Three Records Broken In Schools’ Swimming

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31315, 10 March 1967, Page 15

Three Records Broken In Schools’ Swimming

Three records, two of them in heats, were broken at the boys’ inter-secondary schools’ swimming sports at the Centennial Pool yesterday.

The Canterbury representative and Christchurch Boys’ j High School swimmer, A., Kindred, lowered the senior l 110 yards backstroke record by I.Bsec in his heat, winning by a margin of half the pool in Imin 12.5 sec. In the 4 x 55 yards intermediate relay, Christchurch Boys’ High School recorded Imin 59.65ec, beating by o.Bsec, the record set by C.B.H.S. last year. The only record broken in a final was in the senior 110 yards breaststroke, J. Edmunds (C.8.H.5.) improving the old record of Imin 20.3 sec by o.Bsec.

Abbreviation* used In the following result* are: A.H.S.. Aranui High School; Burn. H.S., Burnwide; C.H.S.. Cashmere; C.8.H.5.. Christchurch Boys’; C.C., Christ s College; C.C.H.S.. Combined Country; Hag H.S., Hagley: H.H.S., Hillmorton; Line. H.S., Lincoln; L.H.S., Linwood: M.H.S., Malrehau; P.H.S., Papanul; Bang, H.S., Rangiora;

. R.H.S., Riccarton; St. A., St. .Andrew's College; St. 8.. St. 1 Bede’s College; St. T„ St. ■ iThomas’s: 5.8.H.5., Shirley :! Boys'; X.C., Xavier College. l| Besults of finals were:— Senior 1 110 Yards Backstroke.—A. Kindred (C.8.H.5.) 1, B. Bough (Burn. H.S.) 2. B. J. McFarlane ’ (C.C.) 3. Time, 1:15.8. 1 110 Yards Freestyle.—M. JohnI stone (C.8.H.5.) 1, P. Cooper , (L.H.S.) 2. P. Shand (C.C.) 3. Time, 1:5.4. ’ 110 Yards Breaststroke. —J. Edmunds (C.8.H.5.) 1, W. , Brown (X.C.) 2. P. Marshall ‘ (C.C.) 3. Time, 1:19.5. ) Belay.—C.B.H.S. 1, C.C. 2, . Burn. H.S. 3. Time, 1:59.3. ; Intermediate . 110 Yards Backstroke.—B.. J. ' Wilson (5.8.H.5.) 1, J. Tillson (C.8.H.5.) 2, W. Pltama (C.H.S.) ■ 3. Time. 1:14.0. 110 Yards Freestyle.—B. Ward , (Hag. H.S.) 1, J. C. Bell (C.C.) : 2, G. Barnett (L.H.S.) 3. Time, : 1:4.1. . 110 Yards Breaststroke. M. . King (C.8.H.5.) 1, B. Lexton (5.8.H.5.) 2, A. Stuart (L.H.S.) ■ 3. Time. 1:24.7. . Belay.—C.B.H.S. 1, S.B.H.S. 2, C.C. 3. Time. 2:0.2.

Junior 55 Yards Backstroke.—S. John* stone (C.8.H.5.) 1, P. Parkhouse (X.C.) 2, G. Folk (H.H.S.) 3. Time, 36.9. 55 Yards Freestyle.—G. Walker (St. A.) 1, S. Shepherd (Rang. H.S.) 2. P. Gallavin (P.H.S.) 3. Time. 30.2. 55 Yards Breaststroke. M. Godinet (Hag. H.S.) 1, R. Cross (St. B.) 2, D. Hopper (Rang. H.S.) 3. Time, 41.7. Relay,—C.B.H.S. 1, St. A. 2, C.C. 3. Time, 2:12.0. Under-14 55 Yards Backstroke. M. Lewis (C.8.H.5.) 1, G. Day (5.8.H.5.) 2, R. Faulding (X.C.) 3. Time, 38.6. 55 Yards Freestyle.—C. Queree (A.H.S.) 1. J. Baigent (C.8.H.5.) 2, A. Kramer (X.C.) 3. Time, 31.2. 55 Yards Breaststroke. P. Mace (R.H.S.) 1, C. P. Sellers (C.C.) 2, M. Heketa (X.C.) 3. Time. 47.2. Relay.—C.B.H.S. 1, C.C. 2, S.B.H.S. 3. Time, 2:15.7.