A LONG SPRINT
m mc prvu*viy * ~ great many persons who 3 still pride themselves on 3 their athletic achieve--3 ments at school, who X fondly recall their efforts X in running the 100 yards 3 in Usee or Just over. So X those with some little X knowledge of the efforts needed to produce Usee X for the short sprint will 3 appreciate more fully the - great stamina and speed 3 which P. G. Snell had to 3 produce for his world X breaking Imin 45.1 sec 3 for the half-mile last 3 Saturday. A statistician 3 has revealed that Snell 3 ran his half-mile at a 3 speed which gave him an 3 average of U.94sec for X the 100 yards. And his 3 time of 3min 54.45ec for 3 the mile at Wanganui 3 gave him an average of 3 13.325ec for the 100 yards. nllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHllllll
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29744, 10 February 1962, Page 9
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148A LONG SPRINT Press, Volume CI, Issue 29744, 10 February 1962, Page 9
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