Third HIMS Inter-school Swimming

Jan Heijdra of Lincoln School grabbed three gold medals on the opening day of the Third HIMS Inter-school Swimming Tournament on Saturday. Heijdra claimed the gold medals in boys´ 100m individual medley(16.07 seconds), 50m butterfly of 15-17 age group(32.91 seconds) and in 50m breast-stroke of 15-17 age group(39.97 seconds).

In the girls´ category, Sonira Bista of Baba Boarding, Shreya Dhital of Lincoln and Elina Sherpa of Saint Joseph claimed two golds each. Bista finished the 25m butterfly and 25m breast-stroke in U-10 age group in 22.28 seconds and 22.12 seconds respectively to secure two golds.

Likewise, Dhital finished first in 50m butterfly (39.31 seconds) and breast-stroke of 15-17 age groups(47.84 seconds) while Sherpa won the 50m butterfly and 50m breast-stroke in 11-12 age groups.

Kriti Shrestha of LA secured the first position in 50m breast-stroke of the 13-14 age group while Mimi Skelly of Lincoln finished first in 50m butterfly of the same age group. Lincoln School also won the girls´ 4X50m relay.