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Turbu steals the show; six records set on the opening day

Principal Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: V. Turbu of Ernakulam stole the limelight on the first day of the State Junior and sub-junior aquatic championships at the Water Works Swimming Pool here on Friday.

Turbu erased one of the oldest records from the book as he broke R. Satheeshkumar’s 130-year-old record in b200m back stroke boys group 1 category.

In a one horse race from the start, Turbu clocked 2:25.15 to break Satheesh’s old mark (2:27.96) set in 1996.

Apart from Turbu’s mark there were five other records on the opening day. The other record- breakers were Salu Sasi (200m freestyle boys group 1), S.Arun (100m breast stoke oys group 11), Reeta Orison (50m back stroke girls group III), M.R.Nithya (800m freestyle girls group I) and Thiruvananthapuram’s 4x50m medlay squad in girls group III).

At the end of competition on the first day, Thiruvananthapuram was leading the points tally with 558 points followed by Ernakulam (245 points) and Thrissur (91 points).

The results: Boys: Group 1: 200m freestyle: 1. Salu Sasi (Tvm), 2. C. Lalkrishna (Tvm), 3. M. Thoufeek (Tvm), (2:10.22 – NMR; OR – 2:10.28, G.Sarath, 2005); 1500m freestyle: 1. M. Thoufeek (Tvm), 2. S.S. Vishak (Tvm), 3. T.R. Rahul (Tvm), (18:54.84); 50m back stroke: 1. V. Turbu (Ekm), 2. R.U. Anuraj (Tvm), 3. S.Subash (TVM), (0:30.56); 200m back stroke: 1. V. Turbu (Ekm), 2. Aravind (Tvm), 3. S.Subash (Tvm), (2:25.15 – NMR; OR – 2:27.96, R. Satheesh Kumar, 1996); 100m breast stroke: 1. R. Rajesh (Tvm), 2. Sanju Issac (Ekm), 3. B.S. Adarsh (1:15.33); 200m butterfly: 1. V. Abhijith (Ekm), 2. R.Rahul (Tvm), 3. M.S. Sreelal (Tvm) (2:26.07); 4x100m medley relay: 1. Thiruvananthapuram, 2. Ernakulam, 3. Thrissur (4:37.03).

Group II: 1500m freestyle: 1. K. Shijil (Tvm), 2. G.S. Anandu (Tvm), 3. R. Rahul Chandran (Tvm), (19:32.19); 50m back stroke: 1. R.N. Sreeresh (Ekm), 2. U.M. Justin (Alp), 3. V.R. Vimal Raj (Tvm) (0:34.25); 200m back stroke: 1. R.N.Sreeresh (Ekm), 2. S.S. Sree Kanth (Tvm), 3. A.K. Ajith (Tvm), (2:44.16); 100m breast stroke: 1. S. Arun (Tvm), 2. R. Saravyan (Tvm), 3. S.K. Sreejith (Tvm), (1:18.60 – NMR; OR – 1:18.89, R. Saravyan, 2008); 200m butterfly: 1. A. Anantha Krishnan (Ekm), 2. S.S. Sreekanth (Tvm), 3. A.S. Akhil (Tvm), (2:38.22); 4x100m medley relay: 1. Thiruvananthapuram, 2. Ernakulam, 3. Alappuzha (5:05.25).

Group III: 200m freestyle: 1. A.S. Anand (Tvm), 2. B.S. Rajesh (Tvm), 3. V. Amal (Tvm), (2:24.47); 50m back stroke: 1. R.S. Vaishnav (Tvm), 2. Jabin J.Abraham (Mlp), 3. B.S. Abhijith (Tvm), (0:39.03); 100m breast stroke: 1. V. Vinesh (Tvm), 2. S. Suneesh (Tvm), 3. Akhil Ghosh (Tsr), (1:33.50); 100m butterfly: .1 S. Saravanand (Tvm), 2. A.S. Anand (Tvm), 3. Adarsh Saji Luke (Ekm), (1:09.56); 4x50m medley relay: 1. Thiruvananthapuram, 2. Ernakulam, 3. Palakkad (2:28.47). Group IV: 1. Nikhil Zakharya (Ekm), 2. A.R. Nikhil (Tvm), 3. Midhun Krishnan (Tvm) (0:41.94).

Group V: 1. S. Sidharth (Tvm), 2. Chiranthan Prasan (Ekm), 3. M. Mridul (Pkd), (0:53.97).

Girls: Group I: 200m freestyle: 1. M.R. Nithya (Tvm), 2. C. Priya (Tsr), 3. Sinju James (Tsr), (2:28.56); 800m freestyle: 1. M.R. Nithya (Tvm), 2. C. Priya (Tsr), 3. Sinju James (Tsr), (10:51.59 – NMR; OR – 10:56.43, Saranya S.Nair, 2006); 50m back stroke: 1. M.D. Dhilina (Tsr), 2. M.S. Mahima (Tsr), 3. A.S. Archana (Tvm), (0:38.57); 200m butterfly: 1. M. Jyothi (Tsr), 2. M.K. Tittymol (Tsr), 3. Reena Augustine (Tsr), (2:57.97); 4X100m medley relay: 1. Thrissur, 2. Thiruvananthapuram, 3. Ernakulam (5:36.13).

Group II: 800m freestyle: 1. A.A. Archa (Tvm), 2. V. Vismaya (Tvm), 3. Nimya Babu (Tvm), (11.42.81); 50m back stroke: 1. Maria Philomina Jose (Ekm), 2. S. Jaseela (Tvm), 3. Sebha Paul (Tvm), (0:37.75); 200m back stroke: 1. Maria Philomina Joe (Ekm), 2. S. Jaseela (Tvm), 3. Sebha Paul (Tvm), 100m breast stroke: 1. Riya Orison (Ekm), 2. R.S.Arathy (Tvm), 3. H.N.Haritha (Tvm), (1:26.81); (2:58.50); 200m butterfly: 1. T.K. Krishneedu (Tvm), 2. A.R. Kavya (Tvm), 3. S.R. Akhila (Tvm), (3:28.19); 4x100m medley relay: 1. Thiruvananthapuram, 2. Ernakulam, 3. Alappuzha (5:05.25).

Group III: 200m freestyle: 1. Manya Manoharan (Tvm), 2. A.S.Aparna (Tvm), 3. B.R. Sreelekshmi (Tvm), (2:41.91); 100m breast stroke: 1. U. Jisha Kumar (Tvm), 2. Hind Naval (Ekm), 3. S. Arathy (Tvm), (1:40.97); 50m back stroke: 1. Reeta Orison (Ekm), 2. Manya Manoharan (Tvm), 3. P. Greeshma (Tvm), (0:37.28 – NMR; OR – 0:38.71, Reeta Orison, 2008); 100m butterfly: 1. M. Swathy Sunder (Tvm), 2. R.S. Lekha (Tvm), 3. M. Arathi (Tvm), (1:27.22); 4x50m medley relay: 1. Thiruvananthapuram, 2. Ernakulam (2:43.02 – NMR; OR – 2:43.37, Thiruvananthapuram, 2007). Group IV: 50m back stroke: 1. L.R. Akshayeswari (Tvm), 2. Uthara Muralidharan (Tvm), 3. Srivarshini Gopalakrishna (Tsr), (0:46.93). Group V: 50m breast stroke: A.S. Akshaya (Tvm), 2. Sandra Surendran (Tvm), 3. Ria Joyan Jose (Ekm), (1:13.97).