Collegian Ashwin Jaiswar emerged the fastest swimmer while winning the boys 5kms run in the one-day Gatway to Sunrock long distance swimming competition, organized by the Swimming Association of Maharashtra under the aegis of Maharashtra Sports And Youth Services, recently.
Top 3 winners in various categories pose with the chief guest Mr. P.V. Gharat (President, SAM), guest of honor Mr. Jaiprakash Duble ( Jt Commissioner Sports And Youth Services , Maharashtra), Zubin Ajmera and Mr Kishor Shetty, the organizing secretaries ).
What was most remarkable feature of Ashwin’s triumph was that his timing was even better than the men’s winner (Ruturaj Bidkar – 49:33). The event attracted over 300 swimmers from various districts of the state.
(FINAL RESULTS):
MEN (5kms)- 1. Ruturaj Bidkar – 49:33; 2. Anurag Kanade – 53:00; 3.Tanmay Kahate- 53:19
FASTEST SWIMMER: ( 5 kms)- Ashwin Jaiswar – 41 min 41 secs.
BOYS: ( 5 kms)- 1.Ashwin Jaiswar – 41 min 41; 2. Anshuman Jhingran – 44:01; 3. Roman Shaikh – 45:40. (2kms) – 1. Shardul Mhatre (Mumbai) -18:14.02; 2. Ashwin .S (Thane)- 18:15.12; 3 . Neel Shekatkar (Thane)- 18:19.59.
GIRLS: ( 5 kms)- 1. Diksha Yadav – 45:11; 2. Dolly Patil – 45:17;3. Himani Fadke – 45:57. (2kms) – 1. Mantra Khure (Thane)- 21:03.00;2 Urvi Bengani (Thane) – 21:15.00; 3. Taesha Fernandes ( Thane) – 21:26.00. (1km)- 1. Sarosh Daware (Chandrapur) – 16:41.09; 2. Ishika Sherawat ( Mumbai) 16:43.13; 3. Dhwaja Jain (Pune)- 17:32.18.
Men – Plus 40: (2 kms) – 1. Shirish Patki (Pune)- 29:6.48;2 . Vidyadhar Gharat (Palghar) – 32:36; .3 . Deelip Kondhe (Dhule)- 33:00.
Men (Handicap): (2kms)- 1. Chinmay Pathak – 21:35; 2. Atharva Patil- 26:10;3. Swayam Patil – 26:30. Men (Dum and Deaf): ( 2kms)- 1. Sagar Tekawade- 21:22; 2. Pranav Lohale – 25.15; 3.Akshay Nawala- 26.26.
Women (Handicap): ( 2kms)- 1. Merlyn D’Mello -40:00.