NASHIK, SEPT 26: Amar Murlidharan (Pune) and Shane Pedder (Greater Mumbai) were at their record-breaking exercise again. They have set two records each after two days of the Senior State Swimming Championships. Shane who holds the National 50m butterfly record, powered to a ``no sweat'' 26.93s effort, lowering the State record by .62s. He, however, fell short of his National best of 26.44s.Amar, among the probables for the SAF Games, sheared five full seconds off his State record with a 15:15.80s effort in the gruelling 30-lap 1500m freestyle event.
RESULTS
MEN: 200 Backstroke: Riyad Palia (GMA; 2.32.78s); Ananda Borge (Kol); Siddhant Nagrani (GMA). 50 Butterfly: Shane Pedder (GMA; 26.94s NMR); Mazhar Khan (PDA); V Vinod (GMA). 1,500 Freestyle Amar Murlidharan (PDA; 18:15.80s NMR); Avinash Kriplani (GMA); Mandar Divse (Kol).
Diving: 1m Springboard: Mahesh Yadav (PDA; 348.30 pts); Swaraj Patil (Nsk); Arjun Kawle (GMA).
WOMEN: 50 Butterfly: Tejaswai Shetty (GMA; 33.01s); Pooja Ghorpade (PDA);Bhavan Sharma (GMA). 800 Freestyle: Avni Sawant (Kol; 10:24.45s); Bhavana; Tejaswi.
Diving (1m springboard): Yashaswini Narayanpethkar (Sol; 278.19 pts); Vidita Pawle (GMA); Avni Shah (GMA).
Waterpolo (S/F): Pune 18 (Meghana Chitale 4, Rujute Deshpande 3, Abhaya Vartak 3, Meghana Paranjpe 2, Anuja Mazgaonkar 2, Jalaja Deshpande 2 Asmita Karnik 2) bt Nagpur 0; Mumbai 7 (Kushnaz Subedar 2, Yogita Dhuri 2, Bhairavi Merchant, Delna Bhumgara, Aksha Parwan) bt Amravati 2 (Smita Gavhane, Dipti Motghare).
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