HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING SPORTS

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3282, 27 February 1926, Page 11

HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING SPORTS

Fast times and close finishes were the order of the day at the Palmerston North Boys’ High School swimming sports yesterday. The events followed one another with a lack of delay that spoke well for the organisation. Following are the, detailed results:— I

26 yards’ junior championship: Fletcher 1, Birch 2, Bryden 3. Time, 15 1-5.

25 yards under 14: McCalister. (4), 1; Rodgers (2), 2; Mitchell (4), 3. Time, 18.

25 yards’ open handicap: Rogel (4), 1; Rodgers (4), 2; Hannay (4), 3. Time. 19 4-5. 25 yards, 14-15: Ellery 1, Henderson 2, Houghton 8. Time, 17 4-5. 50 yards’ junior championship: Fletcher 1, Birch 2, Bryden 3. > Time, 34 4-5.

50 yards’ open handicap: Young 1, Espiner 2, Crossley 3. Time, 37. 50 yards’ senior championship: ■Broad 1, Heard 2, Page 3. Time, 31 8-5. 100 yards’ senior championship: Broad 1, Page 2. Time, 74secs. ,25 yards, under 1G: Millar 1, McLaren 2, Banks 3. Time, TSsecs.

50 yards’ breaststroke, open; Varcoe 1, Young 2. Time, 45secs. 25 yards breaststroke, under 16! Allen 1, Maroon 2, Varcoe fc. Time, 23 2-6.

25 yards open breaststroke: Young 1. Smillie 2.

100 yards junior championship: Fletcher 1, Birch 2, Bryden 3. Time, 79 2-5. I- 7

50 yards,- under 16; Fletcher 1, Rodgers 2, Naylor 3. Time, 40 3-5. 225 yards’ senior championship: T. Broad was the only competitor, who swam for ■ a record. The record is 3mln., 8 4-ssecs., and Broad’s time

was 3min., lOsecs. Learners’ race: Liggms 1, Canton 2, Hayblttle 3. 100 yards’ open handicap: Espiner 1, O’Shea 2, Broad 3. Fancy dive: Tillick 1, Rowe 2. Neat dive; Tillick 1, Broad 2, Pacey 9.

Long plunge: Mills 1 (one inch behind record), Cowley 2. Espiner 8. Length: 46ft. 6ins.