Excellent doubles by Sikandar, Shahid

Published September 3, 2002

LAHORE, Sept 2: Five new records were established in the Punjab Age Group swimming championship held at the Agricultural University, Faisalabad pool, according to a message received Monday.

Four records were broken by swimmers belonging to Lahore which included two by Sikandar Khan and one each by Abdul Aziz and Syed Mustafa Shah. The fifth record was improved by Yahya Shahid of Faisalabad.

The competitions were held in Under-10, Under-12, Under-15 and Under-18 Age Groups.

Lahore won the Under-10, Under-15 and Under-18 Age Group championships while it got the runners-up position in the Under- 12 contest. Faisalabad won the Under-12 championship and got the runners-up position in Under-10, Under-15 and Under-18.

In all, Lahore bagged 158 points from all the four championships to win the overall trophy. Faisalabad got 106 points to earn the second position. Jhang and Bahawalpur with 45 and 21 points, respectively, claimed the third and fourth position.

Results:

200m breaststroke (Under-15): Sikandar Khan (Lahore), two minutes 55.59 seconds, Faizan Rabbi Khan (Lahore), Zeeshan Ahmad (Faisalabad).

200m breaststroke (U-18): Abdul Aziz (Lahore), 3:02.88 sec (new record), Tanvir Ahmad Malik (Jhang), Zeeshan Razi (Lahore).

200m backstroke (Under-15): Syed Mustafa Shah (Lahore) 2:46.22 sec (New Record), Sikandar Khan (Lahore), Mubashir Ahmed (Jhang).

200m backstroke (Under-18): Zeeshan Rabi Khan (Lahore) 2:52.71 sec., Atif Shafique Bhatti (FSD), Shamir Ahmad (Jhang).

100m Individual medley (Under-12): Yahya Shahid (Faisalabad) 1:26.23 sec (New Record), Hamza Tahir (Faisalabad), Shahbaz Khan (Lahore).

4x25m freestyle relay (Under-10): Qasim Ali, Haider Awan, Syed Bilal Haider, Syed Abdul Moeed Mustafa (Lahore) 1:16.55 sec, Mehboob, Talha, Abdul Rahi, Bilal (Faisalabad), Malik Basal, Talha, Fazal Ali, Nafees Ahmed (Jhang).

200m freestyle (Under-15): Sikandar Khan (Lahore), 2:17.19 (New Record), Syed Mustafa Shah (Lahore), Mubashir Bajwa (Jhang). 200 m freestyle (Under-18): Usman Javed Zahoor (Lahore), 2:27.70 sec, Zeeshan Rabi Khan (Lahore), Atif Shafique Bhatti (Faisalabad).

50m freestyle (Under-12): Usama Ateeq (Faisalabad) 00:37.47 sec, Hamza Tahir (Faisalabad), Muhammad Arslan (Bahawalpur).

25m breaststroke (Under-10): Syed Bilal Haider (Lahore) 00:23.32, Qasim Ali (Lahore), Mehboob (Faisalabad). 100 m butterfly (Under-15): Sikandar Khan (Lahore) 1:11.54 sec (New Record), Syed Mustafa Shah (Lahore), Muhammad Azeem (Faisalabad).

50m breaststroke (Under-12): Yahya Shahid (FSD) 00:42.65 sec, Usama Ateeq (Faisalabad), Ali Shafi (Lahore).

100m butterfly (Under-18): Rahim Waqar (Lahore) 1:17.94 sec, Usman Javed (Lahore), Atif Shafique Bhatti (Faisalabad).

25m backstroke (Under-10): Haider Awan (Lahore) 00:20.35, Qasim Ali (Lahore), Bilal Asohar (Faisalabad). 4 x 100 m freestyle relay (Under-18): Lahore team, 4:53.39 sec, Jhang team, Faisalabad, Bahawalpur.

Point table: Distt Under-10 Under-12 Under-15 Under-18. Lahore 29 14 60 55; Faisalabad 18 39 23 26; Jhang 9 5 12 19; Bahawalpur 2 11 4 4