SWIMMING RECORDS
MEN'S RELAY AND WOMEN'S
FREE-STYLE,
The Brooklyn Central V.M.C.A. relay team set two world's records last March in a special event held in conjunction with a contest between the Brooklyn Central swimmers and the natators of the Passaic V.M.C.A. in the Brooklyn Central's 75-foot pool.
The Central swimmers established a new world's mark of 7min 41 2-ssec, for a four-man team at 600 yards, and then hung up a new record of 9min 39 4-ssec for a five-man team at 750 yards. The new'marks set by the Central team (says the "New York Times"') appreciably bettered. Hie former records, which' were made Ijy (lie Yalo swimmers sit New Haven. The Yale swimmers swam the. Four-man dislancn of 000 yards in 7min 47scc, ii-nrl the five-man 750 yd event in Ornin 50 3-sscc.
The five men who were successful in their attempts tn set the new records were Kayctln Smith, Charles Hosie. outdoor national junior backstroke champion ; Victor Kiffe, August Weinrich, and Harry Lewis, 100 yd sprint champion for the last three years. Smith, who was first l,> swim, covered his 150 yards in lmm 47 2-ssec, which bettered the former international record of lmin 49 4-5 sec. Kiffe swain the second fastest lee in lmin 50 l-ssec.
Iwo new world's swimming records were set at Paterson, N.J., in March by members of the Women's Swimming Association of New York at the dedication of the new 60-foot pool j n the V M UA. Community Building. Aliss hprt rude Edevle established a gnew n»rk for the 200 yd free-style swim when she won a race at that distance i,, 2min 30sec. bettering the okl mark o[ 2miri 31 4-5 sec by 1 _4-ssec In an exhibition race ?h Bl9m IT f S A?" eS Ger«?l>tV swam the MOytl breast stroke in 3min 26 1-Ssee taking off 13 3-s S eo from the former vccord or m,ii 39 4-Sscc. Tliese are new records for a pool of this sb. t . ■\ m)r o\»natc|y 1000 spectators taxed" the" s^ capacity to_ see ih« Ml . es> amo rtl « pehtors being many Olympic stars. Miss Virginia \\hitennck and Miss Ethel M'Cr«ry Lirmshed the opposition to Miss Merle 111 the 200 yd free-style event
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 113, 16 May 1925, Page 19
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369SWIMMING RECORDS Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 113, 16 May 1925, Page 19
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