GAMES NOMINATIONS Top Marathon Runners Omitted By Selectors

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32266, 8 April 1970, Page 16

GAMES NOMINATIONS Top Marathon Runners Omitted By Selectors

(New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON. The marathon runners, D. C. McKenzie (Greymouth) and M. R. Ryan (Tokoroa), were surprise omissions from the Commonwealth Games Athletics nominations announced last night.

’ The veteran, J. Foster (Rotorua), has been nominated with J. L. Julian (Auckland) ahead of them. McKenzie, who won the Boston marathon two years ago, die not do well in this yen's national championship.

and the Olympic and Commonwealtl Games bronze medallist, Ryan, failed to finish. The Auckland harm er champion, M. Cheater, was another unlucky to miss nomination. Although he failed at the national championships, he has been consistently throwing ■ hove the qualifying standard. He has defeated W. J. Nicholl (Canterbury) who has been nominated, and has also recently broken the national record.

Maddaford is also one of four of the nominations who is at present s*’’dying in the United States. The others are ’. Ai.tunovich, R. Hargreaves and R. O. Johnson. Mr B. Kerr, the president of the Canterbury Athletic Centre, has been appointed manager of the team. Its coach will be Mr S. Johnson, who is the physical education officer wi r th« Navy in Auckland.

The nominations, in alphabetical order and with events in order of nomination, are:—

Neither C. Daly nor L. D’Arcy, the sprinters who featured in the Kenyan controversy, have been nominated. Daly showed outstanding form at the end of the season but this has apparently not impressed the selectors.

3. Antonovich (discus), Miss D. Charteris (shat, discus), Miss S. A. Flynn (javelin, discus), J. C. Foster (marathon) R. Hargreaves (shot). Mrs P. C. Hunt (200 and 100 metres), R. Johnson (400 metres, hurdles). J. L. Julian (marathon), R. Maddaford (5000. 10,000 metres), R. 1. Main (decathlon), L. R. Mills (shot, discus).

The —tly <rint representative is Mrs P. C. Hunt (Wellington). F ur of the athletes who attended the South African games—Mrs Hunt, R. M. Maddaford, Mrs S. Potts, and R. D. Tait—have been included in the nominations.

W. J. Nichol) (hammer), D. S. Norris (long jump, triple jump). Mrs S. M. Potts (800, 1500 metres). Miss B. Poulsen (shot, pentathlon), T. J. Quax (1500 metres).

Mrs V. J. Robinson (1500 metres). Miss A. R. Smith (1500 and 800 metres) R. D. Tait (discus), R. J. Tayler (1500, 5000 metres). Miss P. E. Weigel (long jump), R. A. Williams (decathlon).