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Ritya and Reeta hog the limelight

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Orison sisters, Ritya and Reeta, hogged the limelight on the second day of the State Junior and sub-junior aquatic championships at the Water Works Swimming pool here on Saturday.

Riya set the pool on fire as she broke the 15-year-old record in girls 100m freestyle in group II category. Riya clocked 1:09.00 to break M. Usha’s mark (1:09.26) set in 1994.

Her sister, Reeta also came to the party as she sunk an even older record in 100m freestyle girls’ group III category. Reeta erased the 18-year-old record of I. Remya (1:12.06) by clocking 1:11.34 seconds.

The day’s final record was in girls’ 4 x 50m freestyle relay in Group III category in which host Thiruvananthapuram broke its own record set last year. At the end of competitions on the second day, Thiruvananthapuram had taken a massive lead over its rivals and is poised to retain the overall title. Thiruvananthapuram leads the points tally with 1085 points followed by Ernakulam with 450 points and Thrissur with 181 points.

The results: Boys: Group I: 100m freestyle: 1. C. Lalkrishna (Tvm), 2. S. Sunil Kumar (Tvm), 3. V. Abhijith (Ekm), (0:59.22); 800m freestyle: 1. M. Toufeek (Tvm), 2. T.R. Rahul (Tvm), 3. M.S. Sreelal (Tvm), (9:54.19); 400m IM: 1. R.R. Rejin (Tvm), 2. V. Aravind (Tvm), 3. S.S. Shibinlal (Tvm), (5:35.68).

Group 11: 100m freestyle: 1. S. Arun (Tvm), 2. V.R. Vimal Raj (Tvm), 3. R.N. Sreeresh (Ekm), (1:02.81); 800m freestyle: 1. K. Shijil (Tvm), 2. C.S. Anandhu (Tvm), 3. K.S. Vishal (Tsr), (10:12.63); 100m butterfly: 1. A. Anantha Krishnan (Ekm), 2. S. Sonu (Tvm), 3. S.S. Sreekanth (Tvm) (1:09.09); 400m IM: 1. A. Anantha Krishnan (Ekm), 2. S.S. Sreekanth (Tvm), 3. S. Sonu (Tvm), (5:49.46).

Group III: 100m freestyle: 1. A.S. Anand (Tvm), 2. B.S. Rajesh (Tvm), 3. Jabin J. Abraham (Mlp), (1:07.12); 200m IM: 1. S. Saravanan (Tvm), 2. G. Gokul (Tvm), 3. Adarsh Saji Luke (Ekm), (2:45.14).

Group IV: 100m freestyle: 1. A.J. Rohith (Tvm), 2. Sujith (Tvm), 3. V.S. Sujilal (Tvm), (1:20.16).

Group V: 50m freestyle: 1. S. Sidharth (Tvm), 2. S.S. Abhijith (Tvm), 3. S. Dhaneesh Kumar (Tvm), (0:39.34); 50m butterfly: 1. S. Sidharth (Tvm), 2. S.S. Abhijith (Tvm), 3. G.S. Abhinav (Tvm), (0:45.13).

Girls: Group I: 100m freestyle: 1. M.R. Nithya (Tvm), 2. Sinju James (Tvm), 3. R.N. Sreeresh (Ekm), (1:02.81); 1500m freestyle: 1. M.R. Nithya (Tvm), 2. C. Priya (Tsr), 3. M.K. Tittymol (Tsr), (20:59.96); 400m IM: 1. M.K. Tittymol (Tsr), 2. C.R. Rekha (Tvm), 3. U.N. Neethu (Tvm), (6:27.81).

Group II: 100m freestyle: 1. Riya Orison (Ekm), 2. B.S. Salu (Tvm), 3. A.A. Archa (Tvm), (1:09.00 – NMR; OR – 1:09.26, M. Usha, 1994); 100m butterfly: 1. B.S. Salu (Tvm), 2. A.A. Archa (Tvm), 3. Lekshmi T. Nair (Tvm), (1:20.60), 400m IM: 1. Maria Philomina Joe (Ekm), 2. R.S. Arathy (Tvm), 3. S. Jaseela (Tvm), (6:31.91).

Group III: 100m freestyle: 1. Reeta Orison (Ekm), 3. Manya Manoharan (Tvm), 3. A.S. Aparna (Tvm), (1:11.34 – NMR; 1:12.06, I. Remya, 1991); 100m back stroke: 1. Reeta Orison (Ekm), 2. P. Greeshma (Tvm), 3. S. Arathy (Tvm), (1:28.25); 200m IM: 1. Soorya Surendran (Tvm), 2. U. Jisha Kumar (Tvm), 3. B.R. Srelekshmi (Tvm), (3:17.06); 4x50m freestyle relay: 1. Thiruvananthapuram, 2. Ernakulam, 3. Thrissur (2:17.50 – NMR; OR- 2.24.97, Thiruvananthapuram, 2008).

Group IV: 100m freestyle: 1. Srivarshini Goplakrishna (Tsr), 2. L.R.Akshayeswari (Tvm), 3. Uthara Muralidharan (Tvm), (1:31.13); 50m butterfly: 1. Srivarshini Goplakrishna (Tsr), 2. V.Drishya (Tvm), 3. Kavya Satheesan (Tvm, (0:47.00)

Group V: 50m freestyle: 1. Sandra Surendran (Tvm), 2. A.S. Akshaya (Tvm), 3. Mary Aleena Kondody (Ekm), (0:58.50); 50m butterfly: 1. Sandra Surendran (Tvm), 2. A.S. Akshaya (Tvm), 3. Ria Jovan Joe (Ekm) (1:13.66). — Principal Correspondent

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