Swimmers please
Several members of the New Zealand swimming team produced good times during training at the Queen Elizabeth II Park pool yesterday. J. W. Coutts, the butterfly swimmer, was timed at 2min lOsec by one of the coaches, Mr V. T. Parkhouse, over 200 metres. This was o.7sec better than his New Zealand record. Miss J. M. Parkhouse was recorded at 4min 35.55ec over'
400 metres freestyle, and this was I.4sec inside her national record. B. D. Lewis, in the 200 metres breaststroke, swam a time Isec outside his best, ■ and Miss S. J. Hunter did a ‘good 400 metres individual [medley of smin 17sec. ’ Mr Parkhouse said that h? ’[and the other two coaches •‘were pleased with the times I The swimmers were still training about six miles a ; day and the swims had no: •i required 100 per cent effort.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33435, 17 January 1974, Page 16
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