Young swimmers make a splash

New meet records set by young stars; Jerry, Anurag, Shrungi, Xavier and Suman excel

MAPUSA: Jerry D’Mello, Anurag Singh, Shrungi Bandekar, Xavier D’Souza and Suman Patil excelled at the 27th State Sub-Junior, Junior and Senior Aquatic Championships organized by Mapusa Swimmers Club under the aegis of Goa Swimming Association, at Peddem swimming pool complex, here, recently.
Jerry D’Mello secured the top spot in the boys 200m freestyle category with a New Meet Record (NMR) clocking 02:13:36.
In the 200m butterfly for boys, Anurag Singh stood first with a NMR of 02.45.90. In the 100m backstroke for girls, Shrungi Bandekar claimed the top spot with a NMR of 01.24.22 while in the boys event Xavier D’Souza claimed the podium finish with a NMR of 01.05.00. In 100m backstroke girls Gr. 1, Suman Patil finished first with a timing of 01.18.87.
The Championship was a close fought event with most of the swimmers making a splash with record timings.
In the 200m freestyle girls Akshata Karapurkar clocked 02.28.92 to emerge on top and Sayad Zidane made waves clocking 02.25.00 to establish a new meet record in the 200m freestyle boys event.
The event held at Mapusa was witnessed by swimming enthusiast and fans which bolstered the morale of the participants.
Taran Mukherjee clinched the first place in the 50m breaststroke boys closely followed by Neil Godinho  and Sanket Kadam who bagged the second and third spot respectively.
In the girl’s 50m breaststroke Neetya Harlankar made a huge splash to establish a NMR clocking 00.37.22 while Deepshikha Bhandari and Abigail D’Costa clinched the second and third place.
The top swimmers raised the bar to establish New Meet Records which kept on getting better as the events followed in various categories.
In the 200m butterfly boys Anurag Singh clocked 02.45.90 to set a NMR  while Sampreet Khanolkar and Atharva Desai  finished second and third respectively.
Akshata Karapurkar excelled with remarkable grace in the 200m butterfly girls category clocking 02.53.25 to set a New Meet Record. 
The 100m backstroke boys event witnessed Ashwin Mascarenhas set a NMR clocking 01.11.69 while Victor D’Souza  and Siddanth Pilankar emerged second and third respectively. 
The results are as follows. 200m freestyle boys Gr. 1st Jerry D’Mello (NMR 02.13.61); 2nd Ankit Sheravat (02.20.99); 3rd Joao Estrocio (02.21.13). 200m freestyle girls Gr. 1st Kiran Narvekar (02.31.13); 2nd Avani Khedekar (02.55.22), 3rd Mithila Prabhudesai (04.01.24). 200m freestyle boys Gr. 2 1st Varun Jadhav (02.26.12), 2nd Sampreet Khanolkar (02.27.51), 3rd Sharmad Raikar (02.34.38). 200m freestyle girls Gr. 2: 1st Akshata Karapurkar (02.28.92), 2nd Devyani Sirkaje (02.33.67). 200m freestyle boys Gr. 3: 1st Sayad Zidane (NMR 02.25.00), 2nd Minesh Gobre (02.37.13), 3rd Nigel Fernandes (02.48.46). 200m freestyle girls Gr. 3: 1st Evantika Pereira (02.48.92); 2nd Tanisha Murgod (03.01.61), 3rd Tanaya Parashar (03.16.68). 50m breaststroke boys Gr. 1: 1st Taran Mukherjee (NMR 00.33.63); 2nd Neil Godinho (00.42.62); 3rd Sanket Kadam (00.45.61). 
50m breaststroke girls Gr. 1: 1st place: Neetya Harlankar (NMR 00.37.22), 2nd place: Deepshikha Bhandari (00.44.66), 3rd Abigail D’costa (00.47.50). 50m breaststroke boys Gr. 2: 1st Nathan D’Lima (00.40.48); 2nd Mohak bhandari (00.42.86), 3rd Sagar Patil (00.44.99).
