Excellent Time In Medley Event At Swimming

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32217, 9 February 1970, Page 19

Excellent Time In Medley Event At Swimming

Susan Hunter, who was forced to withdraw from the first session of finals in the Canterbury swimming championships, returned in the second session to record a remarkable time in the women’s 400 metres medley at the Centennial Pool on Saturday evening.

Miss Hunter had been forced to stop swimming earlier in the week because of facial neuralgia which caused extreme pain. But she decided to swim in the finals on Saturday evening and was rewarded with an excellent time of smin 32.8 sec in the medley, which came within four seconds of the record set by Miss T. K. Shipston, New Zealand’s finest swimmer in the event until she retired last year.

Miss Hunter swam alone, but maintained an even pace in each lap. She has recorded a faster time, smin 28.1 sec, in the New South Wales championships which placed her fifth in the Commonwealth, and her swim on Saturday evening marked her resilience i difficult conditions. She swam in four other events and won each. Another performance in the 200 metres breaststroke, which she won in 3min B.ssec, was her best time in New Zealand for the event. The expected clashes be-1 tween M. F. Treffers, A. B. Kindred and G. S. Walker in the men’s freestyle events did not occur. Treffers, a pupil at Christchurch Boys’ High School had taken part in a sixth-form march from Governor’s Bay to Christchurch the day before as part of the barracks week and had 11 blisters on his feet and muscle soreness. He swam in only one event, the 200 metres freestyle and looked so tired that he did not swim again in the programme. The race was won by Walker in 2min 7.3 sec, a rather slow time. Kindred looked sluggish finishing second in 2min 11.2 sec, but Treffers had to struggle over the last 50 metres to hold third place in 2min 18.5 sec, 12sec below his best time. He said he did not know ' that the walk was anything : more than a compass' exer- i cise, but once on it he kept ' walking. Kindred redeemed himself j with a good time in the 400 1 metres freestyle which he ■ won by 40 metres in 4min , 28.2 sec. It was four seconds ■ off his record, but he swam 1 unpaced. Walker had an excellent < championship meeting, after j a month of difficulties in training and sickness. He f won three titles, setting rec- ■ ords in both the 200 metres : and 400 metres medley, was : second in the 200 metres but- ! terfly and third in the breast- ! stroke. •

In the three sessions of the finals, 29 Canterbury records were broken, and two more swimmers, J. Johnston (Elmwood) and Miss Sharon Anderson (Woolston Park) joined the other 10 swimmers who have qualified for the national championships. Miss J. A. Wright started the Saturday swimming off well by breaking Miss Shipston’s 200 metres backstroke record. Her time of 2min 35.45ec was only 2.ssec outside the qualfiying time set by the national selectors for the Commonwealth Games team for Edinburgh. The most exciting race of the programme was again in the boys’ under-14 freestyle section. On Thursday, a Greymouth swimmer, David Jones, won from an outside lane in the 400 metres event, but swimming in one of the faster inside lanes in the 200 metres, and the others kept a much more wary eye on him and he was beaten for the title by Roy Gray, whose time of 2min IS.Ssec broke Jones’s record bv 4.2 sec. Jones was second after valiantly attempting to catch Gray in the last length. His time. 2min 19.4 sec. with Gray’s, would rank among the top four in thfe age group in New Zealand.

Wendy Wakefield (Westport), who surprisingly broke the record of Susan Hunter in the 50 metres breaststroke on Thursday, broke another record in the final session in the 100 metres breaststroke with a time of Imin 38.1 sec, which was o.ssec better than the record. Nicki Hudson in the girls’ under-10 50 metres butterfly gave the Ellesmere association its first title win in more than 20 years and she also set a new record with her time of 46.95ec. I Abbreviations used in the re- ! suits are: Amberley (Amb); Beckenham (Beck.), Eastern Districts (E.D.), Elmwood (Elm.). Greymouth (Gm.). Hokitika (Hk.). Jellie Park (J.P.), Kaiapoi (Kai.), New Brighton (New B.), North Beach (Nth B ), Rangiora (Rang.), St Albans (St A.), Sockburn Park (S.P.). Spreydon (Spr.), Southland (Sth.), University (Uni.), Woolston Park (W.P.). Westport (West.), Wharenui (Wh.). Results were:

