MUMBAI, July 16: Riyad Palia of Otters Club and Bhavana Sharma (BPCL) looked on a record breaking mood on the opening day of the Greater Mumbai Amamteur Aquatics Association (GMAA) Age-Group and Open Aquatic Championships, sponsored by Suman Motels, at the Andheri Sports Complex today.A total of nine records went for a toss on the inaugural day of the four-day championships.
Leading the pack of record breakers were Palia and Bhavna who accounted for two records each.
Palia swam splendidly to erase Shane Pedder's five-year-old record in the 200 metres back-stroke for boys Group II by nearly seven seconds with an incredibly fast time of 2 minutes 30.30 seconds. Another 12-year-old 100 m butterfly stroke was sent for a toss by Palia with a time of 1 minute 9.30 seconds. The record was held by former National champion Gaurav Kapoor.Bhavana had her share of glory with two records to her credit.
She set a blistering pace to win the 50 metres freestlye girls Group III handsomely in a record time of 29.44seconds. She also faced no opposition in the 100 metres breaststroke. She clocked 1 minute 24.75 seconds.
The other records broken today were; Nanita Khurana (200m backstroke), Sindoor Thakkar (100m freestyle), Avinash Kripalani (50m Butterfly), Parikshit Shetty (100m Breaststroke) and Gayatri Dhumatkar (50m Butterfly).
Results
Mens Backstroke 200m: Riyad Palia (Otters 2:30.30), V Vinod (KG 2:34.68), Sidhant Nagrani (Otters)
Butterfly 50m: V Vinod (KG 28.55), Aditya Shetty (JVP 29.28), Shailesh Chavan (MLWB)
Freestyle relay 4x50m: Khar Gymkhana (1:52.50), Otters Club (1:59.88), MLWB
Boys Gr I Freestyle 100m: Tejas Pathare (MGMC 1:00.49), Amol Borkar (KG 1:01.99), Aditya Shetty (JVP)
Backstroke 200m: Tejas Pathare (MGMO 2:49.25)
Butterfly stroke 100m: Aditya Shetty (JVP 1:10.02)
GR II Freestyle 100m: Riyad Palia (Otters 1.01.93), Sahil Bhatia (KG 1:04.88)
Backstroke 200m: Riyad Palia (Otters 2:30.30), Sidhant Nagrani (Otters2:36.53), Sahil Bhatia (KG)
Butterfly stroke 100m: Riyad Palia (Otters 1:09.30), Sidhant Nagrani (Otters 1:11.72), Sahil Bhatia (KG)
GR III Freestyle 50m: Parikshit Shetty (Otters 28.40), Avinash Kriplani (KG 28.59), Varun Dicgikar (Otters 28.9)
Breaststroke 100m: Parikshit Shetty (Otters 1:20.91) NMR, Avinash Kripalani (KG 1:22.20), Varun Divgikar (Otters)
Butterfly 50m: Avinash Kripalani (KG 30.34) NMR, Parikshit Shetty (Otters 31.36), Varun Divgikar (Otters)
Boys I&II 4x50m Freestyle relay: Khar Gymkhana (1:52.50), MGMC (1:54.28), Otters Club
Womens Backstroke 200m: Sindoor Thakkar (Otters 2:48.66), Rashi Oberoi (Otters 2:51.68), Nanita Khurana (Otters)
4x50m Freestyle relay: ASP (2:20.81), Otters (2:21.53), PMHBButterfly 50m: Sindoor Thakkar (Otters 33.46), Gayatri Dhumatkar (KG 33.58), Bhavna Sharma (BPCL)
Girls Gr I Freestyle 100m Gr I: Navita Khurana (Otters 1:12.37)
Backstroke 200m: Nanita Khurana (Otters 2:52.16),Deepali Anvekar (ARC 3:33.74)
Butterfly stroke 100m: Nanita Khurana (Otters 1:17.19), Deepali Anvekar (ARC 1:31.86)
Gr II Freestyle 100m: Sindoor Thakkar (Otters 1:05.50), Rashmi Oberoi (Otters 1:08.66), Radhika Lakhani (Otters)
Backstroke 200m: Sindoor Thakkar (2:48.66), Rashi Oberoi (Otters 2:51.68), Radhika Lakhani (Otters)
Butterfly 100m: Sindoor Thakkar (Otters 1:14.42), Radhika Lakhani (Otters 1:15.10), Shi Yen Shu (ASP)
Gr III Freestyle 50m: Bhavana Sharma (BPCL 29.44) NMR, Gayatri Dhumatkar (KG 31.9), Vasudha Gudipati (BPCL)
Breaststroke 100m: Bhavana Sharma (BPCL 1:24.75) NMR, Gayatri Dhumatkar (KG 1:29.87), Vishakha Naik (MSP)
Butterfly 50m: Gayatri Dhumatkar (KG 33.58) NMR, Bhavna Sharma (BPCL 33.58), Vasudha Gudipati (BPCL)
Girls I&II Freestyle 4x50m: Otters (2:21.53), ASP (2:42.70)
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