KARACHI, April 6: Several records were broken on the opening day of the two-day 13th National Women’s Junior Age Group Swimming Championship at the Karachi Gymkhana here on Saturday.

The teams taking part in the championship, organised by the Sindh Women’s Swimming Association, include Sindh, Army, Punjab, Islamabad, Navy and Wapda.

The events, in freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, individual medley, freestyle relay and medley relay, were held in four age groups — 10 and under, 11 to 12, 13 to 14 and 15 to 16. The championship is being conducted according to the rules of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in the club’s 25m six-lane swimming pool.

“The Women's Junior Age Group is an important annual event and is the nursery from which our young girl swimmers are selected and groomed for international events,” said Veena Masud, secretary of the Pakistan Women’s Swimming Association.

One little swimmer, seven-year-old Emaan Sajid, a class two student of CAS School, though she was competing for Navy — who got the silver medal in the 100 metres freestyle relay — was the youngest competitor this year and showed great promise, too.

Meanwhile, the Sindh team comprising Alisa Motiwala, Zohra Farhan, Laiba Bilwani and Zaha Shaikh broke the record in the girls 10 and under 100 metres freestyle relay by clocking 6:09.39. Navy were second.

Six new individual records were set, three by Bisma Khan of Navy in the age group of 11 and 12 and another three were set by Lianna Swan of Army in the age group of 15 and 16 years.

Results: Age Group 10 & under 200 metres freestyle: 1. Zaha Shaikh (Sindh) 3:10.60; 2. Alisa Motiwala (Sindh) 3:11.26; 3. Sarah Fatima (Navy) 4:05.29. 100 metres backstroke: 1. Alisa Motiwala (Sindh) 1:36.25; 2. Laiba Bilwani (Sindh) 1:44.35; 3. Sarah Fatima (Navy) 2:16.90. 4x 100 metres freestyle relay: 1. Sindh (Alisa Motiwala, Zohra Farhan, Laiba Bilwani, Zaha Shaikh); 6:09.39; 2. Navy (Emaan Sajid, Heer Loungani, Sarah Fatima, Ramsha Imran) 9:10.06. Age group 11 & 12:200 metres breaststroke: 1. Simrah Nasir (Army) 3:30.72; 2. Alina Paracha (Sindh) 3:45.48; 3. Aneesah Hamid (Punjab) 4:00.76. 50 metres freestyle: 1, Bisma Khan (Navy) 30.82 (new record): 2. Simrah Nasir (Army) 33.98; 3. Aneesah Hamid (Punjab) 40.91. 100 metres medley relay: 1. Sindh (Dahlia Faruqi, Alina Paracha, Araj Shaikh, Maya Mushtaq) 7:36.14; Age group 13 & 14: 200 metres individual medley: 1. Areeba Shaikh (Army) 2:55.54; 2. Areesha Saif (Sindh) 2:58.02; 3. Soha Sanjrani (Army) 4:00.76. 50 metres breaststroke: 1. Anushey Engineer (Sindh) 41.41; 2. Silah Saigol (Sindh) 45.81; 3. Soha Sanjrani (Army) 46.37. 100 metres freestyle relay 1. Sindh (Areesha Saif, Anushey Engineer, Silah Saigol, Anaida Mitha) 5:45.03; 2. Navy (Ayesha Shoaib, Mahnoor Karim, Iman Imran, Aleena Ikram);3. Punjab (Gulminay Lone, Sania Shahid, Noor Nusrum, Mahnan Chaudhry) 7:09.01. Age group 15 & 16: 400 metres individual medley: 1. Lianna Swan (Army) 5:22.84 (new record); 2. Fatima Mahmood (Wapda) 7:15.59; 3. Iman Aleem (Sindh) 7:39.27. 50 metres backstroke: 1. Maheen Javed (Sindh) 39.48; 2. Liya Mushtaq (Sindh)

40.51; 3. Warda Fatima (Federal Areas) 47.73.200 metres breaststroke: 1. Dania Ashraf (Sindh) 3:47.78; 2. Sarah Tajammul (Wapda) 3:47.89. Age group 10 & under: 100 metres breaststroke: 1. Laiba Bilwani (Sindh) 1:44.30; 2. Ramsha Imran (Navy) 1:54.88; 3. Sarina Dewan (Navy) 1:55.29. 50 metres butterfly: 1. Zaha Shaikh (Sindh) 43.34; 2. Laiba Bilwani (Sindh) 44.49; 3. Sarah Fatima (Navy) 57.35.Age group 11 & 12: 400 metres freestyle: 1. Simrah Nasir (Army) 6:05.32; 2. Araj Shaikh (Sindh) 6:08.38; 3. Haadiya Qayyum (Wapda) 8:26.06. 100 metres backstroke: 1. Bisma Khan (Navy) 1:18.95; 2. Araj Shaikh (Sindh) 1:33.11; 3. Haadiya Qayyum (Wapda) 2:12.78. 50 metres butterfly: 1. Bisma Khan (Navy) 34.55 (new record); 2. Aneesah Hamid (Punjab) 55.09; 3. Alina Paracha (Sindh) 55.16. 200 metres backstroke: 1. Bisma Khan (Navy) 2:51.54 (new record); 2. Araj Shaikh (Sindh) 3:21.34; 3. Haadia Qayyum (Wapda) 4.51.83. Age group 13 & 14: 200 metres breaststroke: 1. Anushey Engineer (Sindh) 3:20.34; 2. Silah Saigol (Sindh) 3:38.69; 3. Ayesha Shoaib (Navy) 3:53.49.100 metres freestyle: 1. Anaida Mitha (Sindh) 1:07.99; 2. Areesha Saif (Sindh) 1:10.22; 3. Gulminay Lone (Punjab) 1:27.81. 50 metres butterfly: 1. Areeba Shaikh (Sindh) 33.71; 2. Anushey Engineer (Sindh) 35.98; 3. Soha Sanjrani (Army) 36.20. Age group 15 & 16: 200 metres freestyle: 1. Rushaan Ghazanfar (Sindh) 2:47.62; 2. Fatima Mahmood (Wapda) 7:15.59; 3. Iman Aleem (Sindh) 7:39.27.200 metres backstroke: 1. Lianna Swan (Army) 2:35.11 (new record); 2. Fatima Mahmood (Wapda) 3:23.05; 3. Maheen Javed (Sindh) 3:24.55. 100 metres butterfly: 1. Lianna Swan (Army) 1:12.65 (new record); 2. Fatima Mahmood (Wapda) 1:36.68; 3. Maheen Javed (Sindh) 1:39.65. 50 metres freestyle: 1. Iman Aleem (Sindh) 34.54; 2. Rushaan Ghazanfar (Sindh) 34.71; 3. Warda Fatima (Federal Areas) 39.04. 800 metres freestyle: 1. Fatima Mahmood (Wapda) 12:51.47; 2. Rushaan Ghazanfar (Sindh) 13:11.18; 3. Dania Ashraf (Sindh) 14:45.50. 100 metres medley relay: 1. Sindh (Liya Mushtaq, Rushaan Ghazanfar, Iman Aleem, Maheen Javed) 5:45.03; 2. Navy (Ayesha Shoaib, Mahnoor Karim, Iman Imran, Aleena Ikram); 3. Punjab (Gulminay Lone, Sania Shahid, Noor Nusrum, Mahnan Chaudhry) 7:09.01.