Otter Club’s Ariesa Mongia rewrote 29 years old women’s 100m back stroke record to emerge as the best women’s swimmer in the GAF-GMAAA senior and lower age group swimming meet, sponsored by Glenmark Aquatic Foundation and held at Tata Power Swimming Pool, Chembur, today. Ariesa clocked 01:13.61 secs, thus bettering the almost three decades record of 01:14.40 secs set by Persis Madon, of Wellingdon Sports Club. Though Ariesa ended with one gold and one silver and aggregated 12 points, she pipped Kenisha Gupta (29 points), Khar Gymkhana’s Monique Gandhi Avantika Chavan with 28 points each, on the basis of her having set new meet record, which gets more weightage.
Aaryan with Ariesa
This was the meet’s second record and the day’s only record set today. On the first day, it was Forest Club’s Aaryan Bhosale, who set new mark in the 200m back stroke event. Among others, who put up impressive show were Khar Gymkhana’s star swimmers Monique Gandhi and Avantika Chavan. Both of them clinched four golds each,thus aggregating 28 points though none of them came close to the old timings. However, another Otters girl, Kenisha Gupta pipped them with 29 points came second best, having aggregated 29 points with two gold and three silver medals.
In the men’s section, apart from Aaryan, who aggregated 33 points with four golds and a silver, including a solitary record-breaking effort, Anurag Kadam, of Mulund Swimming Pool, with 27 points came close second.
The best two of various events were:
WOMEN: 1. Ariesa Mongia (Otters) – 100m Back stroke NMR; 2. Kenisha Gupta (Otters) – 2G+3S.
MEN: 1. Aaryan Bhosale (Forest Club) – 4G+2S and 200m Back Stroke NMR; 2. Anurag Kadam (MSP).- 2G+2S+B.
BOYS (U-8): 1. Parth Jain (PSP) – 4 golds; 2. Reyansh Sharma (MSP) – 2S+1B.
GIRLS (U-8): 1. Siya Devrukhkar (MSS)- 2G+1S+1B; 2. Aarusha Sharma (GSC) – 2G+1S.