Decathlon, pentathlon teams announced

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33158, 23 February 1973, Page 20

Decathlon, pentathlon teams announced

The New Zealand decathlon champion, M. ' Vlene, is the only Can- ■ terbury athlete named by the selectors (Messrs D. W. Mackenzie, W. Jowett and V. Briedis) ■ for the 1973 title event at Inglewood on March 9 and 10. I Mene won the title last seajson for the first time and will ibe endeavouring to reinforce ! his claims for Commonwealth Games selection with another I I convincing victory in the \ testing 10-event contest. He : was the only leading Canter-1 ■ bury decathlon athlete avail-1 - able. Unlike previous years, Canterbury will not have a large! i representation in any other! of the senior events at Ingle-! wood. The reigning women’s ) pentathlon champion. Miss B.: 'Poulsen, has retired, and the! province’s hopes for retaining jthe title go with the former Otago athlete. Miss J. Gda!nitz, who was fourth last vear. The years when Canter-! )bury athletes could be relied on to take' the first three: places in this event now seem very far away. 1 ATHLETE’S RETURN 1 However, the return to ■ Christchurch athletics of Mrs ’C. Penfold (formerly Miss: ' Green) is an asset. She has) been named as the No. 2 for ■ the women’s pentathlon, and ' ■■certainly has the ability to : score well.

Although a large number) of runners bettered the quali- ■■ fying standard for the New) Zealand marathon champion-) ship, which will be held on), the Saturday, only one — then new provincial champion, R.p Farmer — has made himself: available for selection. Others! who might have made their: mark at national level have I still not fully recovered from) the dreadful battering they) took from the heat in the I Canterbury championship. ALL-OUT BID The 1972 New Zealand champion, D. C. McKenzie, of Greymouth, is having a well-! earned rest from serious! itraining before an all-out bid' I for Commonwealth Games! selection next season. There will also be only one: Canterbury representative in) ■the senior 50 kilometres road, walk, J. Cleary. However, a full team has been named for the New Zea-,

land championships, which will be held at ingelwood at the same time. All four of the province’s 1972 New Zealand junior title-winners, M. Sutherland (100 metres), 15. J. Green (800 and 1500 metres). P. Crampton (high jump), and G. Scatter (10 kilometres walk), are competing, although Green has decided to defend his 800 metres title only. HIGH JUMP Crampton, the Canterbury junior 110 metres hurdles champion, has decided not to contest this event and to concentrate solely on the defence of his high jump title. In this he can expect exceptionally strong competition from another voung Canterbury athlete, G. Armishaw, who defeated him on a countback in the Canterbury junior championship. The pair also claimed the first two places in the senior contest but on that occasion Crampton emerged the victor. The Canterbury representatives for the Inglewood meet ing are:— JUNIOR 100 metres: M. Sutherland, J. Thornton, D. Garland. 200 metres: M. Garty. Sutherland, Thornton. 400 metres: Garty, R. Lindsay. 800 metres: D. Green. Lindsay, W. Sheddan. 1500 metres: Sheddan. A. Gempton, M. Anderson. 3000 metres steeplechase: L Milne, D. Greig. O. Hesp. 5000 metres: T. Gavigan, Gempton. Greig. 400 metres hurdles: P. Williams, S. Higginson. 4 x 100 metres relay: Sutherland, i Garty, Thornton. Garland, K. Potter (reserve). 4 x 400 metres relay: Green. Lindsay, Garty Williams; Thornton (reserve). Pole vault: M. Richie. K. McKee. Hammer throw: J. Rivers. T. Holmes. Shot put: M. Bradley, Holmes, P. Flynn. Discus: R. McMillan, Holmes. Javelin: McMillan. G. Scott, Flynn. High jump: G Armishaw, P. Crampton, McKee. Long jump: D. i Fisher. Potter. R. Knaggs. Triple jump: Knaggs, Potter. Fisher. Junior 10 kilometre walk: G. Scatter. SENIOR Decathlon: M. Mene. Pentathlon: Miss J. Gdanitz and Mrs C. Penfold. Senior ,50 kilometre walk: J. Cleary. Marathon: R. Farmer. All team members please contact the centre secretary. Mr 1, D. Teague, private Phone 326-363. before Saturday evening. —Advt.