Hunt qualifies for Games
The New Zealand women’s 400 m champion, Penny Hunt (Wellington), took a big step towards gaining a place in the New Zealand Commonwealth Games team with a splendid run of 53.55ec at Queen Elizabeth II Park on Saturday.
This equalled the standard for manual timing set by the New Zealand selectors (B. S. Hunt, G. McCabe, and A. Potts). The event was added to the Christchurch inter-secondary school sports. Hunt flew to Christchurch to avoid the risk of injury running on the hard bituminous all-weather track in Wellington. Her trip was subsidised by the Wellington Athletic Centre
but the expense of travelling has ruled out any further visits to Christchurch.
“I have made three visits to Christchurch this season and my pocket is now empty,” she said. However, she rated her visit on Saturday as "well worth while. I felt that if conditions were right I would have a chance of achieving the standard. It was either go to Auckland, which would have been more expensive, or come to Christchurch. The one thing I had to have was a good track.”
Hunt will try for another fast time in a meeting she has been invited to at Hastings next Thursday.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19780320.2.136
Bibliographic details
Press, 20 March 1978, Page 17
Word Count
204Hunt qualifies for Games Press, 20 March 1978, Page 17
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in