Swimming BIG AGE-GROUP TEAM LIKELY

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33456, 11 February 1974, Page 7

Swimming BIG AGE-GROUP TEAM LIKELY

Two further records were broken at the final session of the Canterbury preliminaries of the national age-group championships at the Queen Elizabeth 11 Park pool on Saturday evening. Denise Head tWharenui* broke her fourth record for the preliminaries in the 100 m backstroke. Her time of Imin 23.35ec improved by I.2sec her own Canterbury record foi JO-y ear-old girls. The outstanding swim of the evening was by Brian Honey 1 bone iSt Albans.' in the 14 and 15 years 100 m butterfly. He broke John Laugeson's Canterbury junior boys record by L4sec with his time of Imin s.Bsec, which was equal to the winning time in the event at the Hansell’s national age-group championships last year. Canterbury may have its largest team for a national agegroup championships when the finalists are announced later this week. In almost every event there ; is a Canterbury swimmer who; did a time at the preliminaries which would have placed them i in the top four or five last year. Miss Head. Honeybone, and Lynn Rowe in the *l4 and 15 i years group, will probably be . the outstanding competitors, j Miss Rowe won two further j events on Saturday evening, and j she will probably be swimming: in seven events at the iinals in i Blenheim on March 2 and 3. BOYS 14 and 15 years 100 metres freestyle,—Heat 1: ( B. Honey bone (St. A.i 1, J. Mill-! ward (.P.) 2, E. Bex (AV.) 3. Heat ! 2: M. Lewis tW.) 1, A. Olesen (Nth B.i 2, C Graham (N. 8. 3. Time, 1:4.1.

: 100 metres butterflxß Honeybone iSt. A.) 1. M. Smith fR > 2, J. Millward <P 3. Time, >1:5.8. 200 metres individual medle> B. Honeybone (St A ‘ 1. J Mill ward (Pj 2, R Carlson (W.) 3 Time, 2:31.1. 12 and 13 years 200 metres backstroke.-D. Clarke (Nth B.) 1. R. Jones -Nth B.i 2, A. Weaver *H.) 3. Time. 2:45.5. 200 metres breaststroke.—-S. Wakefield (W.» 1 P. Rowe (W ? 2, G. Morris tp.» 3. Time. 3:8.2. 11 years and under 100 metres freestxle.—-Heat C R. Cocks »W.l 1. B. Griffiths tW ■ 2. G. Forbes (Nth B.i 3. lime. 1:14.4. Heat 2: R. Lee (B > 1. G. Nuthall (St A.) 2, A. Cuttriss iW.» 3. Time, 1:16. 100 metres butterfly.—R. Cocks ‘W.i 1, G. Forbes iNth B. 2, L. Marshall tS.P.i 3. Time, 1:26.7. GIRLS 14 and 15 years 200 metres backstroke.—l. Rowe (WJ 1, J. Murdoch <W 2. J. Sunbeam <B.i 3. Time, 2:38.2. 200 metres backstroke.— L Sharpies (W.) 1, W Wakefield AV.) 2, K. Baker iN.B.i 3. Time, 3:1.2 100 metres butterflx.--L. Rove <Wj I, J. Murdoch iW.) 2. Time. 1:10.5. 12 and 13 years 400 metres freestyle.—l.. Cairns [(SV.» I. T. Garland »W.) 2. J. iClyne -B.« 3. ’rime. 5:4.8. 100 metres breaststroke. —Heat ;1: V. Roodhouse (S.P.) 1. T. Gar•land AV.) 2. K. Olesen <Nth B.« ■3j Time. 1:31.6. Heat 2: L. Hunter (W.) 1, M. Evans (St A.i 2. C. Coulter (Nth B.) 3. Time, 1:33.3. 11 years and under 100 metres backstroke.-Heat [1: D. Head (W.) 1. M. Junes I AV.i 2. C. Pearce <B.» 3. Time. 1:23.3. (record). Heat 2; L. Grif(fitlis (5V.i 1, P. Barritt (Nth Bj Bishop (N. 8. 3. Time. 200 metres individual medlex. --D. Head (W.) 1. C. Pearce (Bj S. Semmens (WJ 3. Time, 3:4.