Record 1500m run

Press, 1 May 1978, Page 3

Record 1500m run

PA Dunedin A record-breaking run in the third leg by Andrew Stark took Canterbury University to a comfortable win in the LoveI o c k Commemoration Relay at the university oval, Dunedin on Saturday. When Stark took the baton in the 6 x 1500 metres relay Canterbury University led Ariki by 3s and the other Otago teams were close behind. But Stark, a 20-year-old

zoology student, had increased his team's lead to 22 seconds by the end of his stage. His time of 3m 53s beat the old time which had been held jointly by Caversham’s Pat Sidon (1958) and Otago University’s Stuart Melville (1972) by 2s. Michael Tarrent, the next Canterbury University runner, held his team’s lead at 20 seconds with two stages left. Bruce Milne ran steadily on the fifth stage and the Otago University and Cav-

ersham teams could make no impression. A Caversham international, Alan Thurlow, had reduced the Canterbury lead to 10s by the end of the race. Stark will leave for Australia in two weeks to compete in the New Zea--1 a nd universities team and he said on Saturday that he hoped to break the New Zealand Universities records of Im 49.8 s for the 800 metres and 3m 49s for the 1500 metres.