Boosted by two national records by Aeka Chatra and Vedika Amin in girls and eight meet records by Siddharth Sanke, Aaryan Bhosale and Armaan Sikka among boys, Mumbai swimmers carried home all – but two – the top honours in the Maharashtra State age group aquatic meet organized jointly by Maharashtra State Amateur Aquatic Association and Greater Mumbai Amateur Aquatic Association at Goregaon Sports Club here on Sunday.
Group pic of The winners of individual events in the Maharashtra State age group aquatic meet
The other two were claimed by Pune girls Yuga Birnale in group I and Nitya Khinvasara in group IV. The meet witnessed two national and 21 new meets records in this selection meet for the Nationals to be held in Bangalore in June/July this year..
Top two Individual winners in the various age groups were:
GIRLS (Group I): 1. Yuga Birnale (Pune)- 33 pts (4 golds + 1 silver with 2 NMRs; 2. Aarti Patil (Mumbai) – 20 pts ( 2G + 2 B with 1NMR).
(Group II): 1. Saee Patil (Mumbai) – 24 pts (3G+1B); 2.Ananya Joshi (Thane) – 23 pts (4S+1B).
(Group III): 1. Aeka Chatra (Mumbai – 28 pts (4G with 1 Nat. record and 2 NMRs); 2. Vedika Amin (Mumbai) – 20 pts 1G+2S+1B with 1NMR).
(Group IV): 1. Nitya Khinvasara (Pune) – 31 ts (3G+2S); 2. Anaya Punamiya (Mumbai – 27 pts (2G+2S+2B).
BOYS: (Group I): 1. Siddharth Sanke (Mumbai)- 26 pts (3G+1S with 3 NMRs); 2. Neel Roy (Mumbai)- 31 pts (3G+2S with 1 NMR).
(Group II): 1. Aaryan Bhosale (Mumbai) – 29 pts (3G+1S with 2NMRs); 2. Rudransh Mishra (Mumbai) – 28 pts (4G).
(Group III): 1. Armaan Sikka umbai) – 28 pts (4G with 3NMRs); 2. Aryan Varnekar (Satara) – 17 pts (2G_+1B with 1NMR).
. (Group IV): 1.Ronak Sawant (Mumbai) – 33 pts (4G+1S); 2. Utkarsh Gor (Pune ) – 15 pts (5B).