ORCA) 2:29.23.

100m backstroke: 1. C. Ayshwarya (SDAT Sakthi) 1: 11.91 NMR (OR Mayurakumar Indchem 1:12.46), 2. T. Archana (NLC) 1:15.46, 3. Angel Rose (TSPA) 1:18.74. 50m freestyle: 1. M. Hemanthika (Turtles) 29.87s, 2. U. Aditimalavika (NLC) 29.90s, 3. M. Raghavi (Turtles) 30.62s.

400m individual medley: 1. M.M. Venpa (SDAT Dolphin) 5:35.02, 2. S. Dharshini (CAC) 5:41.24, 3. S. Vilassini (Turtles) 5:55.54. 4x100m medley relay: 1. Vilassini, Raghavi, Meenakshi, Gulnaz (Turtles) 5:07.42 NMR (OR SDAT Sakthi 5:11.06), 2. Angel, Praveena, Saranya, Visali (TSPA) 5:17.15, 3. Lavanya, Madhumitha, Dharshini, Suganya (CAC) 5:27.42.