Team Herald
PANJIM: Prabhat Koli and Arya Sheth of Mumbai emerged as the fastest swimmers on the final day of the two-day, 9th Goa Swimathon 2019 which concluded at the Bambolim beach on Sunday. Mumbai swimmers dominated the final day’s proceedings with as many as 11 podium finishes in various age categories. On Saturday, swimmers from Bengaluru had similarly dominated proceedings with 11 podium finishes.
While Prabhat won his 2km open category race in 32:53 minutes, Arya won the one km open category race in 14:53 minutes. Nicole Pavri of Goa kept the state flag flying when she won the one km race for senior women in 23:27 minutes.
Goa had reason to cheer too, as the state bagged seven podium finishes in the various age categories over the two-day event. The Goan podium finishers include, Nicole Pavri and Ira Prem (both 1km), Tanya Parasher ( 2km), Babu Pandit, Vinod Salelkar ( both 2km), Aamod Shirali ( 10km) and Hansika Veluskar ( 250metres).
RESULTS: One km races 1) 1km open men: Tulasi Chaitanya, Vijaywada, (15:37) 2) 1km open women: Srushti Tambe, Mumbai, (19:32) 3) 1km junior men: Durven Naik, Mumbai, (18:07) 4) 1km junior women: Arya Sheth, Mumbai, (14:53) 5) 1km senior men: Shamoil Vapra, Pune, (22:41) 6) 1km senior women: Nicole Pavri, Goa, (23:27) 7) 1km veteran men: Anand Gupta, Ahmedabad,( 21:28) 8) 1km veteran women: BR Uma, Bengaluru, (29:53)
2km races: 1)2km open men: Prabhat Koli, Mumbai, 32:53 2) 2km open women: Shalmali Walujkar, Pune, 36:02 3) 2km junior men: Aman Shanbag, Dharwad, 38:12 4) 2km junior women: Bhavana Gubnavar, Bengaluru, 70:58 5) 2km senior men: Sandip Bhoir, Alibag, 37:19 6) 2 km senior women: Niroopa Padmajab, Hassan, 71:06 7) 2km veteran men: Arun Malik, New Delhi, 46:11 8) 2km veteran women: Meera Cheema, New Delhi, 49:10
5km races: 1) 5km Mens open: 1) Utkarsh Hagde, Thane, (1:29:17) 2) 5km womens open: 1) Supriya Nimbalkar, Kolhapur ( 1:45:18) 3)5km Junior women: 1) Rutuja Ranawade, Pune (2:52:01) 4) 5km senior men: 1) Arjun Koustubhan, Hyderabad ( 1:51:59)5) 5km women seniors: 1) Varuna Mayya, Bengaluru (2:19:56) 6)5km Veterans men: 1) Arun Malik, New Delhi ( 2:06:58) 7)5kms Veterans women: 1) C Manjari, Bengaluru ( 2:37:37)
10km races: 1) 10km men open: 1)Prabhat Koli, Mumbai (2:51:16 2) 10km senior mens: 1) Akshay Jain, Mumbai (3:44:56) 3) 10km Veterans men: 1) Shankar Thapa, Mumbai (3:31:44) 4)10km Veterans women: 1) Aruna Venugopal, Bengaluru (3:46:05)
250 metres sprint: 1) Sub Junior boys: Durven Naik, Mumbai, 4:23 2) Sub junior girls, Mantra Kurhe, Navi Mumbai, 4:22 3) Junior boys: Shubam Pawar, Mumbai, 4:014) junior girls: Rutuja Pol, Thane, 7:055) senior men: Sandip Bhoir, 4:146) senior women: Supriya Ajantiwale, Mumbai, 12:267) veteran men: Anand Gupta, Ahmedbad, 5:25.
