Damini, Sanjay sparkle

 The battle for supremacy at the 42nd Junior and the 32nd Sub-Junior National Aquatics Championships gathered pace as hosts Maharashtra and powerhouse Karnataka dominated the proceedings on day two of the meet here on Tuesday.

With temperatures not troubling much, the swimmers from both the States put up a fine show at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex on a day that saw five more records take a tumble.

For Karnataka, if it were Sanjay CJ, Avinash M and Damini K Gowda that helped them maintain pole position with 17 gold, 11 silver and 12 bronze, the hosts had the likes of Ishaan Jaffer, Palak Dhami and Rayna Saldhana who took the fight to the defending champions. After losing the 200M freestyle gold to his close rival -- Karnataka’s Mohammed Yaqoob Saleem -- on Monday, Maharashtra’s Jaffer exacted revenge in yet another closely fought race on day two.

The Group I 200M freestyle race saw the Mumbai boy keep his composure to build on a steady lead as he landed the gold in 1:56.46. Yaqoob settled for silver in 1:57.43, while Avinash claimed the bronze in 1:57.54.

Karnataka’s rising sensation Sanjay CJ too kicked-off his campaign in dominant fashion as he pocketed 200M freestyle (Group II) in record time. Sanjay touched the pad in 1:59.90, breaking Aaron D’Souza’s (Karnataka) nine-year-old record set at 2:01.40 in 2006. The timing also helped him book a berth at the Asian age-group meet to be held in Bangkok later this year.

In the girls section, Damini K Gowda of Karnataka got of the blocks in style winning the yellow metal in Group I, 200M freestyle by rewriting her own mark. Gowda improved her 2:24.26 mark set in 2014 by clocking 2:21.53. The new timing also meant a berth at the Bangkok meet for Bengaluru girl.

Results: Boys: Group I: 200M freestyle: Ishaan Jaffer (Mah) 1:56.46, 1; Mohammed Yaqoob Saleem (Kar)  30.1:57.43, 2; Avinash M (Kar) 1:57.54, 3.

50M breaststroke: Ansha Arora (UP) (29.99, NR; Old: 30.08, Likith SP, Kar, 2014) 1; Vaishnav Hegde (Kar) 30.50, 2; Shubham Upadhayay (MP) 31.08, 3.

100M butterfly: Avinash M (Kar) 56.80 seconds, 1; Ishaan Mehra (Mah) 58.24, 2; Shubham Upadhyay (MP) 58.50, 3.

Group II: 200M freestyle: Sanjay CJ (Kar) (1:59.90, NR; Old: 2:01.40, Aaron D’Souza, Kar, 2006) 1; Rajdip Roy (Bengal) 2:02.53, 2; Bastab Tapan Bordoli (Assam) 2:3.00, 3.

50M breaststroke: Anurag Mitra (Bengal) 33.36, 1; Manohar M Prabhu (Kar) 33.44, 2; Aryan Kedare (Mah) 33.86, 3.

100M butterfly: Xavier D’Souza (Goa) (59.23, NR; Old: Siddhant Deshmukh, 1:00.01, Kar, 2014) 1; Bastab Tapan Bordoloi (Assam) 1:00.76, 2; Neel Roy (Mah) 1:01.70, 3.

Group III: 50M breaststroke: S Hiten Mittal (Kar) 37.01, 1; Athish M (Tamil Nadu) 37.14, 2; Sanidhay Raj (Del) 37.46, 3.

200M individual medley: Tanmay Das (Del) 2:33.53, 1; Aaryan Bhosale (Mah) 2:34.96, 2; Vikkas P (Tamil Nadu) 2:35.25, 3.

Group IV: 100M freestyle: Shoan Ganguly (Kar) 1:06.73, 1; Utkarsh S Patil (Kar) 1:09.33, 2; Anvesh Prasade (Mah) 1:09.81, 3.

Girls: Group I: 1500M freestyle: Malavika V (Kar) 17:56.94, 1; Abishikta PM (Tamil Nadu) 18:40.11, 2; Nikitha SV (Kar) 18:50.12, 3.

