Kids make Nashik proud in state school swimming

NASHIK: The Maharashtra state schools’ aquatic competition was held at Nagpur where Nashik swimmers coached by Rajendra Nimbalte and Shankar Madgundi created waves with their performance.
Namita Madgundi (U-19) proved to be the star performer as she emerged victorious in the 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle events and claimed three gold medals.
Rui Sukhthankar, in the same age group, bagged silver medals in the 50m and 100m backstroke events and a bronze in the 200m backstroke, while Prasad Khairnar (U-17) went on to clinch a silver and a bronze in the 50m and 100m freestyle events.Two other Nashikites—Manik Chaturmutha and Shreyas Veergaonkar— walked away with a bronze each in the 100m and 400m freestyle events respectively, in the U-17 age group. All the medal winners have been selected in the Maharashtra state teams for the All India Schools’ tournament that will take place in Pune this month.