Five New Records Set At High School’s Sports

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 March 1949, Page 2

Five New Records Set At High School’s Sports

Five new records were established and two others were equalled when the Greymouth Technical High School opened its annual athletic sports meeting at the Recreation ground this morning. Conditions for the meeting are ideal. Four of the new records were established by girls. The first lowered was in the senior girls’ hop, step and jump event, in which D'. Robertson’s record performance of 32ft Ilin, set in 1947, was beaten by L. Newcombe who recorded 32ft s|in. L. Newcombe also succeeded in lowering the senior girls’ long jump record, set in 1947 by D. Perrin at 15ft 4jin. The new record is 15ft 9in. In the intermediate girls’ events, M. Gordon established two new records, the first in the 120 yards championship, in which she recorded 15sec, beating the previous best time of 15 l-ssec, set in 1947 by A. Biddington. M. Gordon also established a new distance for the long jump, her performance of 14ft 6in being nine inches better than the previous best. R. Rose set a new record in the intermediate boys’ javelin throw when he recorded 109 ft 6in. Two records were equalled in the senior and intermediate boys’ 220 yards championship sprints. The sen- ' ior was won by R. Dayne who equalled the time of 24 3-ssec set by B. Henderson in 1947, while D. Nyberg equalled K. Smith’s record time of 25 4-ssec set in 1939. z Results of this morning’s events were as follows: — Senior Boys Throwing the Cricket Ball. —A. Lindbom, 1; S. Pollock, 2; R. Duggan, 3. Distance, 88yds Ift 4in. Half-mile Championship. —A. Lindbom, 1; N. Brailsford, 2; G. Hutton, 3. Time, 2min 15sec. Discus Throw.—A. Lindbom, 1; M. Crossen, 2; S. Pollock, 3. Distance, 84ft B|in. 220yds.—R. Dayne, 1; G. Knell, 2; A. Lindbom, 3. Time, 24 3-ssec (record equalled). . Javelin Throw.—F.- Gugich, 1; A. Lindbom, 2; W. Bullock, 3. Distance, 108 ft lOJin. Intermediate Boys Throwing the Cricket Ball.—R. Rose, 1; F. Graham, 2; D. Nyberg, 3. Distance, 79yds Ift Bpn. 440yds Championship. —J. Gibson, 1; L. Gibson, 2; D. Nyberg, 3. Time, lmin 3 2-ssec. Discus Throw.—R. Rose, 1; F. Graham, 2; R. Cowan, 3. Distance, 69ft 84in. , ’ Long Jump.—D. Nyberg, 1; J-Gib-son, 2; H. Smeaton and L. Gibson, equal, 3. Distance, 15ft sm. 220yds Championship.—D. Nyberg, 1; J. Gibson, 2; H. Smeaton, 3. Time, 25 4-ssec (record equalled). Javelin Throw. —R. Rose, 1; bDawson, 2; F. Graham, 3. Distance, 109 ft 6in (new record).

Junior Boys Hop, Step and Jump (over 14 years).—A. Lindbom, 1; G. Hutton, 2, J, Ackland, 3. Half-mile Championship. — J. Groom, 1; K. Mason, 2; D. Tinning, 3. Time, 2min 30 2-ssec. 100yds Handicap (over 14 years). —W. Bullock, 1; G. Knell, 2: R. Dayne and B. Jamieson, equal, 3. Senior Girls

Hop, Step and Jump.—L. Newcombe, 1; N. McLennan, 2; C. Trotter, 3. Distance, 32ft sAin (new reC ° 100yds Handicap (over 14 years). —N. Routhan, 1; M. J. Campbell, 2; J. Manning, 3. AT 120yds Championship.—L. Newcombe, 1; R. Dick, 2; C. Trotter, 3. Time, 15 3-ssec. Tie Race.—A. Hughes and N. Bone, 1; R. Ward and F. Fischer, 2; M. Campbell and J. Bremner, 3. Long Jump.—L. Newcombe, 1; M. McLennan, 2. Distance, 15 It 9m (new record). Siamese Race. —G. Armstrong and A. McKay, 1; M. Gibb and N. Cooper, 2; B. Baker and L. Butts, 3. Intermediate Girls Hop, Step and Jump.—M. Gordon, 1; Z. Taylor, 2; M. Buckley. 3. Distance, 29ft lOin. j 120yds Championship. —M. Gordon, 1; N. Routhan, 2; B. Gunn, 3. Time, 15sec (new record). Long Jump.—M. Gordon, 1; N. Routhan, 2; M. Buckley, 3. Distance, 14ft 6in (new record).