200 Metres Breaststroke. —B. Lewis (Spr.), 2:56.0, 1; R. J. Wilson (Uni.), 3:00.8, 2; G. S. Walker (Wh.), 3:03.3, 3. 100 metres backstroke: J. Tillson (Wh.), 1:7.7 (Canterbury record) 1; S. Johnston (J.P.), 1:12.0, 2; Q. Brading (Nth B ), 1:23.0, 3. 200 metres medley: G. S. Walker (Wh.). 2:27.6 (Canterbury record) 1: J. Tillson (Wh), 2:32.8, 2: J. Johnston (Elm.), 2:41.0, 3. 200 metres freestyle: G. S. Walker (Wh.), 2:7.3. 1: A B. Kindred (Wh.), 2:11.2, 2: M. F. Treffers (Sth.), 2:18.5, 3; J. Tillson (Wh.), 2:20.0, 4. 4 x 50 medley relay: Elmwood, 2:13.5, 1; Wharenui 2:14.7, 2; Jellie Park, 2:15.1, 3. 200 metres butterfly: J. Johnston (Elm.), 2:30.5, 1; G. S. Walker (Wh), 2:47.3, 2. 400 metres freestyle: A. B. Kindred (Wh.), 4:28.1, 1: J. Cook (Wh.), 5:2.0, 2; S. Johnston (J.P.), 5:3.6, 3. 100 metres breaststroke: B. Lewis (Spr.), 1:21.8, 1; R. J. Wilson (Uni.), 1:22.2, 2: J. Tillson (Wh.), 1:26.8, 3. 400 metres medley: G. S. Walker (Wh.), 5:19.6 (Canterbury record) 1; J. Tillson (Wh.), 5:38.5, 2; M. Lewis (Spr.). 5:39.8, 3. 4 x 50 metres freestyle relay: Elmwood, 1:54.1. 1; Wharenui, 1:55.2, 2: Jellie Park. 1:57.6, 3.

Boys Under 16.—200 metres freestyle: M. Lewis (Spr.), 2:15.4, 1; J. Simon (S.P.), 2:19.3, 2; C. Robinson (J.P.), 2:19.3, 3. 100 metres butterfly: M. Lewis (Spr ), 1:11.1, 1: R. Pye (W.P.), 1:15.1, 2. 200 metres backstroke: R. Gray (Wh.), 2:33.9, 1: M. Lewis (Spr.), 2:35.3, 2; J. Simon (S.P.), 2:41.3, 3.

200 metres medley: M. Lewis (Spr.), 2:39.0, 1; R. Pye (W.P.), 2:57.1, 2; G. Knight (Nth B.), 3:3.3, 3.

100 metres breastroke: B. Lewis (Spr.), 1:21.8, 1; C. Robinson (J.P.). 1:23.2, 2; D. Barry (Elm.), 1:23.2, 3. 400 metres freestyle: M. Lewis (Spr.), 4:47.7, 1; J. Symon (S.P.), 4:49.4, 2; G. Paterson (Wh.), 4.57.8, 3. 200 metres butterfly: M. Trembath (Wh.), 2:59.5, 1. 4 x 50 metres medley relay: Sockburn Park, 2:23.2, 1; Wharenui, 2:25.8, 2: Spreydon, 2:34.5, 3. Under 14.—100 metres butterfly: R. Gray (Wh.), 1:15.5, 1; G. Haines (Wh.), 1:26.0, 2; P. Newton (Gm.), 1:36.3, 3. 200 metres freestyle: R. Gray (Wh.), 2:18.8 (Canterbury record) 1; D. Jones (Gm.), 2:19.4, 2; R. McCabe (S.P.), 2:23.4, 3. 100 metres breaststroke: B. Lewis (Spr.), 1:23.4, 1: J. Langeson (S.P.), 1:26.9, 2; J. Dixon (Nth B.), 1:32.0, 3. 4 x 50 metres medley relay: Wharenui, 2:22.3 (Canterbury record) 1; Sockburn Park, 2:30.3, 2; Jellie Park, 2:43.7, 3.

200 metres medley: R. Gray (Wh.), 2:41.0, 1; M. Harding (S.P.), 2:44.7, 2; G. Haines (Wh.), 3:2.1, 3. 100 metres freestyle: R. Gray (Wh), 1:4.3, 1; R. McCabe (S.P.), 1:5.4, 2; D. Jones (Gm.), 1:6.7, 3. 100 metres backstroke: R. Gray (Wh.), 1:13.4, 1: G. Haines (Wh.). 1:15.0, 2; G. Watt (Wh.), 1:23.8, 3. 4 x 50 metres relay: Wharenuni, 2:6.6, 1; Greymouth, 2:8.6, 2; Sockburn Park, 2:13.1, 3.

