Atharv Agrawal from Hiranandani Foundation, made a clean sweep in the boys under-19 with six gold medals out of six at stake, while Mahima Bhatkhande from Sydenham College with four golds in the girls under-19, emerged as the outstanding performers on the concluding day of the GMAAA inter-school/junior colleges swimming championships, held at Borivali’s Mandpeshwar Civic Federation Sports Complex swimming pool, here today. However, there were no fire words in terms of setting new marks as none of the swimmers could better the old marks in any of the events today.
The champion boys and girls in U-19, U-17 and U-15 age groups pose with their trophies on the concluding day of the GMAAA inter-school/junior colleges swimming championships.
The meet witnessed just a solitary record (on the firsts day) set by Vedant Madhavan, from American School of Bombay, who is credited with a new record in the 100m freestyle in the boys under-13 category. Vedant, ended with five golds, and one silver to aggregate 40 points.
Even in the girls Under-19 category, though Sydenham College’s Mahima Bhatkhande won four golds and under-17, Muskan Patel from Dhirubhai Ambani, ended with four golds and two silvers, they were nowhere near the old records.
Results of the record-breaking event:
Boys U-13 (100m Freesyle): 1. Vedant Madhaven (American school)—00.57.34 secs. (Old record – 00,57.48)- NMR ; 2. Jaiveer Motwant (AVM Bandra); 3. Raghav Tandon (RN Podar).
Individual champions in different age groups:
GIRLS: U-19: Mahima Bhatkhande (Sydenham) – 4G- 28 pts. U-17: Muskan Patel (Dhirubhai Ambani) – 4G+ 2S- 38 pts. U-15: Vedika Pabhudesai (Hiranandani Foundation) – 3G+1S – 26 pts. U-13: Kiara Bangera (Dhirubhai Ambani)- 5 golds and 1 silver – 40 pts; . U-11: Kshama Iyer (Navy Children) – 3G+1S+1B – 29 pts; U-9: Sanaya Shetty (Dhirubhai Ambani) – 2G+1S+2B- 25 pts.; U-7: Anvi Deshwal (Bom. Scott)- 2G+2B.
BOYS: U-19: Athar Agrawal (Hiranandani Foundation) – 6G – 42 pts. U-17: Laksh Puri (Vibgyor High) – 4G- 28 pts. U-15: Meet Makhija (Arya Vidyamandir, Bandra)- 3G+1B – 24 pts. U-13: Vedant Madhavan (American school)- 5 golds and 1 silver – with 1 NMR)– 40 pts; U-11: Parth Jain (IES, Orion) – 4G- 28 pts. U-9: Archit Morvekar (St Antonio Da Silva) – 3G+2S – 31 pts. (U-7): Drone Palande (D0n Bosco, Matunga) and Kabir Khubchandani (Jamnabai Narsee) – 2G+1S – 19 pts each).