ATHLETICS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 44, 22 February 1937, Page 15

ATHLETICS.

CANTERBURY TITLES,

DEFEAT OF SPRINT CHAMPION. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHKISTCHURCH, Saturday. Under well nigh perfect climatic conditions and with the track in very good order the Canterbury Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association continued its track and Held championships at Lancaster Park this afternoon. In the women's broad Jump Miss Strachan (South Canterbury) broke the New Zealand record with a jump of 17ft 81in. The old record was 17ft 2Jln, set last year by Miss B. It. Munro, of Auckland, and formerly of Canterbury. The 220 yds hurdles. an excellent race, was won by EJ. P. Newburgh. the young Canterbury runner. In 25 3-ss, only l-5s outside the NVw Zealand record. V. P. Boot, the Olympic Games representative, ran an excellent race, well within nimself. in the 880 yds. His time was 1.56 l-r», compared with the New Zealand record of 1.54 4-5, of which he is the joint holder. In the lOOyds G. C. Gordon got away to a very fast start and scored a surprise win in 10 1-3. Results :— Mile Walk. —Dukes 1. Bell 2, Brown 3. Time 7.4 4-5. 220 Yards Hurdles.—Newt>urijh 1, Anderson 2. Bradwell a. Time. 25 3-ss. 100 Yards.—Gordon 1. Mottram 2, MacFarlane 3. Time, 10 l-ss. 100 Yards, Junior.—Armstrong 1, Dini 2, Blackett 3. Time, 10 4-fis. Women's Broad Jump.—D. Strachan 1, O. Ollphant 2. Distance, 17ft SJln (a New Zealand record). 880 Yards.—'Boot 1, Brown 2, Ma Hey 3 Time, 1.36 1-5. 220 Yards. —Macfarlane 1, Thompson 2, Newburgh 3. Time, 235. 120 Yards Hurdles. —Bradwell 1, C. Woodward 2. Time, 16 1-Ss. Putting the Shot.—Herman 1, Bain 2, McPhail 3. Distance, 3»ft lljin. One Mile.—Lyons 1, Dickie 2, Squire 3. Time, 4.36 1-5. 220 Yards Junior Hurdles.—Dinl 1, Barr 2, Stanley 3. Time, 27 2-5«. Women's 100 Yards.—Miss Stewart 1, Miss Strachan 2, Miss Calllnan 3. Time, 11 3-ss. Three Miles.—Matthews 1, Rogers 2. Time, 15m 16 3-ss. High Jump.—Wilkin* 1, Askln 2, Stead and Mehrtens (equal) 3. Height, 3ft 9iln. 440 Yards.—T. G. Broadway 1, H. D. Thompson 2, V. P. Boot 3. Time 49 4-ss. Mile.—K. W. Robinson 1, L. A. Watson 2, D. Brown 3. Time 4.31 4-5. 440 Yard« Hurdles. —A. T. Anderson 1, J. D. Nelllgan 2, E. P. Newburgh 3. Time 56 4-ss. Two Miles Walk.—F. W. Dukes 1, U G. Brown 2. Time 15.42. 100 Yards, Ladles. —Miss B. Stewart 1, D. Strachan 1, K. Calllnan 3. Time 11 8-ss. Long Jump. Ladies.—-D. Strachan 1, B. Ollphant 2. Distance 17ft Biin. Long Jump.—H. W. Wilkins 1, W. Bromley 2, K. S. Jameson 3. Distance 21ft eln. Hop, Step and Jump.—H. W. Wilkins 1. Distance 43ft 31n. Pole Vault.—N. W. Mulvey 1, W. Kane 2, L. Wooles 8. Height lift. Throwing the Discus.—A. Redmond 1, H. Cloak 2, R. Almond 3. Distance 114 ft 7Jln. Throwing the Javelin.—D. Herman 1, R. G. Mehrtens 2, H. Cloak 3. Distance 145 ft 6|ln. Throwing the Hammer.—H. Cloak 1, N. W. Mulvey 2, J. R. Brown 3. Distance 113 ft 5} in. Club Championship. — Technical, 381 points, 1 ; Canterbury, 86 points, 2 ; University, 29 points, 8.