Anannya Nayak sets pool on fire with brace of new records


Forest Club’s Anannya Nayak added two more new records to the one she established on the opening day as she stole the honours on the GMAAA junior and sub-junior Aquatic Meet  held at Goregaon’s Ozone Swimming Pool here today. Having won the 200m freestyle on the first day, she won the 100m backstroke as well as 50m free style events in the girls -II category.

Anannya Nayak

CCI’s Alefiya Dhansura joined Anannya in record-breaking spree  as she set new mark in the 50m free style , clocking  00:27.60 and in the process eclipsed Khar Gymkhana’s Avantika Chavan’s 2013 timing of  00:28.03 in the girls-I section, while Anannya’s Forest Club teammate NIshtaa Shetty., too, added one to her yesterday’s gold, by winning the 50m breast stroke event in girls-III category.

Champions of GMAAA junior and sub-junior Aquatic Meet  held at Goregaon’s Ozone Swimming Pool

On a day when girls outshone boys,   Kabir Khubchandani, from Khar Gymkhana was the lone boy, to add one more record to his two on the first day   as bagged 200m individual medley .

Results of the record-breaking events:  

Girls – I (15-17 yrs): 50 m Free Style : 1.  Alefiya Dhansura (CCI)- 00:27.60- NMR. (OR-:Avantika Chavan (Khar Gym) -2013- 00:28.03). 2. Anika Mohta (CCI)- 00:30.02; 3.Devanshi Desai (Khar Gym)- 00:30.13.

Girls – II (12-14 yrs): 100 m Back Stroke : 1. Anannya Nayak (Forest Club)- 01:07.31- NMR.. (OR-:Palak Dhami (GAF)-2019- 01:10.74); . 2.Arianna Jolly (Khar Gym) – 00:29.52; 3.Naishi Ruhil (Forest Club) -00:30.74.

Girls – II  (12-14 yrs): 50m. Free Style-: 1. Anannya Nayak (Forest Club)- 00:26.95- NMR.. (OR-Kenisha Gupta (Otters) -2017- 00:27.77); . 2.Arianna Jolly (Khar Gym) 00:29.52; 3.Naishi Ruhil (Forest Club) 00:30.74.

Girls – III (10-11 yrs): 50m. Breast Stroke: 1.  Nishtaa Shetty (Forest Club) -00:39.82- NMR. (OR-Saanvi Deshwal (Otters)-2022-  00:39.94); 2.Manvi Verlekar (MGMO) 00:44.10; 3.Tanishi Mazumder (MGMO) 00:46.18.

Boys – III (10-11 yrs): 200 m. Individual Medley :  1. Kabir Khubchandani (Khar Gym)- 02:51.47- NMR.. (Old record-  Parth Jain (GAF)-  2019- 02:52.13);  2.Samarth Vikram (Otters) 03:08.41; 3.Dhairya Bhuta (Matunga Gym) 03:11.12.