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MSSA swimming: Aanya Wala sets pool on fire with seven gold medals

Bhumi Gupta of Kendriya Vidyalaya snatched the silver, clocking 1:08.28secs and Rabiya Darvesh of The Alexandra Girls English Institute (Fort) took bronze in 1:09.35s

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Bombay Scottish's  Aanya Wala en route to a gold medal in the 100m butterfly final of the MSSA inter-school aquatic championships at the Andheri Sports Complex yesterday. Pic/Sameer Markande

Bombay Scottish's Aanya Wala en route to a gold medal in the 100m butterfly final of the MSSA inter-school aquatic championships at the Andheri Sports Complex yesterday. Pic/Sameer Markande

Aanya Wala, 14, of Bombay Scottish (Mahim) hogged the limelight with some outstanding performances in the girls U-16 competition of the MSSA inter-school aquatic championship at the Andheri Sports Complex swimming pool on Sunday. Aanya created a huge splash, winning as many as seven gold medals, including five in individual events.

The Bombay Scottish girl also set two new meet records, the second in the 100m free-style on the second day of the two-day meet. Aanya swam strongly and completed the two laps in a record time of 1:02.59s, beating the previous mark of 1:07.50s set by Jispa Doshi of Dhirubhai Ambani School (BKC) in 2016. Bhumi Gupta of Kendriya Vidyalaya snatched the silver, clocking 1:08.28secs and Rabiya Darvesh of The Alexandra Girls English Institute (Fort) took bronze in 1:09.35s.

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