Swimmers in full training

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32967, 13 July 1972, Page 24

Swimmers in full training

Canterbury’s two schoolgirl Olympic swimmers. Misses S. J. I lunter and J. M. Parkhouse, have stopped attending school for the present and are concentrating on their build-ups for the < iames in Munich.

With M. F. Treffers. > Canterbury’s third mem-■ her of the six-strong ‘ swimming team, they c are involved in 12 training periods a week. This is no more than when they were at school, but they \ begin their morning training ' later and their evening train- a ing earlier, thus relieving the ( burden of early rising, as \ well as of homework after 2 evening training. The swimmers’ coach (Mr | V. T. Parkhouse), who is also J the coach of the Munich * team, said yesterday that Treffers was covering about J 55 miles a week in training . and Misses Hunter and Parkhouse between 46 and 48 miles. . The trio are doing quantity ’ training, although they are s beginning some speed work .. “Their occasional quality J swim has been very good,’’ , he said. Time trials ; On July 23 they will swim ' time trials at the Wharenui ’ pool and Mr Parkhouse is { confident each will break a ( national short-course record. “All three are in good condition: I haven’t been so confident about them breaking a record before,” he said. Treffers will swim the 1500 metres freestyle, Miss Hunter the 400 metres individual medley and Miss Parkhouse

the 800 metres freestyle. These are their respective main events.

The New Zealand Amateur < Swimming Association’s an- 1 nual meeting will be held in ’ Christchurch the same weekend, but most of the dele- I gates will have returned home < by the time of the trial—s i p.m. On July 29, the three swim- i mers and Mr Parkhouse will i go to Dunedin for eight days. ’ They will train at the Moana i Pool with J. P. McConnochie | and Miss H. M. Coombridge. . the other two members of I the Olympic team in New I

Zealand. The swimmers will sharpen up with speed work and Mr Parkhouse will confer with Mr D Laing, who coaches McConnochie and Miss Coombridge. Tests in Dunedin On August 5 time trials will be held for the five swimmers in Dunedin and if they are to do well in Munich ti.ere should be more national records. McConnochie will swim the 400-metre and 200-metre individual medleys, Treffers the 400-metre freestyle. Miss Coombridge the ItlO-metre and 200-metre freestyle, Miss Hunter a 200 metre individual medley and 200-metre backstroke and Miss Parkhouse a 400-metre freestyle and possible a 200metre freestyle. Mr Parkhouse and the three Canterbury swimmers, all members of the Wharenui club, were bidden farewell at a function at the club < rooms last evening. Mr Parkhouse was presented with a briefcase. Treffers with a travelling umbrella and Misses Hunter and Parkhouse with suitcases. The presentations were made bv the club president, Mr D W. Cain.