SWIMMING CHAMPION.
EX-NEIV ZEALAND BOY. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, Sept. 21. Advice has been received that Leslie Olds, the ex-New Zealand junior champion swimmer, broke his second American record op August 19 at the Lakeside Swimming Pool, Oakland, where he bettered Spence’s record time for the 300 metres medley by 15 seconds, Olds negotiating the distance in 4min 15 l-ssee. The win gave Olds bis first senior Pacific Association title. He now holds the Pacific Association mark for the 500 yards free-style. the new American and world record for the 250 yards free style, and the American and world record for the 300 metres medley. Olds also won the Dolphin Club’s sixteenth annual Golden Gate swim.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 252, 21 September 1933, Page 8
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116SWIMMING CHAMPION. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 252, 21 September 1933, Page 8
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