Likith SP sparkled with yet another national record as Karnataka stayed on course to retain the overall title in the 39th Junior National Aquatic Championships at the Velachery Aquatic Complex here on Saturday.
Defending champions Karnataka won eight gold medals on the penultimate day. Likith, who lowered the 100M breaststroke national mark on the first day, clocked two minutes 20.12 seconds to pocket the boys’ Group II 200M individual medley title. The Basavanagudi Aquatic Centre swimmer in the process erased the nine-year old mark of 2:22.21 created by Aditya Sangvekar of Maharashtra.
Results: Boys: Group I: 400M freestyle: Mitesh Manoj Kunte (Kar) 4:12.52, 1; Ajay A (Kar) 4:15.52, 2; Vedant Rao (Mah) 4:18.87, 3. 200M backstroke: Pranam B (Kar) 2:12.10, 1; Rohit Imoliya (MP) 2:14.30, 2; T Sethu Manickavel (TN) 2:17.50, 3.
50M butterfly: Rakshith U Shetty (Kar) 26.69 seconds, 1; Bobby Rana (Dli) 26.93, 2; A Govind Chakkaravarthy (TN) 27.00, 3.
200M individual medley: Arvind M (Kar) 2:14.60, 1; R Vishak (TN) 2:19.52, 2; Akhilesh Ram (Kar) 2:20.06, 3.
Group II: 400M freestyle: Md Yaqoob Saleem (Kar) 4:27.83, 1; Amitesh Raghav (Mah) 4:29.60, 2; Ishaan Jaffer (Mah) 4:29.75, 3. 200M backstroke: P Mukundhan (TN) 2:22.92, 1; Vedant Seth (Dli) 2:23.01, 2; M Kireety (AP) 2:26.15, 3. 50M butterfly: Shubham Upadhyay (MP) 27.38, 1; Ishaan Mehra (Mah) 28.60, 2; N Sriniram (TN) 28.77, 3.
200M individual medley: Likith SP (Kar) 2:20.12, NR (2:22.21, Aditya Sangvekar, Maharashtra, 2003) 1; Jason Smith (Mah) 2:20.81. BMR; Shwejal Mankar (Mah) 2:26.54, 3.
Girls: Group I: 800M freestyle: Pratima Kollali (Kar) 9:38.87, 1; Anusha Mehta (TN) 9:44.84, 2; Ashritha N Bharadwaj (Kar) 9:51.61, 3. 50M backstroke: Ananya Panigrahi (Mah) 2:32.23, 1; R Sushmitha (TN) 2:32.42, 2; Tulasi R Haritsa (Kar) 2:32.62, 3.
50M butterfly: Shivani Kataria (Har) 30.33 seconds, 1; Mugdha Mallareddy (TN) 30.35, 2; Rujuta Bhatt (Mah) 30.49, 3.
200M individual medley: Priyanka Priyadrshni (Dli) 2:30.00, 1; Kanchi Desai (Mah) 2:31.72, 2; VKR Meenakshi (TN) 2:32.21, 3.
Group II: 1500M freestyle: Aakanksha Vora (Mah) 18:03.83, NR (Old: 18:26.99, Surabhi Tipre, Maharashtra, 2007) 1; Nikita Bhaiya (TN) 19:25.78, 2; Nivya Raja (TN) 19:55.29, 3.
50M backstroke: Neha Prasad (Mah) 2:32.31, 1; Gitanjali Pandey (Guj) 2:32.73, 2; Akanksha Mahapatro (Dli) 2:37.99, 3.
50M butterfly: Damini K Gowda (Kar) 30.48 seconds, 1; Sherlyn Meghna Devadason (TN) 31.32, 2; Akanksha Mahapatro (Dli) 31.34, 3.
200M individual medley: Aakanksha Vora (Mah) 2:29.44, NR (Old: 2:31.43, Kanchi Desai, Maharashtra, 2010) 1; A V Jayaveena (TN) 2:30.03, 2. BMR; Akanksha Mahapatro (Dli) 2:35.57, 3.
Water polo (semifinals): Boys: Bengal bt Karnataka 7-1. Girls: Kerala bt Karnataka 12-1.
source: http://www.DeccanHerald.com / Home> Sports/ DHNS, Chennai, July 14th, 2012