Karnataka retain overall title

BENGALURU: Defending champions Karnataka retained the overall championship at the Senior National Aquatic Championships which concluded in Guwahati on Saturday. Karnataka, garnered 250 points coming from 14 gold, four silver and 11 bronze medals and finished way ahead of the second-placed SSCB (6 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze).
Karnataka’s Siva S, winner of three gold with a record and one silver, was adjudged the best swimmer in the men’s category while Gujarat’s Maana Patel claimed the honours in the women’s category.
Results: Men: 200m freestyle: 1. Aneesh S Gowda (Kar; 1:52.49), 2. Vishal Grewal (Del; 1:53.04), 3. Sambhavv R (Kar; 1:54.55); 100m backstroke: 1. Siva S (Kar; 57.59), 2. Vinayak V (SSCB; 57.81), 3. Utkarsh S Patil (Kar; 58.38); 200m butterfly: 1. Aryan Panchal (Guj; 2:02.97), 2. Sanu Debnath (RSPB; 2:04.97), 3. Bikram Changmai (Asm), Harsh Saroha (Har; 2:05.24); 100m breaststroke: 1. Likith SP (SSCB; 1:02.54), 2. Danush Suresh (TN; 1:03.71), 3. Anoop Augustine (RSPB;1:04.74).Women: 800m freestyle: 1. Bhavya Sachdeva (Del; 9:17.25), 2. Vritti Agarwal (Tel; 9:24.25), 3. Richa Mishra (Pol; 9:30.78); 100m backstroke: 1. Maana Patel (Guj; 1:04.33), 2. Soubrity Mondal (Ben; 1:07.01), 3. Palak Joshi (Mah; 1:07.96); 200m butterfly: 1. Astha Choudhury (Asm; 2:22.59), 2. Kanya Nayyar (MP; 2:24.37), 3. Vritti Agarwal (Tel; 2:24.48); 100m breaststroke: 1. Chahat Arora (Pun; 1:13.61; NMR, OR: Chahat Arora 1:14.38, Guwahati, 2022), 2. Jyoti Patil (Mah; 1:16.33), 3. Manavi Varma (Kar; 1:16.99); 100m freestyle: 1. Shivangi Sarma (Asm; 57.73), 2. Avantika Sudhir Chavan (RSPB; 59.29), 3. Mahi Swetraj (Bih; 59.78)Best swimmer: Men: Siva S (Kar) (3 gold, 1 silver, 1NMR); Women: Maana Patel (Guj) (3 gold, 1 bronze, 1NMR).Team championship: Men: Karnataka (129 points). Women: Karnataka (121 points). Overall championship: Karnataka (250 points).