Under 13.—100 metres freestyle: A. Atkinson (J.P.), 1:6.9 (Canterbury record) 1: J. Carter (Wh.), 1:7.4, 2; M. Trembath (Wh ), 1:9.8, 3. 100 metres backstroke: J. Carter (Wh.), 1:15.3 (Canterbury record) 1: C. Trotter (Wh.), 1:18.1, 2; M. Trembath (Wh.), 1:19.1, 3. 200 metres medley: A. Atkinson (J.P.), 2:51.5, 1; M. Trembath (Wh.), 2:55.1, 2; G. Burgess (S.P), 3:07.5, 3. 4 x 50 metres freestyle relay: Wharenui, 2:16.9, 1; Sockburn Park, 2:20.5,

200 metres backstroke: J. Carter (Wh.), 2:43.7, 1; C. Trotter (Wh.), 2:45.6, 2: M. Trembath (Wh.), 2:49.7, 3. 200 metres breaststroke: J. Carter (Wh.), 3:4.9, 1: J. Langeson (S.P.), 3:5.0, 2; G. Burgess (S.P.), 3:14.3, 3. 4 x5O metres medley relay: Wharenui, 2:35.0, 1; Sockburn Park, 2:40.6, 2. Under 12.—200 metres medley: R. Mattinson (S.P.), 3:7.3, 1; E. Box (Elm.), 3:10.1, 2. 200 metres breaststroke: G. Prebble (Wh.), 3:41.1, 1. 200 metres backstroke: R. Mattinson (S.P.), 3:8.0 (Canterbury record) 1; C. Le Cren (Nth B.), 3:8.3, 2; C. Wright (Nth B). 3:14.1, 3. 100 metres breaststroke: G. Prebble (Wh.), 1.43.0. 1; S. Bevin (Nth B.), 1:44.5, 2. 100 metres butterfly: R. Mattinson 1:29.4, 1: E. Box (Elm.), 1:34.4, 2: S. Hough (J.P.), 1:35.3, 3. 200 metres freestyle: R. Harding (Gm.), 2:34.4 (Canterbury record) 1; R. Mattinson (S.P.), 2:36.5, 2; B. Moore (W.P.), 2:47.4, 3. Under 11.—50 metres freestyle: E. Box (Elm.) 35.5, 1; C. Wright (Nth B.) 35.8, 2; M. Lewis (Spr.) 36.8, 3. 100 metres breaststroke: E. Box (Elm.) 1:47.4, 1: C. Wright (Nth B.) 1:47.4; M. Lewis (Spr.), 1:54.9, 3. 100 metres freestyle: E. Box (Elm.) 1:18.7, 1; C. Menzies (S.P.) 1:21.0, 2; C. Wright (Nth B.) 1:21.1, 3. 50 metres backstroke: C. Wright (Nth B.) 40.9, 1; E. Box (Elm.) 44.6, 2; M. Lucas (Spr.) 44.9, 3.

Under 11.—50 metres freestyle: E. Box (Elm.) 35.5, 1; C. Wright (Nth B.) 35.8, 2; M. Lewis (Spr.) 36.8, 3. 100 metres breaststroke: E. Box (Elm.) 1:47.4, 1: C. Wright (Nth B.) 1:47.4; M. Lewis (Spr.), 1:54.9, 3. 100 metres freestyle: E. Box (Elm.) 1:18.7, 1; C. Menzies (S.P.) 1:21.0, 2; C. Wright (Nth B.) 1:21.1, 3. 50 metres backstroke: C. Wright (Nth B.) 40.9, 1; E. Box (Elm.) 44.6, 2; M. Lucas (Spr.) 44.9, 3.

