Media Release
Mangaluru, Oct 4: In spite of the hardships faced in wake of the Covid pandemic, the swimmers of Mangaluru have shown exemplary performance in the state-level championships organised by the Karnataka Swimming Association at Basavanagudi Swimming Club pool in Bengaluru recently.
One individual championship, one new meet record, 13 gold, 13 silvers and 7 bronze medals and 7 swimmers qualifying for the national level championship were the highlights of the commendable performance of the swimmers who trained under the experienced coaches from Dolphin Aquatic Club at the We One Aqua Centre at the St Aloysius College Swimming Pool.
Alyssa S Rego bagged the individual championship with gold medal in 100, 200 mtrs freestyle, 50 and 100 mtrs butterfly, 200 mtrs individual medley along with silver in 50 mtr free style. One new meet record was clocked in the 4*200 relay participated by Dhruthi Fernandes. The 7 swimmers who have been are qualified for the Nationals include Naitik N, Alyssa Swedal Rego, Dwisha N Shetty, Alaister S Rego, Steve Jeff Lobo, Dhrithi Fernandes and Diganth V S. The national championships will be held at the BAC Swimming Pool in Bengaluru from October 19 being held under the banner of Indian Swimming Association.
The details of the medal winners are as follows:
Group 3 boys: Naitik N - Gold in 100 backstroke, Silver in 200 mtrs individual medley and 100 mtrs butterfly, bronze in 200mtr freestyle;
Group 2 boys: Alaister Samuel Rego 4 silver in 1500 freestyle and 400 freestyle, 800 freestyle, 200 freestyle and 3 golds in all relays, Steve Jeff Lobo - 2 silvers in 100 and 200mtr butterfly, bronze in 50 mtrs butterfly, 2 golds and 1 bronze in relay; Nishan gold in 4*100 relay; Diganth V S - silver in 200 mtrs backstroke, bronze in 100 mtr backstroke;
Group 2 girls - Riana Dhrithi Fernandes - silver in 200 individual medley and 100mtr breast stroke, 2 bronze in 200 breaststroke and 400 IM, 1 gold and 1 bronze in relay; Dwisha Shetty - Silver in 50mtr breast stroke, bronze in 100mtr breast stroke.
In spite of the threat posed by the coronavirus and the series of lockdowns and Covid protocols, the children put in the best of their efforts practicing with all precautions in the past one year and have achieved these impressive results. The the We One Aqua Centre to carry out the activities under strict guidelines imposed by the district administration.
The swimmers were professionally coached by Dhronacharya awardee, Nihar Amin and Madhu Kumar B M from the Dolphin Aquatic Club, Bengaluru along with the head coach Lokraj Vitla, coaches Yajnesh Bengre, Umesh Vitla, Deepak and others.
Fr Melwyn Pinto, rector of St Aloysius Institutions, Fr Cyril, secretary, Jesuits Education Society, MAC president Dr Nagendra Nayak, promoters of We One Aqua Centre, Naveen and Roopa G Prabhu, and head coach Lokraj Vitla were present at the press meet.