Rakhi Mehra dominates pool

NEW DELHI, September 16: Rakhi Mehra of St. Stephen's College dominated the first day's events, taking six of the eight gold medals as we...

NEW DELHI, September 16: Rakhi Mehra of St. Stephen8217;s College dominated the first day8217;s events, taking six of the eight gold medals as well as establishing three meet record in the women8217;s section in the Delhi University inter-college aquatic meet at the Talkotara Pool here today.

Rakhi first won the 100m backstroke event in 1:16.86 to erase former Stephenian Mani Kankana8217;s record of 1:18.80 set in 1983. Naina Sen of St. Stephen8217;s and Jassica Chen of Jesus and Mary College finished second and third, respectively.

In 100m freestyle, Rakhi won the gold when she was clocked 1:01.52 to beat the previous mark of 1:11.15 set by St. Stephen8217;s Topsy Ahluwalia three years ago. Naina Sen grabbed the silver while Jesus amp; Mary8217;s Jessica Chen got the bronze with timing of 1:14.30 and 1:16.38, respectively. Rakhi Mehra also set a meet record as she came first with time of 1:15.81 in 100m butterfuly event. Rakhi8217;s time was 4.01 sec better than the existing record set by Mani Kankana of St. Stephen8217;s College in 1993.

Results
Men: 200m breaststroke: 1.Vijaya Dhiya, 2.Naveen Mann, 3.Shiv Shankar. 400m freestyle: 1.Sachin Kakkar, 2.Shiv Shankar, 3.Abhishek. 100m butterfly: 1. Gautam Kathuria, 2.Sachin Kakkar, 3.Abhishek. 100m backstroke: 1. Sachin Kakkar 2. Daksh Trivedi 3. Bhram Prakash. 100m freestyle: 1. Satish, 2. Sachin Kakkar, 3. Gautam Kathuria. 400m individual medley: 1. Satish, 2. Naveen Maan, 3. Joginder Tokas. 200m freestyle: 1. Shiv Shankar, 2. Sachin Kakar, 3. Satish. 4 x 200m freerelay: 1. Shri Ram College of Commerce SRCC 2. Hans Raj 3. Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma ARSD.
Women: 200m breaststroke: 1.Hema Rathi, 2.Jessica Chen, 3.Sneh Wadhwaney. 400m freestyle: 1.Rakhi Mehra, 2.Jessica Chen, 3.Meenakshi Pahuja. 100m butterfly: 1.Rakhi Mehra, 2.Meenakshi Pahuja, 3.Jessica Chen. 100m backstroke: 1.Rakhi Mehra, 2.Naina Sen, 3.Jessica Chen. 100m freestyle: 1.Rakhi Mehra, 2.Naina Sen, 3.Jessica Chen. 400m individual medley: 1.Rakhi Mehra, 2.Jessica Chen, 3.Meenakshi Pahuja. 200m freestyle: 1.Rakhi Mehra, 2. Jessica Chen, 3.Naina Sen. 4 x 200m freerelay: 1.St. Stephen8217;s 2.Jesus amp; Mary 3.Lady Shri Ram.