PESHAWAR, Sept 5: Sikandar Khan of Punjab established a new national record in the 100 meters under-18 butterfly of the 11th National Age Group Swimming Championship which started at the Qayyum Complex Swimming Pool on Friday.
Sikandar covered the distance in 01:04.07 seconds breaking the record established by Kamal Salman Masud who had covered the same distance in 01:04.85 second in Lahore in 1994.
Punjab dominated the first day proceedings followed by Sindh and NWFP in the three-day event.
Sikandar also grabbed first position in the under-18 200 meters freestyle, with the timing of 02:18:73, followed by Syed Usman Javid (Punjab), 02:21.41 seconds; Umesh, (Sindh), 02:52.58; Mohammad Tahir (Sindh), 02:56.93seconds; Khalid Rahim (NWFP), 03:22.54 seconds and Hassan Qureshi (NWFP) with 03:25.11 seconds.
Others results are as follow:
200 Meters Freestyle (under-15) 1st Syed Mustafa Shah Punjab 02:32.21 2nd Jawad Kamani Sindh 02:35.41 3rd Husnain Mehmood Punjab 02:38.59 4th Imran Hashim NWFP 02:55.93 5th Zarar Rehman NWFP 02:56.57 6th Agha Shahwar Sindh 03:03.80
200 Meters Breaststroke (under-18) 1st Abdul Aziz Punjab 03:05.31 2nd Bilal Ejaz Sindh 03:15.13 3rd Zeeshan Ahmed Punjab 03:16.33 4th Umesh Sindh 03:30.70 5th Haibat Khan PAF 03:33.21 6th Farman Israr NWFP 03:36.22
200 Meters Breaststroke (under-15) 1st Syed Mustafa Shah Punjab 03:13.20 2nd Rohail Waqar Punjab 03:17.74 3rd Salman Saadat Sindh 03:19.86 4th Jawad Kamani Sindh 03:25.66 5th Qasim NWFP 04:02.23 6th Adnan Hashim NWFP 04:10.85
100 Meters Butterfly (under-18) Ist Sikandar Khan Punjab 01:04.07 2nd Syed Usman Javid Punjab 01:16.06 3rd Mohammad Tahir Sindh 01:23.82 4th Salman Ali NWFP 01:34.41 5th Sajjad Raza Sindh 01:42.27.































