Saumya Sachdeva sets new record at 58th Delhi State Swimming Championship
Saumya Sachdeva created a new meet record in the Under-14 50-meter backstroke event at the Delhi State Swimming Championship. She completed the race in 34.26 seconds to set a new record and clinch the gold medal in the event.
The previous meet record in the Under-14 50-meter backstroke event was 34.32 seconds. Saumya also won a gold medal in the Under-14 200-meter freestyle race.
The 58th edition of the Delhi State Swimming Championship was held at the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Swimming Pool Complex from July 14 (Sunday) to 16 (Tuesday).
A total of 750 swimmers from Delhi competed in the three-day tournament. Multiple athletes from various institutes competed in the competition across various disciplines for different age categories.
The various disciplines in the competition were:
- 400-meter freestyle
- 50-meter breaststroke
- 200-meter backstroke
- 200-meter butterfly
- 50-meter backstroke
- 50-meter freestyle
- 200-meter freestyle
- 4x100m medley relay
- 4x50m medley relay
- 4x200m freestyle relay
- 4x50m freestyle relay
- 100-meter backstroke
- 100-meter freestyle
- 100-meter butterfly
- 100-meter breaststroke
- 50-meter butterfly
- 4x100m freestyle relay
- 4x200m medley relay
- 200-meter breaststroke
- 400-meter breaststroke
- 400-meter backstroke
(Note: This list is according to reports and might not be the final list of events held at the 58th Delhi State Swimming Championship)
58th Delhi State Swimming Championship: List of institutes that competed in the tournament
Here are the names of a few institutes that competed at the 58th Delhi State Swimming Championship:
- North Delhi District Swimming Association
- Trident Sports Acamdey
- Swim N Gym Point
- Jain Sports Society
- Elite SA
- DDSC
- Modern School
- Bal Bharati Public School, Pitampura
- SIIA
- Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram
- Thetis
- Bal Bharti Sports Acamdey
- Gupta Sports Club
- Quick Sports Club
- Elite Sports Academy
- BVNS
- Pancheel Sports Club
- National Tarak
- SDSA
- Shahdara District Swimming Association
- Gyan Bharti School
- St. Xavier's School
- A One Sports Club
- Apeejay School
- SFIA
- Parnika Sports Club
- Flying Fish Sports Academy
- JSTS
- St. Columbus