Swimming record to N.Z. girl
NZPA Sydney New Zealand’s Deidre Walls smashed the Australian .record for the 100 metres breaststroke, in the national' short-course swimming championships at the University of New South Wales on Saturday evening. Miss Walls, aged 17, of Wellington, clipped 1.05 s off the previous record, with a time of 1 min 13.805.
The New Zealand girl forced the previous recordholder, , Cindy-Lou Fitzpatrick, of New South Wales, into second spot, with another New Zealander, Rickie Binning, third. Miss Walls’s record was
one of the two Australian short-course marks to topple in the finals. Suzi Baumer, of Queensland, grabbed her third gold medal of, the championships with ’ an Australian record in the open 100 m treestyle. , Miss Baiimer’s time of 58.46 s shaved 0.03 s off the previous record, set by Fiona Moore, of Queensland, in Launceston last year. Shfe also won the 400 m freestyle and 800 m freestyle, and has emerged as a champion of the future.
The visiting New Zealand team fared well in Saturday’s session, collecting a gold and two bronze medals.
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