Short Corner

While Sameep hogged the limelight in the men8217;s group at the State Championship held on August 22 at Pune, which formed the basis of selections, Rupali had a disappointing end. She was disqualified for changing the wheel with outside help during the race but was fortunate enough to qualify on her past track record.

THE TEAMS

Men: Rajender Sakhare Pune, Dameep Shah Bombay Suburban, Bharat rajput Pune, Noshervan Mistry Pune.
Women: Rupali Repale Bombay Suburban, Meeta Rajput Pune, Trushna Dhanwant Nashik, Sonali Patil Pune.

Sandeep dazzles

Sandeep Verma, 15, set a record while swimming the Sri Chinmoy Channel Swimmer Marathon in Lake Zurich 26.4 km on August 9, according to reports reaching here. Verma, whotrains at Andheri Swimming pool under coach Arvind Palkar, swam the distance in 6 hours 37 minutes 20 seconds. The previous best time was 6:55.21 by Sahed Abdallas of Egypt in 1992. Sandeep Verma, who is sponsored by KM Goenka of Avishkar Trust with a great deal of help coming from his school Gokuldham, has been selected to represent Maharashtra in the nationals.