Dilli Dehat Swimming Club win 59th Delhi State Sub-Junior and Junior Swimming Championship

Dilli Dehat Swimming Club (335 points) won the overall team title at the 59th Delhi State Sub-Junior and Junior Aquatic Championships while East Delhi Swimming Association (166) won the girls' team and Modern School, Barakhamba Road (146) won the boys' team title.

Virat (Group-3, 35 points, Delhi School Sports), Aaron Emmanuel (Group-2, 33 points) and Arnav Tyagi and Yuvraj (jointly in Group-1, 33 points) were the top swimmers in the boys' individual championship.

Marya Singh (Group-3, 35 points, BB Pitam Pura), Sehar Puri and Saumya Sachdeva (jointly in Group-2, 33 points) and Titiksha Rawat (Group-1, 33 points, Shahdara District Swimming Association) topped the girls' individual championship.

Squadron Leader (Retd.) SR Sahu, Chairman of the Adhoc Committee managing the Delhi Swimming Association, member Vijay Kumar, CEO of Punjab Swimming Association Balraj Sharma, administrator and senior coach of SPM Swimming Pool Complex Sanjay Bisht and Vice President of Swimming Federation of India Rajkumar gave the awards to the winners.

In the 200 metres boys under-17 freestyle event, Yuvraj Singh won gold by setting a new meet record with a time of 2:02.24. He set a meet record for the second time in this championship. Ryan Rajib got second place and Vansh Suhag got third place. In the girls' category of this event, Titikshha Rawat won the gold medal with a time of 2:17.55. Ananya Rawat ended second and Elmas Arora finished third.

Khushi Bhatt (1:10.19) won gold in the 100 metres girls' under-17 butterfly event. Yajushi Dahiya and Elmas Arora finished second and third respectively. In the 200m girls under-14 freestyle event, Nupur Pathak Pathak finished first (2:25.80), Sandipani Mishra second and Avani Ramchandani third. In the boys' category, Dev Vats won the gold while Samraj Rathi got second and Tejas Guha got the third place. In the 50m girls' under-17 freestyle event, Titikshha Rawat (27.77) won the gold medal by defeating Khushi Bhatt (29.31 seconds). Ananya Chauhan won the bronze.

In the 50m boys under-17 freestyle event, Ryan Rajib (25.04) won gold while Rehan Sejwal won silver and Yashank Mahawal won bronze. In the 50m boys' under-14 freestyle event, Aaron Emmanuel (27.47) won gold. Suryabhan Mahawal and Harshit Dedha got silver and bronze medals respectively.

In the girls category of this event, Soumya Sachdeva (29.75) won gold while Nupur Pathak won silver and Sandipni Mishra won bronze. In the 100m girls under-14 butterfly event, Soumya Sachdeva (21:12.26) was at the top while Yadhvi Negi was second and Amira Singhal was third.

Group Championship:

Girls Group-1: Shahdara District Swimming Association (117 points)

Girls Group-2: East Delhi Swimming Association (123 points)

Girls Group-3: South Delhi Swimming Association (83)

Boys Group-1: Elite Swimming Academy (114 points)

Boys Group-2: Birla Vidya Niketan (72 points)

Boys Group-3: Central Delhi Swimming Association (68 points)

Tags : Swimming, Delhi, Dilli Dehat, East Delhi, Shahdara, Central Delhi