September 4, 2002	Wednesday	Jamadi-us-Saani25,1423

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LAHORE, Sept 3: Lahore with 326 points won the overall trophy of the Punjab Inter-district swimming championship which concluded at the Agricultural University pool, Faisalabad, as more results were received Tuesday.

Faisalabad with 201 points earned runners-up position while Jhang (95) and Bahawalpur (71) took the third and fourth position, respectively.

Out of a of total 34 districts of the province only four took part in the two-day event.

Sikandar Khan of Lahore who shattered two records on first day, in the under-15 age group, broke three more records and was declared the best swimmer of the competition.

The contests were held in Under-10, U-12, U-15 and U-18 Age Groups. The host Faisalabad could won the only Under-12 age group competition with 62 points. In all other events, Lahore took the first position.

Five records were improved on the first day and six on the final day.

Results:

100m breaststroke (Under-15): Sikandar Khan (Lahore) one minute 20.19 sec (New Record, previous record of 1:20.26 held by Abdul Aziz of Lahore at Sahiwal in July 2001), Syed Mustafa Shah (Lahore), Zeeshan (Faisalabad).

100m breaststroke (Under-18): Abdul Aziz (Lahore) 1:20.82 sec, Tanveer Ahmed (Jhang), Zeeshan Razi (Lahore).

100m backstroke (Under-15): Syed Mustafa Shah (Lahore) 1:16.32 (NR, previous record of 1:16.84 sec held by Faraz Samad of Faisalabad in July 1998 at Lahore), Salman Khan (Lahore), Mubashir Bajwa (Jhang).

100m backstroke (Under-18): Zeeshan Rabi Khan (Lahore) 1:18.81 sec, Atif Shafique Bhatti (Faisalabad), Shameem Ahmad (Jhang).

50m butterfly (Under-15): Sikandar Khan (Lahore) 00:30.68 sec (NR , previous record not mentioned), Syed Mustafa Shah (lahore), Azeem (Fsd). 50m butterfly (Under-18): Atif Shafique Bhatti (FSd) 00:32.55 sec, Rahim Waqar (Lahore), Usman Javaid (Lahore).

25m butterfly (Under-12): Shahbaz Khan (Lahore) and Yahya Shahid (Faisalabad) joint winners, 00.17.07 each, Arsalan (Bahawalpur), Usama Tahir (FSD).

4x50m freestyle (Under-12): Faisalabad, 2:30.20 sec, Bahawalpur, Jhang. 100m freestyle (Under-15): Sikandar Khan (Lahore) 1:02.95 sec (NR, previous record 1:9.77 held by Sikandar Khan of Lahore in July 2001 at Sahiwal), Shan Lashari (Lahore), Naveed Ahmad (Jhang).

100m freestyle (Under-18): Rahim Waqar (Lahore) 1:06.77, Usman Javaid (Lahore), Shamim Ahmad (Jhang).

50m freestyle (Under-10): Qasim Ali (Lahore) 00:40.26, Bilal Asghar (Faisalabad), Anas (Faisalabad).

50m backstroke (Under-12): Mohammad Arslan (Bahawalpur), 00:41.26, Usman Atique (Faisalabad), Shahbaz Khan (Lahore).

200m individual medley (Under-15): Sikandar Khan (Lahore) 2:39.45, Syed Mustafa Shah (Lahore), Muhammad Zeeshan.

200m individual medley (Under-18): Usman Javaid (Lahore) 2:49.26 (NR, previous record is not mentioned), Zeeshan Rabi Khan (Lahore), Shameem Ahmad (Jhang).

4x100m freestyle (Under-15): Lahore, 4:53.56 (NR, previous record not mentioned), Faisalabad, Bahawalpur.