PUNE, Aug 17: The dominance of the Greater Mumbai swimmers was finally asserted. On the conclusion of the 61st State Senior, Junior and Sub-Junior Aquatics championships they surpassed the four digit mark to log 1002 points and bag the general championship.However, if it was a collective triumph for Greater Mumbai, it was a golden moment for 12-year-old Avinash Kriplani (Greater Mumbai) who not only bagged the individual title in Group-III, but was conferred the title of `Best Swimmer' leaving him the recipient of the Late Ganjawalla Trophy.
Avinash who held centre-stage for the past three days re-writing records, today failed to bring out the same performance. The only event which he took part, the 50m free-style, he finished with a silver, conceding gold to Parikshit Shetty (GMA) who logged a new state record of 0:28.02. The record thus erased the 1991 record set by Shane Pedder (GMA) who registered 0:28.16.Likewise, bespectacled Zeba Wadia of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) achieved a rare`double' claiming individual honours in the women's and Group-I. Likewise Riyad Palia made it a double strike winning honours in both men and the Group-II section.
Individual Champions
Men: Riyad Palia (GMA; 53 points); Women: Zeba Wadia (IIT; 81 pts). Group-I: (Boys): Kaustub Radkar (PDA; 54 pts); Girls: Nanita Khurana (GMA; 49 pts). Group-II (Boys): Riyad Palia (GMA; 63 pts); Girls: Zeba Wadia (IIT; 70 pts). Group-III: (Boys): Avinash Kriplani (GMA; 45 pts); Girls: Bhavana Sharma (GMA; 43 pts). Group-IV: (Boys): Arjun Murlidharan (PDA); Girls: Shruti Reddy (IIT).Results
MEN: 100 Butterfly: Mazhar Yasin (PDA, 1:04.01); Milind Koppikar (IIT, 1:05.87); Amar Muralidharan (PDA, 1:06.67). 400m Free: Amar Muralidharan (PDA, 4:36.04); Sidhant Nagrani (GMA, 4:38.96); Kustubh Radkar (PDA, 4:42.06). 100 Breast: Sandip Varma (BSA, 1:16.31); Riyad Palia (GMA, 1:17.54); Manish Jaswal (AHM, 1:17.65) 200 IM: Riyad Palia (GMA, 2:27.17); Avinash Kripalani(GMA, 2:30.30); V.Vinod (GMA, 2:32.15). 50 Butterfly: Shane Pedder (GMA, 0:27.56 NMR); Mazhar Yasin (PDA, 0.29.31); V.Vinod (GMA, 0.29.43). Previous Record: Shane Pedder (GMA) 0:28.37 (1997)BOYS (Under-18): 200 IM: Kaustubh Radkar (PDA, 2:33.74); Mazhar Yasin (PDA, 2:34.91); Ashish Phadke (PDA 2:40.85). 50 Free: Amol Borkar (GMA, 0:27.06); Kaustubh Radkar (PDA, 0:27.22); Shantanu Joshi (PDA, 0:27.40). (Under-15): 50 Free: Sidhant Nagrani (GMA, 0:28.06); Amar Muralidharan (PDA, 0:28.24), Krushna Asarkar (Akola, 0:28.38). 100 Breakstroke: Sandip Varma (BSA, 1:16.41); Riyad Palia (GMA, 1:17.54); Sahil Bhatia (GMA, 1:19.13). (Under-13): 50 Free: Parikshit Shetty (GMA, 0:28.02 NMR); Avinash Kripalani (GMA, 0.28.23); Varun Divgikar (GMA, 0:28.39). Previous Record: Shane Pedder (GMA, 0:28.16 in 1991). WOMEN: 100 Butterfly: Sindoor Thakkar, (GMA, 1:11.52); Zeba Wadia (IIT, 1:12.21); Nanita Khurana (GMA, 1:14.16). 400 Free: Zeba Wadia (IIT, 5:07.31); Avani Sawant (KOL, 5:14.98); Radhika Lakhani (GMA,5:17.63).200 IM: Sindoor Thakkar (GMA, 2:37.61), Zeba Wadia (IIT, 2:38.55), Bhavna Sharma (GMA, 2:47.06). 50 Butterfly: Nandita Shreenivasan (AUR, 0:32.62 NMR); Sindoor Thakkar (GMA, 0:32.62 BMR); Sai Barve (PDA, 0:32.68 BMR). Previous Record: Tejaswi Shetty (GMA) 0:34.92 (1997). 100 breast: Zeba Wadia (IIT 1:21.74, NMR); Bhavana Sharma (GMA, 1:23.92, BMR); She Yen Shu (GMA, 1:21.68). Previous Record: Sonali Rege (GMA) 1:24.20 (1992).GIRLS (Under-18): 200 IM: Nanita Khurana (GMA, 2:49.59); Sai Barve (PDA, 2:55.90); Deepali Patil (PDA, 3:00.66). 50 Free: Nandita Sreenivasan (AUR, 0:30.29); Depali Patil (PDA, 0:31.22); Nanita Khurana (GMA, 0:32.36). 200 Butterfly: Nanita Khurana (GMA, 2:45.39 NMR). Previous Record: Natalie Pedder (GMA) 2:45.84 (1991). (Under-15): 200IM: Sindoor Thakkar (GMA, 2:37.61 NMR); Zeba Wadia (IIT, 2:35.55 BMR), Farin Yasin (PDA, 2:50.39). Previous Record: Nanita Khurana (GMA, 2:41.19 in 1997). 50 Free: Sindoor Thakkar, (GMA, 0:29.10 NMR), Pooja Nair (KOL, 0:30.37); Zeba Wadia(IIT, 0:30.41). Previous Record: Nandita Sreenivasan (Aur, 0:29.44 in 1997). 100 breast: Zeba Wadia (IIT, 1:21.74 NMR); She Yen Shu (GMA, 1:24.68); Radhika Lakhani (GMA, 1:26.66). Previous Record: Radhika Lakhani (GMA) 1:23.91 (1997). Under-18 50 Free: Bhavana Sharma (GMA, 0:29.32 NMR), Gayatri Dhumatkar (GMA, 0:31.73); Vasudha Gudipatti (GMA, 0:32.41). Previous Record: Tejaswi Shetty (GMA) 0:29.44 (1991)
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