Under 10.—100 metres freestyle: N. Myers (Wh.) 1:18.3, 1; M. Smith (Wh.) 1:24.8, 2; P. Kirkpatrick (New B.) 1:25.3, 3. 50 metres backstroke: N. Myers (Wh.) 43.5 (Canterbury record), 1: C. Smart (Wh.) 47.0, 2; M. Smith (Wh.) 48.0,3. 50 metres butterfly: N. Myers (Wh.) 45.7 (Canterbury record), 2; M. Smith (Wh.) 48.0, 3. 50 Prebble (Wh.) 50.5, 3. 100 metres breaststroke: M. Prebble (Wh.). 1:54.3, 1; N. Myers (Wh.), 1:51.2, 2; R. Millar (J.P.), 2:4.2, 3. 100 metres backstroke: N. Myers (Wh.), 1:35.2, 1; D. Ferigo (Wh.), 1:43.5, 2; P. Kirkpatrick (New B.), 1:44.7, 3. Women 200 metres womens backstroke: J. Wright (S.P.) 2:35.4 (Canterbury record), 1; S. Hallam (J.P.) 2:48.8, 2; P. Horne (St A.) 2:54.0, 3. 200 metres breaststroke: A. Trent (Spr.) 3.38.5, 1. 100 metres freestyle: C. Whiting (J.P.) 1:4.6, 1; J. Wright (S.P.) 1:6.1, 2; S. Hallam (J.P.), 1:8.2, 3. 200 metres medley: S. Hallam (J.P.) 2:56.6, 1; H. Millar (Elm.) 3:1.0, 2. 400 metres freestyle: J. Wrisht, 4:52.9, 1. 400 metres medley: S. Hunter (Wh.), 5:32.8, I. 100 metres butterfly: C. Whiting (J.P.), 1:13.3, 1: J. Wright (S.P.) 1:15.8, 2; H. Millar (Elm.) 1:21.2, 3. 100 metres breaststroke: J. Hay (Elm.) 1:23.9, 1: A. Trent (Spr.) 1:42.8, 2. 4 x 100 metres freestyle relay: Elmwood, 4:59.3, 1.

Girls’ under 16.—100 metres butterfly: C. J. Whiting (J.P.) 1:14.7, 1: S. Anderson (W.P.) 1:15.9. 2; H. Millar (Elm.) 1:19.1, 3. 200 metres medley: J. Hay (Elm.), 2:47.7, 1; S. Truscott (Elm. 4 2:52.2, 2; S. Thomson (J.P.) 3:3.3, 3. 100 metres breaststroke: J. Hay (Elm.) 1:26.2, 1; S. Truscott (Elm.) 1:31.1, 2; S. Thomson (J.P.) 1:37.9, 3. 200 metres freestyle: P. Horne (St A.) 2:28.2, 1; S. Anderson (W.P.) 2:30.6, 2; H. Milliar (Elm.) 2:45.4, 3. 4 x 50 metres free-style relay: Elmwood 2:10.0 (Canterbury record), 1; Wharenui 2:11.2, 2; Jellie Park, 2:12.3, 3. 100 metres backstroke: C. J. Whiting (J.P.) 1:18.9, 1; P. Horne (St A.), 1:20.8, 2; L. Nielson (Wh.) 1:24.9, 3. 200 metres butterfly: S. Anderson (W.P.) 2:58.2, 1; H. Millar (Elm.) 3:9.9, 2. 400 metres freestyle: J. Parkhouse (Wh.) 5:8.2, 1; P. Horne (St A.) 5:20.8, 2. 4 x 50 metres medley relay: Elmwood, 2:26.9 (Canterbury record) 1; Jellie Park, 2:33.9, 2; Wharenui, 2:36.0, 3. Under 14. —100 metres backstroke: S. Hunter (Wh.) 1:15.9, 1; J. Parkhouse (Wh.) 1:20.5, 2; E. Somers (Elm.) 1:25.7, 3. 200 imetres breaststroke: S. Hunter (Wh.) 3:8.5, 1: J. Mills (S.P.) 13:11.6, 2; J. Pinkerton (S.P.), 3:25.5, 3. 200 metres freestyle: J. Parkhouse (Wh.) 2:27.1; M. I Gilmour (Rang.) 2:48.6, 2; A. Owens (W.P.) 3:07.2, 3. 100 metres freestyle: J. Parkhouse (Wh.) 1:9.0, 1; E. Somers (Elm.) 1:11.0, 2; M. Gilmour l(Rang.) 1:17.1, 3. 200 metres backstroke: S. Hunter (Wh.) '2:48.5, 1: D. Bone (Wh.) 3:15.1, 2: W. Stewart (Elm.) 3:15.5, 3. 100 metres butterfly: S. Hunter (Wh.) 1:21.6, 1; E. Somers (Elm.) 1:24.1, 2; M. Gilmour (Rang.) 1:24.7, 3. 4 x 50 metres medley relay: Wharenui 2:36.7, 1; I Elmwood 2:46.0, 2. Under 13.—200 metres backstroke: H. Rowe (S.P.) 2:54.7, 1; |J. Tomlinson (Elm.) 2:59.9, 2; S. Meyers (Wh.) 3:13.2, 3. 100 metres butterfly: J. Tomlinson (Elm.) 1:23.7, 1; H. Howe (S.P.) 1:27.7, 2; G. Smith (J.P.) 1:28.6, 3. 100 metres freestyle: H. Rowe (S.P.) 1:12.3, 1; J. Tomlinson (Elm.) 1:13.9, 2; A. Baker (Kai.) 1:17.1, 3.

