MUMBAI, January 16: Gayatri Dhumatkar and Bhavna Sharma battled each other with mixed success in the 34th Colgate-Palmolive Inter-school Aquatic championships at the P M Hindu Bath today.
While Gayatri won the under-13 100m butterfly with Bhavna in second spot, the roles reversed in the 100m breast-stroke event. Bhavna took the first spot in 1:29:57 while Gayatri finished second.
The meet record holder in both these events, Tejaswi Shetty, won two events, the 100m backstroke and her pet event, the 100m freestyle in the girls’ under-16.
The 13-year-old eighth standard from S C Barfiwala was far below her best of 1.03 (set in the National Games at Bangalore) in the freestyle event, with a timing of 1:06:68 which forced Rashi Oberoi into second position at a distant 1:11:29.
RESULTS
Boys’ Under-16: 100m (back stroke): Riyad Palia (St Andrew’s HS) 1:11:80, Sidhant Nagrani (Jamnabhai Narsee), Sandeep Verma (Gokuldham); (4x50m medley): Arya Vidya Mandir (Bandra) 2:22:73, Gokuldham (Goregaon), Father Agnel (Vashi), (100 m freestyle): 1 Sidhant Nagrani (Jamnabai Narsee) 1:03.05; 2 Sandeep Verma (Gokuldham); 3 Riyad Palia (St Andrew’s).
Under-13: (100m butterfly): Avinash Kriplani (AVM Juhu) 1:12:00, Parikshit Shetty (Bhavan’s), Varun Divgikar (AVM); (200m individual medley): Avinash Kriplani (AVM) 2:36:84, Parikashi Shetty (Bhavan’s), Aresh Daruwalla, (100m breast-stroke): 1 Avinash Kriplani (AVM, Juhu) 1:22.94; 2 Parikshit Shetty (Bhavan’s A H Wadia); 3 Varun Divgikar (AVM, Bandra).
Under-11: (50m freestyle): Min Kwang Shu (Bombay Scottish) 0:33:47, Loknath Char (Jamnabhai Narsee), Anujoy Bardhan (Father Agnel); (50m back-stroke): 1 Anujoy Bardhan (Fr Agnel, Vashi) 39.84; 2 Loknath Char (Jamnabai Narsee); 3 Min Kwang Shu (Bombay Scottish).
Under-9: (50m breast-stroke): Dhiren Shetty (St Xavier’s, Ville Parle) 0:48:10, Abhinav Sharma (Vivekananda), Sidharth Sukija (AVM) 0:52:60; (50m butterfly): 1 Pranoy Adhikari (Fr Agnel, Vashi) 39.12; 2 Dhiren Shetty (St Xavier’s, V Parle); 3 Sriram Murali (Swami Vivekanand).
Girls
Under-16 (backstroke): Tejaswi Shetty (SCD Barfiwala) 1:19:53, Rashi Oberoi (Gokuldham), Ruma Chemburkar (Bhavan’s AH Wadia); (4x50m medley): Bombay Scottish 2:38:20, Gokuldham, Swami Vivekanand; (100m freestyle): 1 Tejaswi Shetty (Barfiwala) 1:06.68; 2 Rashi Oberoi (Gokuldham), 3 Shi Yen Shu (Bombay Scottish).
Under-11: (50m freestyle): Katie Hakim (Scottish) 0:34:19, Ruksheen Palia (St Joseph’s), Manali Lilani (Fr Agnel, Vashi); Under-13: (butterfly): Gayatri Dhumatkar (Jasuben M L) 1:18:25, Bhavna Sharma (Sawami Vivekanand), Vasudha Gudipatti (Vivekanand); (200m individual medley): Bhavna Sharma (Vivekanand) 2:53:69, Gayatri Dhumatkar (Jasudben), Vasudha Gudipatti (Vivekanand); (100m breast-stroke): 1 Bhavna Sharma (Swami Vivekanand, Chembur) 1:29.57; 2 Gayatri Dhumatkar (Jasudben); 3 Juie Shetye (IES Modern).
Under-11: 50m back-stroke): 1 Anshuka Parwani (St Joseph’s Convent) 39.07; 2 Ruksheen Palia (St Joseph’s Convent); 3 Manali Lilani (Fr Agnel, Vashi).
Under-9: (50m butterfly): Triparna Chakraborty (Hiranandani Foundation) 0:41:91, Nimisha Gupta (Swami Vivekananda), Shivangi Lolayekar (AVM, Juhu); (50m breast-stroke): Pratiksha Ahuja (AVM) 0:48:09, Shivangi Lolayekar (AVM), Nimisha Gupta (Vivekanand)