 50m breaststroke girls Gr. 2: 1st Kajal Tak (00.42.20), 2nd Valletta Pereira (00.43.73), 3rd Poornima Shetty (00.44.40). 50m breaststroke boys Gr. 3: 1st Yash Gaonkar (NMR 0.40.67), 2nd Ivan Pereira (00.46.03), 3rd Johann Pinto (00.46.32). 50m breaststroke girls Gr. 3: 1st Mithika Karapurkar (NMR 00.43.76), 2nd Tanisha Murgod (00.44.57), 3rd Tanvi Vaidya (00.44.98). 50m breaststroke boys Gr. 4: 1st Shirshak Naik (00.52.93), 2nd Yash Savardekar (00.55.63), 3rd Yash Murgod (00.57.15). 
50m breaststroke girls Gr. 4: 1st Sanjana Prabhugaonker (00.49.47), 2nd Durva Mahale (00.51.41), 3rd Anaika Afonso (00.54.47). 50m breaststroke boys Gr. 5: 1st Ojas Karapurkar (01.03.78); 2nd Rupesh Verekar (01.07.46), 3rd John Willcocks (01.07.51). 
50m breaststroke girls Gr. 5: 1st Sayed Zarah Iyesha (01.03.64), 2nd Mercedes D’Silva (01.13.56), 3rd Niranjani Desai (01.21.24). 
200m butterfly boys Gr. 1: 1st Ashwin Mascarenhas (NMR 02.48.67), 2nd Viraj Gaonkar (03.09.28), 3rd Sidney Clark (03.41.53). 
200m butterfly girls Gr. 1: 1st Kiran Narvekar (NMR 02.49.53), 2nd Saachi Gramopadhye (02.52.21), 3rd Nora Vales (04.23.12). 200m butterfly boys Gr. 2: 1st Anurag Singh (NMR 02.45.90), 2nd Sampreet Khanolkar (02.59.12), 3rd Atharva Desai (03.10.09).
200m butterfly girls Gr. 2: 1st Akshata Karapurkar (NMR 02.53.25), 2nd Ananya Mukherjee (03.01.40). Day 2: 100m backstroke boys Gr. 1: 1st Ashwin Mascarenhas (NMR 01.11.69), 2nd Victor D’Souza (01.20.17), 3rd Siddanth Pilankar (01.31.04). 100m backstroke girls Gr. 1: 1st Suman Patil (01.18.87), 2nd place Niam Leitao (01.25.50), 3rd Avani Khedekar (01.31.36). 100m backstroke boys Gr. 2: 1st Xavier D’Souza (NMR 01.05.00); 2nd Nupoor Sirsat (01.25.76), 3rd Kalash Divkar (01.30.72). 
100m backstroke girls Gr. 2: 1st Devyani Sirkaje (01.21.44), 2nd Dharini Shetty (01.24.96), 3rd Marushka Oliveira (01.31.18). 100m backstroke boys Gr. 3: 1st Sayed Zidane (NMR 01.16.45), 2nd Johann Pinto (01.33.24), 3rd Rahul Patil (01.36.91). 100m backstroke girls Gr. 3 1st Shrungi Bandekar (NMR 01.24.22), 2nd Tanayaa Parashar (01.38.62), 3rd Tanvi Nadkarni (01.40.93). 200m breast stroke boys Gr. 1: 1st Taran Mukherjee (NMR 02.46.40), 2nd Yash Gaunekar (03.07.05), 3rd Victor D’Souza (03.10.22). 200m breast stroke girls Gr. 1: 1st Niam Leitao (NMR 03.21.60), 2nd Deepshika Bhandari (03.44.85), 3rd Nora Vales (03.59.72). 
200m breast stroke boys Gr. 2: 1st Nupoor Sirsat (03.09.70), 2nd Nathan D’ Lima (03.11.47), 3rd Mohak Bhandari (03.34.36). 200m breast stroke girls Gr. 2: 1st Kajal Tak (03.21.27), 2nd Valletta Pereira (03.30.27), 3rd Poornima Shetty (03.36.91). 800m freestyle boys Gr. 1: 1st Ankit Sherawat (NMR 10.38.15), 2nd Viraj Gaonkar (11.54.02), 3rd Gabriel Zuzarte (13.36.03). 800m freestyle girls Gr. 1: 1st Saachi Gramopadhye (NMR 10.45.64), 2nd Kiran Narvekar (BMR 11.12.71). 800m freestyle boys Gr. 2: 1st Anurag Singh (NMR 10.07.50), 2nd Varun Jadhav (BMR 10.17.33), 3rd Atharva Desai (11.52.24). 800m freestyle girls Gr. 2: 1st Sania Nadkarni (14.27.73).
100m backstroke senior girls: 1st Poorva Cardozo (01.31.67); 2nd Aadani Prabhu (01.41.45), 3rd  Nikita Singh (01.44.67). 

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