O. SWIMMING TITLES

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25422, 19 February 1948, Page 3

O. SWIMMING TITLES

<0 RECORDS BROKEN AT DUNEDIN RESULTS of events DUNEDIN, February 18. New Zealand records were oroken others were closely approach- , A, e New Zealand national swimming rionships. which opened at the tepid Dunedin, to-day, and were conthis evening. Shanahan, Auckland, clipped two ' off his own New Zealand record yards breaststroke cf 72sec. :X nTran won this race by five yards -Ttae former freestyle champion, W. Otago, and collected his second ; he won the first butterfly s kp championship in 68 3-ssec, after : 'tppn tus«ie with T. Logan, Taranaki, \7finishea two yards behind him. p gMathieson, Auckland, who won firat New Zealand title more than 12 "•ago broKe C. Cliff’s record of smin when he ’.von the 440 yards * V'backstroke championship in smin ssec A previous performance by of smin 34 4-ssec, at Auck?nn is awaiting recognition. Kg'aire Lane won the 100 yards women’s rorKstruke title for the fifth consecutive C2 ar having a margin of 12 yards from V Tremaine, Manawatu. Her time, 72 rUpe was two-fifths of a second outside hero* 7l record, established at Nelson Chambers, Canterbury, reined his mile championship by 40 yards “jZp Blomfield, Auckland, his time of “mia 29 3-ssec was the fastest ever reJ7rded in a fresh water pool in New Zea’and. only only 27 seconds slower than vNewell’s record established in 1938 at New Plymouth. Betty Casey, Otago, won the 100 yards women’s free-style title for the fourth successive year, and her time of 64 4-ssec vas the fastest in which this championship has ever been won. parry. Nelson, won the 100 yards nep’s freestyle in 55 l-ssec, which was jjgjy l-ssec outside the New Zealand 1 Reid, Otago, won the New Zealand women’s diving championship for the third consecutive year, making a great recovery after being three points down to Joyce Carpenter, Nelson, a former champion. In the compulsory section, Miss Reid gave a consistent display, and in some of her voluntary dives revealed brilliance. It was a very close contest, with the issue in doubt to the final dive. D. Begg won the first men s low springboard championship by a good margin from O. Jaine, Auckland. These two dived well, but others performed disI appointingly. The title-holder. Miss N. Shaw, did not gain a place in the women's I 229 yards breaststroke heat, and the final , was won by H. Forsyth, Otago, who. is still an intermediate swimmer. Her time of 3min 23 l-ssec was eight secbnd§ faster than the winning time last year. Points for the Yaldhurst Shield, at present held by\ Canterbury, were: Otago 29, Auckland 29, Canterbury 12, Nelson 8, Wanganui 3, Manawatu 3, Wellington 3. Taranaki 3, and Southland 1. Detailed Results Results of events were:— 100 Yards Men’s Breaststroke, New Zealand Championship.—First heat: W. J. Jarvis (Otago) 1, S. Savage (Auckland) 2. D. Dowse (Wellington) 3; time. Imin 16 l-ssec. Second heat: J. Shanahan (Auckland) 1, J. Erickson (Canterbury) 2. B. E. Tremaine (Otago) 3; time Imin 12 l-ssec. Final: J. Shanahan (Auckland) 1, W. J. Jarvis (Otago) 2, S. Savage (Auckland) 3. Time, Imin lOsec (New Zealand record.) 100 Yards Women’s Freestyle New Zealand Championship.—First heat: J. Hastings (Auckland) 1, B. Beadle (Southland) 2, P. Stannard (Wellington) 3; time, Imin 8 3-ssec. Second heat: B. Casey (Otago) 1, N. Bridson (Auckland) 2, M. Tremaine (Manawatu) 3; time, Imin 4 4-ssec. Final: B. Casey (Otago) 1, N. Bridson (Auckland) 2, J. Hastings (Auckland) 3. Time. Imin 4 4-ssec. 440 Yards Men’s Backstroke, New Zealand Championship.—Final: P. E. Mathiewn (Auckland) 1, T. E. Wilson (Otago) 2, C. Martin (Southland) 3. Time, smin 39 l-ssec (a New Zealand record). 220 Yards Women’s Breaststroke, New Zealand Championship.—First heat: M. Hughes (Otago) 1, S. Payne (Otago) 2, A. Hamilton (Auckland) 3; time, 3min 33 2-ssec. Second heat: H. Forsyth (Otago) 1, M- Teague (Wellington) 2, H. Smith (Canterbury) 3; time, 3min 25 3-5 »ec. Final: H. Forsyth (Otago) 1, M. Teague (Wellington) and H. Smith (Canterbury), dead heat, 2. Time, 3min 23 l-ssec.

100 Y'ards Men’s Freestyle New Zealand Championship.—L. Barry (Nelson) 1. W. Anderson (Wanganui) 2, R. McEvoy (Auckland) 3. Time, 55 l-ssec.

100 Yards Women’s Backstroke New Zealand Championship.—N. Lane (Otago) 1, M. Tremaine (Manawatu) 2, N. Maztcleni (Auckland) 3. Time, Imin 12 2-ssec. One Mile Men’s Freestyle New Zealand Championship.—Final: C. Chambers • Canterbury) 1, p, Blomfield (Auckland) 2, L Wilson (Otago) 3. Time, 22min 29 3-ssec. 100 Yards Men’s Butterfly New Zealand Championship.—Final: J. Shanahan (Auckland) 1, T. Logan (Taranaki) 2, D. Dowse (Wellington) 3. Time, Imin 8 3-5 lec. Men’s Low Board Diving, New Zealand Championship.— D. Begg (Canterbury), 68.10 points. 1: O. Jaine (Auckland), 56.46 points. 2; V. Eckhoff (Otago), 51.19 points Women’s Diving, New Zealand Championship.— M. Reid (Otago) 57.10 points, 1: J. Carpenter (Nelson), 52.83nt5. 2; B Moore (Otago), 38.99pt5, 3. / Water Polo.—Otago B 1, Canterbury 2.