SWIMMING.

Grey River Argus, 26 February 1926, Page 6

SWIMMING.

A / v. ZEALAND GGU.s AT SYDNEY SYDNEY. February 21. lite eeevi’.d carnival uf the \u.stralian ladies' .swimming vlmnipioin-liii > i was held at Cooge-e to-mght. Results; J 1(W Ymds Free Style Championship 'I of Au-stralia. —C are I ouidwell ‘New j I South Wales) 1. Pine Page 2. Muriel j Allen (Victoria) 3. lime 6.21 J 19. , I Won by ten jards «if i five b-.-j twi-en second and third. ~ ! 100 Yards Backstroke Cliampionship ot Australia. —Ena Stoekley 1. Meal--1 i ing (New South Wales) 2. Venning e Gland 3. Time 1.21 2-5. i \ lot) Yards Handicap Raee.—Vera - ■ Pawling iOsecs’i (New South Wales) 1 ! eusilj beat Ena Stockier (scr.) in GO e I 4-3 sees. The Swimming Described. s i 100 YARDS BACKSTROKE '• I RECORD. J I.OWERI.D BY MISS STOCKLEY. j In the Iff) yards champion-ship. Mii-s ! Piri Page was h-Dg third, early in I I the raee. She was taking every ade vantage of tho turns, and gaining on ; ■ each occasion. At three hundred yards t ’ with a good sprint she came up beJ I side tlie leader. Frc-m 350 yards. Miss i* Couldwvl] di.-].'laved a line burst <t Ii j speed t-ill the <end. the New Zealand- • er being unable tu respond. e i In the hundred yards bucketivke a championship. Miss Stockier took the -• lead early and was eight feet uliea-d J : al the turn .On the return lap, sue ’ i sei- a speed impossible to surpass.', ' | and won by tour yards from Miss i Mealing. Although th.- <_oogce baths ( are nut adapted ’«o record breaking, i Owing to the shallow weather (three j fe<-( at one <nd), the New Zealand ’ g’tl clipped seven and* two-fifths se- | conds off the Australian record. The ' former holder. Miss Mealing also rc- : dtired bur own record time, taking I - j min. 21 2-sseus to cover the distance, i i Miss Stoekley's record time was 1.21