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16 new marks set on penultimate day

Principal Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Records fell like nine pins on the second day of the 20th South Zone junior and sub-junior aquatic championship at the Water Works Swimming Pool here on Sunday.

Sixteen new marks were set on the penultimate day that saw R. Rishendar (TN), Siddanth Deshmukh (Karnataka), A.P. Gagan (Karnataka) and V. Turbu (Kerala) set a record double in the boys section.

Boys outshone girls by setting 11 of the records that were set on Sunday.

The results:

Boys: Group I: 100m freestyle: 1. K. Mani (TN),56.46s; 800m freestyle: 1. R. Rishendar (TN),9:04.31 — NMR, OR - 9:36.21, Abhiram, 2006); 100m butterfly: 1. S. Premnath (TN), 1:01.83; 200m breaststroke: 1. D. Tamilarasan (TN), 2:43.18; 400m IM: 1. Aswin Menon (Kar), 4:59.44; 4x200m freestyle: 1. Tamil Nadu, 8:53.99 — NMR, OR - 9:09.10, Tamil Nadu, 2006.

Group II: 100m freestyle: 1. K. Mani (TN), 56.46; 200m freestyle: 1. K. Divakar (TN), 2:07.64; 800m freestyle: 1. A.P. Gagan (Kar), 9:35.50 — NMR, OR - 9:54.73, Poorna Chandra, 2006; 100m butterfly: 1. Siddant Deshmukh (Kar), 59.78 — NMR; OR - 1:04.45, K. Divakar, 2006; 200m breaststroke: 1. D. Tamilarasn (TN), 2:43.18; 400m IM: 1. Siddant Deshmukh (Kar), 5:08.34 — NMR, OR - 5:11.24, Ashwin Menon, 2006; 4X200m freestyle: 1. Karnataka, 9:17.09 — NMR, OR - 9:20.14, Karnataka, 2006.

Group III: 100m freestyle: 1. Jaywant (TN), 1:03.03; 100m backstroke: 1. V. Turbu (Ker), 1:11.09 — NMR, OR - 1:13.98, A. Pramod, 2005; 50m breaststroke: 1. Akash Rohit (Kar), 36.56 — NMR, OR - 37.70, M.T. Jithesh, 2004; 200m IM: 1. Akash Rohit (Kar), 2:33.90.

Group IV: 100m freestyle: 1. M.R. Harishith (Kar), 1:10.28; 50m butterfly: 1. K. Aravind (TN), 34.44; 4x50m freestyle: 1. Tamil Nadu, 2:11.76.

Girls': Group I: 100m freestyle: 1. A.R. Rohini (Ker), 1:07.06 — NMR, OR - 1:07.72, Mridula Rajiv, 2005; 1500m freestyle: 1. A.A. Sarojini Devi (TN), 20:43.50; 100m butterfly: 1. T. Archana (TN), 1:14.41 — NMR; OR - 1:15.55, Bhuvaneswari, 2006; 200m breaststroke: 1. B. Praveena Devi (TN), 3:05.47; 400m IM: 1. H.S. Priyanka (Ker), 5:52.87; 4X200m freestyle: 1. Kerala, 10:17.20 — NMR, OR - 10:34.38, Tamil Nadu, 2006.

Group II: 100m freestyle: 1. Sameeksha S. Alva (Kar), 1:07.88; 200m freestyle: 1. Gulnaz Rawoof (TN), 2:25.29; 1500m freestyle: 1. Gulnaz Rawoof (TN), 19:43.09 — NMR, OR - 20:01.40, G. Archana Gupta, 2006; 100m butterfly: 1. Swati Sharma (AP), 1:13.53; 50m breaststroke: 1. V.L. Reshma (Ker), 41.15; 200m breaststroke: 1. Sonali Senthilvel (TN), 3:12.60; 4X50m freestyle: 1. Karnataka, 2:07.47 — NMR, OR - 2:07.98, Tamil Nadu, 2006.

Group IV: 100m freestyle: 1. S. Vilassini (TN), 1:12.09; 50m butterfly: 1. Ohileshwari (Kar), 34.90; 4X50m freestyle: 1. Tamil Nadu, 2:13.47 — NMR; OR - 2:14.92, Karnataka, 2005.