50M breaststorke: Jayaveena AV (Tamil Nadu) 35.11, 1; Charu Hamsini DA (Kar) 36.28, 2; Monique Gandhi (Mah) 36.43, 3.

200M butterfly: Damini K Gowda (Kar) (2:21.53, NR; Old: 2:24.26, Damini K Gowda, Kar, 2014) 1; Trisha Karkhanis (Mah) 2:26.28, 2; Aakansha Buchade (Mah) 2:34.58, 3.

4x200M freestyle relay: Karnataka 9:06.69, 1; Maharashtra 9:27.36, 2; Goa 9:43.00, 3.
Group II: 400M individual medley: Rayna Saldhanha (Mah) 5:19.53, 1; Muskaan Tolani (Mah) 5:37.04, 2; Thanuja S (Kar) 5:44.41, 3.

50M breaststroke: Saloni Dalal (Kar) 36.25, 1; Annie Jain (MP) 36.70, 2; Aarya Lakshmi Narayanan (Pon) 36.77, 3.

200M butterfly: Thanuja S (Kar) 2:35.51, 1; Chetna Gulia (Har) 2:36.551, 7, 2; Mayuri Lingaraj (Kar) 2:38.51, 3.

4x200M freestyle relay: Maharashtra 9:27.86, 1; Karnataka 9:35.90, 2; Tamil Nadu 10:02.73, 3.

Group III: 50M breaststroke: Kenisha Gupta (Mah) 38.29, 1; Pravalika Das (Bengal) 38.72, 2; Riddhi Juyal (Kar) 39.11, 3.

200M individual medley: Kenisha Gupta (Mah) 2:39.23, 1; Khushi Dinesh (Kar) 2:42.84, 2; Suvana C Baskar (Kar) 2:47.06, 3.

Group IV: 100M freestyle: Palak Dhami (Mah) (1:09.54, NR; Old: 1:10.21, Uttara Gogoi, Assam, 2014) 1; Sanjiti Saha (Mah) 1:10.67, 1; Mugilavanika K (Tamil Nadu) 1:12.51, 3.

Diving: Boys: Group I: Platform: Siddarth Pardeshi (SSCB) 415.25m, 1; Amit Dev (Ker) 363.85, 2; Sourav Debnath (SSCB) 335.80, 3. Group III: 3M spring board: N Wilson Singh (SSCB) 300.80, 1; Anikt Punia (SSCB) 271.90, 2; Sateesh Kumar Prajapati (Ker) 205.60, 3.
Girls: Group I: Platform: Aboli Ajit Sangave (Mah) 185.55, 1; Genevieve Atala D’Costa (Goa) 183.65, 2; Ipsita Mahajan (Bengal) 171.75, 3.

Group III: 3M spring board: Titksha Marathe (MP) 195.40, 1; Bilwa Anil Giram (Mah) 161.50, 2; Jyotishree Laha (Bengal) 140.40, 3.

Water polo: Boys: Karnataka: 8 (Saikiran SG 4; Dhanush Murthy 1; Vishnu Prasad 1; B Monish Kumar 1; Suraj Ajjampur 1) bt Maipur: 7 (Alex Singh 1; Ch Ajay Singh 3; Kh Loyanganba 2); Delhi: 12 (Saurav Tokas 3; Priyank Rana 4; Dhruv Goutam 1; Chirag Singhal 1; Sumit Khanna 1; Sameer Jeswal 1; Sahil Arora 1) bt Telengana: 0.

Girls: Kerala: 15 (Jeena Thomas 4; Pooja S 4; Greeshma P 1; Soorya Surendran 4; Drishya V 2) bt Manipur: 0; Karnataka: 12 (Vishaka Bhat 2; Swarna Rachana Ajjampur 2; Suchi Puttaraju 3; Amoolya JP 1; Keerthana S 3; Kankanar R Bhide 1) bt Delhi: 0.