Gold rush for Neel Roy

Ten year old Neel Roy of Khar Gymkhana established two new meet records while winning a remarkable six gold that earned him the individual championship in the 29th Otters Open Swimming & Diving Championship at the Otters Club,Bandra.

Written by Express News Service
April 25, 2012 04:23 AM IST

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Ten year old Neel Roy of Khar Gymkhana established two new meet records while winning a remarkable six gold that earned him the individual championship in the 29th Otters Open Swimming & Diving Championship at the Otters Club,Bandra.

Following nine-year-old Kenisha Guptas sensational effort on the opening day,Roys performance on the second and concluding day of the meet ensured glory for the little-known sub juniors,amidst a host of established swimmers. Roy,the national 100m freestyle gold medalist,burst onto the scene with new meet records in the 50m freestyle and 200m individual medley for boys under-11 and added the 50m breast stroke,butterfly,backstroke and 4×50 freestyle relay gold for a complete domination. In his quest for glory,Roy,a student at Arya Vidya Mandir,Bandra staved off stiff competition from arch-rival and club mate Ishaan Nagarkatti who finished second in the breast,back and individual medley and third in the butterfly.

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Results: Boys’ U-11: 50m freestyle: 1. Neel Roy (Khar Gym) 00:30.28 NMR; 2. Aryan Mehra (Willingdon SC) 00:31.56; 3. Vedant Singh (CSMSS) 00:31.67; 50m breaststroke: 1. Neel Roy (Khar Gym),2. Ishaan Nagarkatti (Khar Gym) 00:41.04,3. Vinit Mane (Goregaon SC) 00:41.72; 50m butterfly: 1. Neel Roy (Khar Gym),2. Dhanayush Raninga (Goregaon SC),3. Ishaan Nagarkatti (Khar Gym); 50m backstroke: 1. Neel Roy (Khar Gym); 2. Ishaan Nagarkatti (Khar Gym) 00:37.14; 3. Vedant Singh (CSMSS) 00:37.49; 200m Ind Medley: 1. Neel Roy (Khar Gym) 02:41.45 NMR; 2. Ishaan Nagarkatti (Khar Gym) 02:56.71; 3. Dhanayush Raninga (Goregaon SC) 02:56.83; U-13: 100m freestyle: 1. Saumya Vora (NSCI) 00:58.85 NMR; 2. Siddharth Sankhe (Otters Club) 01:00.69; 3. Ishaan Jaffer (Otters Club) 01:01.16; 100m backstroke: 1. Saumya Vora (NSCI),2. Ishaan Jaffer (Otters Club),3. Siddharth Gada (Matunga Gym) 01:15.54; 200m freestyle: 1. Saumya Vora (NSCI) 02:10.21 NMR; 2. Siddharth Sankhe (Otters Club) 02:12.37 BMR; 3. Aryan Makhija (Khar Gym) 02:12.50 BMR; 4. Ishaan Jaffer (Otters Club) 02:12.95 BMR; Boys’ U-15: 100m butterfly: 1. Jason Smith (Khar Gym) 01:01.31 NMR; 2. Vedant Rao (Otters Club) 01:03.44; 3. Ishaan Mehra (Willingdon SC) 01:04.10; 200m freestyle: 1. Jason Smith (Khar Gym) 02:03.69 – NMR; 2. Vedant Rao (Otters Club) 02:07.37; 3. Amitesh Raghav (Khar Gym) 02:08.18; Girls’ U-7: 25m freestyle: 1. Palak Dhami (Matunga Gym) 00:18.45 NMR; 2. Sanjiti Saha (Khar Gym) 00:18.99; 3. Nishka Mehta (Matunga Gym) 00:19.03; U-13: 100m backstroke: 1. Neha Prasad (Khar Gym) 01:12.30 NMR; 2. Sanah Bhabha (Khar Gym) 01:21.41; 3. Ananya Kochhar (Otters Club) 01:22.13; U-15: 100m butterfly: 1. Avantika Chavan (Khar Gym) 01:06.19 NMR; 2. Aakanksha Vora (Otters Club) 01:07.40; 3. Monique Gandhi (Khar Gym) 01:10.92.