Three Records Broken At Christ's College

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31803, 7 October 1968, Page 8

Three Records Broken At Christ's College

The outstanding 17-year-old, S. W. Cowles, broke another record on the final day of the Christ’s College sports on Saturday. He broke his own open 440 yard record in the morning session with a time of 50.8 sec.

On Friday he broke the open long jump record with a leap of 21ft 9}in. The old record of 21ft Bin was set in 1877 by F. G. Westenra. Cowles, however, was unable to break Westenra’s 100 yard record of 10.255ec. He won by four yards as light rain fell, in 10.5 sec. Cowles now holds five records at the College, including the junior, intermeidate and senior 440 yard records. Two other records were broken on Saturday. M. J. Ramsay broke the open pole vault record by half an inch when he cleared 10ft Bjin and D. S. Williams broke his own record in the under-14 SO yards hurdles with a time of 12.5 sec.

S. Nicholls and H. G. McLernon fought a close tussle in the open mile. Nicholls, who led all the way. had more strength at the finish and won in the excellent time of 4min 34.25ec, 2.ssec outside the record. Rain had fallen before the race and the runners faced a stiff head wind along the back straight McLernon tucked in behind Nicholls for the first three laps

and then challenged strongly twice in the last lap but could not get past. Cowles won the senior championship, P. H. Cook won the intermediate. P. Hewson won the Junior and A. P. S. Mead won the under 14 championship. The results oi Saturday's events were: OPEN 100 Yards (record: 10.25. F. G. Westenra, 1877).—5. W. Cowles 1, C. D. Palmer 2, P. J. Wales 3. Time: 10.5. 440 Yards (record: 51.4. S. W. Cowles, 1968). —S. W. Cowles 1. S. C. G. Nicholls 2. P. M. Cochrane 3. Time: 50.8 (record). Mile (record: 4:31.7. M. C. Hobbs. 1907.—5. Nicholls 1. H. G. McLernon 2, R. D. C. Brent 3. Time: 4:34.2. 120 Yards Hurdles (record: 15.6, T. A. Gresson, 1931: J. R. IM. Davidson. 1948.—P. M. Tocker 1, R. N. Homershan 2, A. O Wilder 3. Time: 16.1. 440 Yard Hurdles (record: 56.8, R. M. Edmond, 1960).—P. M. Tocker 1, A. O. Wilder 2. A. T. Young 3. Time: 61.4. High Jump (record: 5:104. P. von Dadelzen, 1959). —S. L. Savill 1, H. B. Wood and R. N. Homershan (equal) 2. Height: 5:4. Shot Put (record: 47:0i. J. A. T. Dawson. 1965).—R. W. Fulton 1, J. L. H. Williams 2, A. H Hay 3. Distance: 41:1*. Pole Vault (record: 10:8. J. M. Nurse, 1962).—M. J. Ramsay 1. P. M. Tocker 2, R. D. Dunkley 3. Height: 10:8i (record). Three Miles (record: 15.48, P. B. Shield, 1963; M. C. Hobbs. 1967).—5. C. G. Nicholls 1. D. W. Culverhouse 2. N. G. McLernon. Time: 15:58.2. Three Miles Walk (record: 27:55.1. D. A. Burns. 1968). —D. A. Burns 1, R. H. Blank 2. A. G. Macßeth 3. Time: 27:55.1 (record). 7 INTERMEDIATE 100 Yards (record: 10.8. J. A. Crowe, 1951).—P. Humphreys 1. T. R. Archibald 2, R. P. Davis 3. Time: 11.2.

220 Yards (record; 23.4, D. W. Mackenzie, 1957).—T. R. Archibald 1, P. Humphreys 2, P. H. Cook 3. Time: 24.9. 440 Yards (record: 52.9. S. W. Cowles, 1986).—P. H. Cooke 1. T. R. Archibald 2, R. P. Davis 3. Time: 54.1. One Mile (record: 4:35.2, P. B. Shield, 1962).—P. H. Cook 1, A. J. Macphee 2, R. C. Claydon 3. Time: 4:50.1. 110 Yards Hurdles (record: 15.6, A. J. Paric, 1952).—P. Humphreys 1, J. D. Fitchett 2, A. W. A. Ormond 3. Time: 15.8. Long Jump (record: D. B Ford, 1955). —T. R. Archibald 1, 1 J. D. Eastcott 2, S. G. Fitchett 3. Distance: 19:5j. Pole Vault (record: 9:6, M. J. Ramsay. 1967).—A. Ormond 1. D. N. J. Hart 2. N. R. Smith 3. Height: B:SJ. Two Miles (record: 10:37, T. J. Morris. 1963).—P. H. Cook 1, A. J. MacPhee 2, R. C. Claydon 3.1 Time: 10.42.8. JUNIOR 100 Yards (record: 11.0, R. A Robinson, 1960).—P. Hewson 1,; C. P. Sellars 2, C. Pine 3. Time; 11.5. 220 Yards—P. Hewson 1, C. Pine 2, C. P. Sellars 3. Time: 25.7. 440 Yards (record: 55.2, S. W. Cowles, 1965).—A. R. Gilchrist 1. P. R. Wanty 2, C. P. Sellars 3. Time: 58.7. One Mile (record: 5:1, P. N. Paterson, 1967).—P. A. Morten 1, D. A. Hornersham 2, H. P. Edwards 3. Time: 5:15.5. Long Jump (record: 18:6, M. M. Andrews, 1945).—N. A. Nurse 1, C, Pine 2, W. D. Montgomery 3. Distance: 16:8. UNDER 14 100 Yards (record: 11.6. V. B. Powell. 1918).—A. P. S. Mead 1, A. M. S. Maze 2, A. J. Burn 3. Time: 12.0. 440 Yards (record: 59.4, P. J. Wales, 1965).—A. P. S. Mead 1. A. M. S. Maze 2, B. J. Fraser 3. Time: 62.9. 80 Yards Hurdles (record: 12.8, P. Hewson, 1967).—D. S. Williams 1. A. M. S. Maze 2. M. P. Ritchie' 3. Time: 12.5 (record). High Jump (record: 4:Bi, W.! A. Nurse. 1967).—M. P. Ritchie, 1, R. Baxter 2. A. P. S. Mead and T. D. Milliken (equal) 3. Height: 4:4|.