NEW DELHI, JULY 4: Karnataka swimmers Rehan Poncha and Ambica N S Iyengar were crowned the boys and girls' champions while Maharashtra swept to all three team titles in the 16th National Sub-junior swimming championship today.Bangalore lad Poncha completed his fourth victory by swimming to the 100 metres butterfly stroke clocking 1:05.53 seconds, once again upstaging his lone rival Parikshit Shetty of Maharashtra.
Shetty, however, reversed the position as he powered to victory in the 100 metres freestyle. The Mumbai swimmer clocked 1:00.01 with Poncha two strokes adrift in coming second at 1:00.56.
Ambica won the girls' 100m freestyle in 1:05.81, pushing Maharashtra's Shruti Reddy (1:06.42) to the second spot.
Maharashtra reigned supreme in the relay events, winning the 4x50 metres freestyle relay in both sections. Maharashtra won the boys' (84 points), girls' (80) and overall championships (257) while Poncha (42) and Ambika (41) took the boys and girls individual titles.
Results
Boys:100m butterfly: 1. Rehan Poncha (Kar) 1:05.53 2, Parikshit Shetty (Mah), 3 Ashish Kulkarni (Kar). 100m freestyle: 1. Parikshit Shetty (Mah) 1:00.01, 2. Rehan Poncha (Kar), 3. Saurabh Mundra (Mah). 4x50m freestyle relay: 1. Maharashtra (Saurab Mundra, Arjun Muralidharan, Karan Nagpal, Parikshit Shetty) 1:56.63, 2. Karnataka 3. Bengal.
Girls: 100m butterfly: 1. Manshi Shelke (Mah) 1:12.90, 2. Shruti Reddy (Mah), 3. Prathibha R M (Kar). 100m freestyle: 1. Ambica N S Iyengar (Kar) 1:05.81, 2. Shruti Reddy (Mah), 3. Shruthy Arunkumar (TN). 4x50m freestyle relay: 1. Maharashtra (Manshi Shelke, Alefiyah Burmal, Pooja Ghorpade, Shruti Reddy) 2:05.03, 2. Karnataka 3. Tamil Nadu.
Diving: Group III high board: Boys: 1. Swaraj Patil (Mah) 211.80 points, 2. Jug Narain Singh (UP), 3. Chanderkumar Singh (Manipur). Girls: 1. Pooja C Gosavi (Mah) 191.70 points, 2. Purva Umakant Valvekar (Mah), 3. Amruta A Mohite (Kar).
Group II three-metre spring board: Boys: 1. G B Sharnath (Kar) 317.55, 2. Mrinal Raikar (Goa), 3. AmitSrivastava (UP). Girls: 1. Shruti Shrivastava (MP) 290.65, 2. Tanya Ganguli (WB), 3. Ashwini A Mohite (Kar).
Group I: One-metre spring board: Boys: 1. Sachin Tripathi (UP) 408.50, 2. Gaurav Sharma (Del), 3. Sandeep Misra (UP). Girls: 1. Suparna Paul (WB) 311.05, 2. Yeshaswini Anil Narayanpetkar (Mah), 3. Asmita A Mohite (Kar).Individual championship: Boys: Rehan Poncha 42 points. Girls: Ambica N S Iyengar 41 points.
Team championships: Boys: Maharashtra 84 points. Girls: Maharashtra 80.Overall championship: Maharashtra: 257 points. Diving: Individual championship: Group I boys: Sachin Tripati (UP) 21 points. Girls: Suparna Paul (Bengal) 21.
Team: Boys: UP 31. Girls: Bengal 21.
Group II: Boys: Mrinal Raikar (Goa) 15 points. Girls: Shruti Shrivastava (MP) 21.
Team: Boys: Goa 15 points. Girls: Bengal 25.
Group III: Swaraj Patil (Mah) 21. Girls: Pooja C Gosavi (Mah) 14.Team: Boys: Maharashtra 27. Girls: Maharashtra 33.
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