Ludhiana girls’ team (11-12 years) clinched the title with an impressive all-round performance at the 37th Sub-Junior Punjab State Swimming Championship, held at Ferozepur on July 17 and 18. The boys’ team ended second.
Ludhiana girls dominated Group III, amassing 43 points to lift the championship trophy. Faridkot finished runners-up with 23 points. The district boys performed creditably, finishing runners-up with 37 points. Host Ferozepur won the title with 48 points.
Jalandhar was adjudged the overall champion of the championship with an aggregate of 103 points with consistent performances across categories.
For Ludhiana, Peharreet Kaur Deol secured the third position in the 200m individual medlay in girls’ Group-II. Divyansh came out victorious in the same event in the boys’ Group-III. Parsim Kaur Kainth won in the Group-III.
Ludhiana quartet of Divyansh, Mansehajpreet Singh, Taresh Gupta and Tanish Gupta finished runners-up in the 4x50m freestyle relay in the boys’ Group-III. In the girls’ section, relay team comprising Navya Thakur, Mishika Mehra, Jinat Handa and Parsim Kaur Kainth secured top honours in the same discipline.
In the boys’ Group-III, Bhavishya Yug clinched bronze medals in 100m freestyle, 50m butterfly stroke and 50m breaststroke, Divyansh secured the gold medal in Group-III in 100m freestyle. In the girls’ Group-III, Parsim Kaur Kainth walked away with the gold medal in 100m freestyle event. Palkin Jatin finished as second runner-up to claim the bronze medal in 50m butterfly stroke in the girls’ Group-II.
Earlier, Ferozepur MP Sher Singh Ghubaya inaugurated the championship. Office-bearers of the Punjab Swimming Association distributed the prizes.
