TWO NEW RECORDS
Girl Swimmer at Sydney (Received March 20, 8.15 p.m.) Sydney, March 20. Miss Pafj Norton won the open 100 yards swimming championship at the girls’ secondary schools carnival _ at the Domain baths in the record time of 62 seconds, beating Miss Frances Butt’s women’s record by three-fifths of a second.
Miss Norton, who has been selected for the Olympic Games, also won the 50 yards championship for girls aged 16 "in 28 3-ssec., the previous record being 30 l-ssec.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 151, 21 March 1936, Page 11
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