100 metres breaststroke: J. Mills (S.P.) 1:32.4, 1; J. Pinkerton (S.P.) 1:34.8, 2: A. Irwin !(Beck.) 1:38.2, 3. 200 metres medley: H. Rowe (S.P.) 2:57.0, 1; J. Tomlinson (Elm.) 2:57.6, 2; G. Smith (J.P.) 3:9.0, 3. 4 x 50 metres freestyle relay: Elmwood A, 2:22.2, 1: Sockburn Park 2:26.2, 2; Wharenui 2.26.8, 3. Under 12.—100 metres breaststroke: M. McManus (Elm.) 1:32.7, 1; K. Hayes (Ryde) 1:33.5, 2; I. Thomson (Wh.) 1:33.6, 3 100 metres butterfly: K. Hayes (Ryde) 1:20.1, 1: L. Rowe (Wh.) 1:24.8 (Canterbury

record) 2; R. Lundy (Amb.) 1:32.1. 3.

200 metres freestyle: K. Hayes (Ryde) 2:32.7, 1; s. Anderson (Gm.) 2:40.4, 2; L. Rowe (Wh.) 2:43.5, 3. 200 metres medley: K. Hayes (Ryde) 2:54.0, 1; L. Rowe (Wh.) 3:4.6 (Canterbury record) 2; I. Thomson (Wh.) 3:4.9, 3. 100 metres backstroke: L. Rowe (Wh.) 1:22.9, 1; K. Hayes (Ryde) 1:24.2, 2; R. Baker (Kai.) 1:28.5, 3. 4 x 50 metres freestyle relay: Wharenui 2:35.1, 1; North Beach 2:40.0, 2; Elmwood, 2:40.2, 3. Under 11.—50 metres backstroke: B. Ryan (West.) 43.4, 1; B. Burt (Wh.) 46.1, 2; N. Olsen (Wh.) 48.4. 3. 50 metres freestyle: B. Ryan (West.) 36.1, 1; B. Bunt (Wh.) 36.2, 2; A. Corboy (Wh.) 40.0, 3. Under 11.—50 metres backstroke: B. Ryan (West.) 43.4, 1; B. Bunt (Wh.) 46.1, 2; N. Olsen (Wh.) 48.4. 3. 50 metres freestyle: B. Ryan (West.) 36.1, 1; B. Bunt (Wh.) 36.2, 2; A. Corboy (Wh.) 40.0, 3. 100 metres backstroke: B. Ryan (West.), 1:38.9. 1; C. Eaton (Elm.) 1:51.5, 2: K. Mattinson (S.P.) 1:54.0, 3. 100 metres freestyle: B. Ryan (West.) 1:23.7, 1; A. Corboy (Wh.) 1:29.7, 2; W. McQuillan (J.P.) 1:31.8, 3. 100 metres breaststroke: W. Wakefield (West.) 1:38.1 (Canterbury record) 1; N. Olsen (Wh.) 1:54.9, 2; J. Svensen (Elm.) 2:10.6. 3. Under 10.—100 metres backstroke: J. Murdoch (Wh.) 1.35.5, 1; M. Berry (Wh.) 1:42.7, 2: P. Sparks (Spr.) 1:47.6, 3. 100 metres freestyle: K. Baker (Kai.) 1:26.1, 1; M. Berry (Wh.) 1:26.6, 2; J. Murdoch (Wh.) 1:30.3. 3. 50 metres butterfly: N. Hudson (S.P.) 46.9 (Canterbury record), 1; J. Murdoch (Wh.) 47.0, 2; P. Sparks (Spr.) 57.8. 3. 50 metres breaststroke: J. Murdoch (Wh.) 51.4, 1: J. Tweedie (S.P.) 53.0, 2; K. Baker (Kai.) 56.9, 3. Springboard diving results.— Men: J. de Malmanche (Spr.) 71.69 points, 1. Junior: P. Witteman (Spr.) 33.42, 1. Women: J. Meyer (St A.) 80.90, 1; M. McGill (S.P.) 63.65, 2. Junior: A. Hornbrook (S.P.) 51.04, 1: J. Clark (Amb.) 32.60, 2. Under 14: C. Tobeck (S.P.) 36.30, 1; K. Ball (St A.) 34.52, 2; R. Sibald (Amb.) 31.14, 3. Under 13: K. Caughley (S.P.) 36.58, 1. Under 10: M. Watkins (Spr.) 38.09, 1.