Aaryan Bhosale of Forest Club And Rujuta Bhatt Khade from Khar Gymkhana were the only record-breakers on the opening day of the GMAAA Senior and Lower age group swimming meet, held at Tata Power Swimming Pool, Chembur, today.
Rujuta Bhatt
Aaryan, who clocked 02:14.72 seconds in the men’s 200m backstroke event, thus bettered his own 2017 record of 02:15.82 secs, while Rujuta, a national ranked swimming, who is making comeback after a long break, pipped Aarti Patil of MLWB to win gold in the 50m freestyle to win the event with a record-breaking effort. She clocked 00.26.78 secs and in the process bettered Kenisha Gupta’s last year’s timings of 00:27. 41 secs.
Apeksha Fernandes of IIT (Powai), who had excelled in an earlier meets, ended with a double gold by winning the 200m butterfly stroke (02:29.50 secs) and 400m individual medley ( 05:44.97 secs) events. But her efforts failed to better the existing timings of both the events.
However, Abir Seth, of Goregaon Sports Club, was the outstanding performers in the boys under-6 category by winning three golds. Abir emerged best in the 25m backstroke, 25m butterfly and 25m free style events. While, in the corresponding events in the girls section, Aarya Paste of Vile Parle’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Swimming Pool, made a clean sweep, winning golds in the 25m backstroke, 25m breaststroke, 25m butterfly and 245m free style events.
Results of the record-breaking events:
MEN: 200m Backstroke : Aaryan Bhosale (Forest Club) – 02:14.72 secs. (old record- 02:15. 82 secs).
WOMEN: 50m Freestyle: Rujuta Bhatt Khade (Khar Gym) – 00:26.78 secs. (Old record- 00:26.78 secs.).
Winners of various events (First day):
WOMEN: 50m Breast Stroke: Zaara Jabbar (Otters) – 00:36.27 secs.
100m Breast Stroke: Aarti Patil (MLWB) – 01:19.22.2 secs.
200m Butterfly Sroke: Apeksha Fernandes (IIT, Powai) – 02:29.50 secs.
50m Freestyle: Rujuta Khade (Khar Gym)- 00:26.78 secs –NMR;
200m Free Style:Maitrayani Bhosale (Forest Club) – o2:28.75 secs.
800m Freestyle: Rabiya Darvesh (YMCA) – 11:25.34secs.
400m Individual Medley: Apeksha Fernanes (IIT, Powai)- 05:44.97 secs.
MEN: 200m Back Stroke: Aaryan Bhosale (Forest Club) – 02:14.72 secs. (NMR).
50m Breast Stroke: Rudransh Mishra (MLWB)_ – 31:95.02 secs.
100m Breast Stroke: Deepak Patil (MLWB) – 01:22.52 secs.
200m Butterfly Stroke: Dev Ambokar (GAF) – 02:39.97 secs.
200m Butterfly Stroke : Dev Ambokar (GAF) –02:19.17 secs.
50m Freestyle: Rudransh Mishra (MLWB)- 00:24. 97 secs.
200m Freestyle: Aaron Fernandes (GAF) – 02:02.08 secs.
800 metres: Free Style: Dev Ambokar (GAF) – 09:25.69 secs.
400m Individual Medley: Dev Ambokar (GAF) – 05:13.43 secs.