Swimmers take the plunge in a 50-metre freestyle time trial at B.P. Chaliha swimming pool in Guwahati on Monday. Picture by S.H. Patgiri

Aquatics meet

Guwahati, May 9: Guwahati swimmers emerged overall champions at the two-day 14th all-Assam (inter-district) aquatics meet that concluded at the B.P. Chaliha swimming pool here today.

The Guwahati swimmers bagged 39 gold, 32 silver and 28 bronze medals to top the tally. They were trailed by Jorhat and Tezpur for the second and third slots respectively.

Altogether 95 swimmers from five districts ? Guwahati, Tezpur, Jorhat, Golaghat and Dibrugarh ? participated in the meet. However, barring Sumi Buragohain, Lisa Mahanta, Monjyoti Rabha, Kalyan K. Gogoi, Sagar Kumar, Merilin Gogoi and Bhargabi Gogoi, many national-level swimmers from the state did not participate in the meet.

Addressing the closing ceremony, sports adviser to the chief minister Robin Bordoloi praised the Assam swimmers for their performance at the national level. He assured them that the state government would recruit a competent coach for the Assam Swimming Association to prepare the state team for the 33rd National Games.

Academician Senehi Begum, former Guwahati mayor Queen Ojha, Assam Swimming Association president Utpal Sarma and others gave away the prizes.

Results in order of rank: Group I: (boys) 200-m individual medley ? M. Rabha, S. Das, A.A. Beria; 100-m backstroke ? H.K. Gogoi, C. Dutta, S. Das; 100-m breaststroke ? R. Bora, C. Dutta, H.K. Gogoi; 400-m freestyle ? M. Rabha, A.A. Beria, S. Das; 50-m backstroke ? R. Bora, H.K. Gogoi, C. Dutta; 50-m breaststroke ? R. Bora, H.K. Gogoi, C. Dutta; 200-m freestyle ? M. Rabha, A.A. Beria, K.K. Baruah; 100-m freestyle ? M. Rabha, A.A. Beria, S. Das. (Girls) 50-m butterfly ? M. Gogoi, R. Bhuyan, S. Baruah; 200-m breaststroke ? B. Gogoi, P. Neog, S. Baruah; 100-m breaststroke ? M. Gogoi, P. Neog, S. Baruah; 50-m backstroke ? B. Gogoi, M. Barman, P. Neog; 50-m breaststroke ? M. Gogoi, B. Gogoi, B. Gogoi, P. Neog; 100-m freestyle ? B. Gogoi, R. Bhuyan, M. Barman.

Group II: (boys) 200-m individual medley ? K.K. Gogoi, R. Baruah, A. Sharma; 50-m butterfly ? K.K. Gogoi, B.K. Dutta, A. Choudhury; 200-m backstroke ? A. Sharma, B. Deka, A. Deka; 100-m backstroke ? K.K. Gogoi, A. Sharma, R. Baruah; 200-m breaststroke ? G. Baruah, A. Choudhury, A. Das; 100-m breaststroke ?G. Baruah, A. Sharma, A. Choudhury; 50-m backstroke ? K.K. Gogoi, B. Deka, G. Baruah; 50-m breaststroke ? G. Baruah, A. Choudhury, K.K. Kashyap; 100-m butterfly ? B.K. Dutta, R. Baruah, R.N. Ahmed; 200-m freestyle ? B.K. Dutta, B. Deka, M. Rahman; 100-m freestyle ? B.K. Dutta, G. Baruah, M. Rahman. (Girls) 50-m breaststroke ? S. Buragohain, R. Mahanta, S. Bordoloi.

Group III: (Boys) 200-m individual medley ? J. Borah, R. Khan, B. Kumar; 50-m butterfly ? G. Choudhury, A. Bordoloi, R. Khan; 100-m butterfly ? J. Borah, A. Bordoloi, G. Choudhury; 100-m backstroke ? R. Khan, J. Borah, D.J. Dutta; 100-m breaststroke ? G. Choudhury, A. Bordoloi, R. Khan; 50-m backstroke ? G. Choudhury, M.P. Borah, A. Bordoloi; 200-m freestyle ? R. Gohain, R. Khan, A.Gogoi; 100-m freestyle?R.Gohain, J. Borah, R. Khan. (Girls) 50-m butterfly ? T. Kumar, T. Dhar, D. Phukan; 100-m backstroke ? T. Kumar, A. Baishya, D. Phukan; 100-m breaststroke ? T. Kumar, N. Mohan, M. Mazumdar; 50-m backstroke ? P. Baruah, D. Phukan, A. Baishya; 50-m breaststroke ? T. Kumar, N. Mohan, P. Baruah; 100-m freestyle ? P. Baruah, T. Dhar, D.Dutta.

Group IV: (Boys) 200-m individual medley ? S. Deka, M. Neogi, D. Borah; 50-m butterfly ? S. Deka, D. Borah, J. Dey; 50-m backstroke ? B. Phukan, S. Sarma, M. Borbaruah; 50-m breaststroke ? B. Phukan, D. Borah, J. Dey; 100-m freestyle ? B. Phukan, M. Neog, J. Dey. (Girls) 50-m butterfly ? S. Buragohain, S. Sarma, R. Hazarika; 50-m breaststroke ? S. Buragohain, R. Hazarika, K. Sukayna; 100-m freestyle ? S. Buragohain, R. Hazarika, D. Dey.

Group V: (Boys) 200-m individual medley ? S. Kumar, B. Kumar, P. P. Duarah; 50-m butterfly ? S. Kumar, B.K. Sasanka, S. Sarmah; 50-m backstroke ? S. Kumar, B. Kumar, P. P. Darah; 50-m breaststroke ? S. Kumar,. B. Kumar, P.P. Duarah. (Girls) 50-m butterfly ? P. Mazumdar, A. Sharma, S. Bopnos; 50-m backstroke ? P. Mazumdar, A. Sharma, N. Bordoloi; 50-m breaststroke ? A. Sharma, P. Mazumdar, N. Bordoloi.

Open: 100- m breaststroke time trial ? M. Basumatary, A. Gogoi, M. Pegu.