Hassan Kamran stars in Swimming C’ship

Hassan Kamran of Punjab splashed to limelight after creating five national records in the 17th National Age Group McDonald’s Swimming Championship that was held here on Friday at the Aitchison College pool.
Hassan who smashed the 100metres backstroke record, created another four marks on second and final day of the championship. Hassan broke 200metres individual medlay record by timing 2.37.38, 200metres backstroke (2.42.12), 100metres backstroke (1.13.01) and 4x200metres freestyle (11.12.12).
Apart from the Age Group championship, the Punjab Swimming Association also organised the All Pakistan Inter-school Championship. On the final day 24 finals were decided while Punjab and Sindh dominated in these finals. McDonalds Country Manager Raza Ali was the chief guest and distributed the prizes among the winners. Punjab Swimming Association President Zoraiz Lashari was also present on the occasion.