Swim records tumble

Press, 15 September 1976, Page 27

Swim records tumble

The breaking of five records set by the Olympic Games competitor. Lynne Rowe, was an indication of the continuing rise in standard at the Wharenui Swimming Club’s “Winter Olympics.”

Four sessions of frenzied competition at Wharenui’s Coronation pool produced 31 individual and 13 relay records, with one other mark equalled.

Rickie Binning (Wharenui) had a memorable meeting: she set five new marks in the 12-year-old girls’ section. Tracy Turnbull and Jill

Clarke each broke three records, and Sandra Tully broke two records and equalled another. All these girls are members of the host club.

Competitors from three Dunedin clubs were among the big number of young swimmers to compete. Two of the visitors, Gregor 'McFarlane (Kiwi) and Dean Terito (Kaikorai), were among the record-breakers. Those who won the allowable maximum of two titles were:—

Cirls.Melanie Jones, Sandra Tully, Kim Nichols. Lisa Binning. Jill Clarke. Rickie Binning, Tracy rurnbult and Lynlev Harding :ail Wharenui) Kerry Wight (Kai-|koi-ail. Jillian Clyne (Beckenham), Michelle O’Grady (Hampstead:. Boys. — Gary Mason, Maui Stuart (New Brighton), Gregor McFarlane (Kiwi), Paul Rowe, Phillip Seal, Richard Cocks, Ronald Carlson, Breit McGuigan (all Wharenui). Dean Terito. Saki Hannah. Gary Johnston (Kaikorai). Herni Taumaunu (Sockburn Park), Lvndon Ansell (Zenith: Tlie record breakers, with the previous marks in parentheses, were:—

Girls Open. — Lynlev Harding, 100 m backstroke, 1:14.6 (1:17.6> Fourteen years. — Trudi Garland (Wharenui), 100 m backstroke, 1:10.2 ,1:15); Jill Clarke, four-length medley, 1:44.7 (1:45), 200 m freestyle, 2:18.9(2:21.9), 100 m freestyle, 1:5.5 (1:7.1). Thirteen years. — Tracy Turnbull, 100 m freestyle, 1:6.8 (1:8.2), 100 m butterfly. 1:14.5 (1:16.1), 100 m breaststroke, 1:21.7 (1:29); Sandra Tully, 100 m backstroke. 1:12.3 (1:17.1), four-length medley, 1:43.9 (1:46.8), 200 m freestyle, 2:23 (2:23); Denise Head (Wharenui), fourlength medley, 1:45.6 (1:46.8); Sharon Semmens (Wharenui), 100 m freestyle, 1:6.3 (1:8.2> Twelve years. — Rickie Binning. four-length medley, 1:40.5 (1:42.9), 66 2-3 m freestyle, 41.9 (43.5), 100 m freestyle. 1:6.4 (1:8.1), 100 m backstroke. 1:16.2 (1:18.4), 100 m breaststroke, 1:23.9 (1:25.9);

(Melanie Jones, loom backstroke. |1:15.8 (1:18.4), 66 2-3 m freestyle, 43.3 ( 43.51. Boys Open — Michael Smith ißangi. Oral. lOOin buttcitlj, 149 .1 Phillip Seal, loom freestyle, 58 3 (58.9). 2uom freest) to, 2:9 5 ,2:10 3); Ronald Carlson, four-length med ley. 1:33.6 41:35.3). | Fourteen years — Mark Sulll-’ van (Wharenui). 100 m freestyle. 1:2.2 H:2.4): Paul Rowe. 200 m freestyle. 2:9.7 i2:1«9. loom breaststroke. 1:20.5 (1:21.5) ! Thirteen year.-,. — Gregor Me (Fat-lane, 100 m butterlh. 1 11.8 (1:13.6). Twelve years. — Gary Mason. [66 2.3 m freestyle, 42 0 ,42. b | Ten years. — Kara Taumaumi (Sockburn Park). 33 l-3m back stroke, 24.0 <24 8>: Dean Terito. | four-length medley. 1:52.2 (1:54.5>. )66 2-3 m freestyle. 43 7 <47.2’ [ The outstanding effort in the I relay finals was by the North Beach club’s eight-vepr-old bo\s in lowering the four-length free-, style record by 23sec to 2min. !