SWIMMING

Northern Advocate, 7 February 1934, Page 3

SWIMMING

ORNTRE CHAMPIONS

THREE RECORDS BROKEN

(Per Press Association.— -Copyright.) WELLINGTON, This Day.

The Otago senior swimming championships were held last evening and resulted as follows: —

TOO yards, men. —W. J. Jarvis 1, J. D. O’Driscoll 2, S. W. Jarvis 3. Time, 57 4-5s —an Otago record., 220 yards, men’s breaststroke.—C. Elliott 1, C. Durand 2. Time, 3.20 3-5. 100 yards, ladies. —Miss G. Rix 1, Miss N. Olds 2, Mrs Galbraith 3. Time, 77 2-ss,

220 yards, men. —S. W. Jarvis 1, J. D, O’Driscoll 2, J. O. Byrnes 3. Time, 2.32 2-5 —an Otago record. Jarvis is the 14 year-old champion. Men’s dive. —R. O. Johnson 3, A. Williams 2,

150 yards, men’s backstroke.—P. E, Mathieson 1, W. J. Jarvis 3, A. Thomas 3. Time, I.s2—an Otago record. Ladies’ dive. —Miss J, Eggers 3, Mrs. E. C, Isaacs 2.

j The team selected to represent Otago lin the New Zealand championships is as follows: —W. J. Jarvis, ni6n’s 100 yards and 150 yards backstroke; J. D. O’.Driscoll, half mile and mile; P. E. Mathieson, 250 yards backstroke, one mile and Annette Kellerman Cup; Miss ,T. Eggcrs, ladies’ dive; 5. 0. Johnson, men’s dive; R. Geddes, 220 yards men’s breaststroke; Miss Mathieson, 220 yards ladies’ breaststroke and Annette Kellerman Cup; Mrs E. O. Isaacs, ladies’ dive; G. Field (who will accompany the team unofficially), men’s 100 yards and. 220 yards. A GREAT NIGHT NEW STANDARDS SET cr; t mp brillj^t • Special rr> "Norihern Artv^> AUCKLAND, This Day. The Now Zealand swimming records went by'the board at the Tepid Baths last evening, when the Auckland senior championships were decided, A very large attendance (many were unable to gain admission) saw Noel Crump, still an intermediate, set new national figures for the hundred and the furlong, and Miss Judith Webster clipped four seconds off her own record for the 220 yards breaststroke, ft was a great night, and the high standard provided suggested that Auckland’s prestige in Dominion swimming is likely to be increased at the Dominion championships at Christchurch in February. The one disappointing feature of the tourney was the paucity of entries in some of the events.

The great time registered by Crump in winning the’men’s 100 yards, free style championship, 51 l-ss, lowered the Dominion record by three-fifths of a second. It was a brilliant swim, and the announcement of the time was greeted with spirited applause. Not content -with his success in the sprint, the North Shore champion later in the evening took one-fifth of a second off R. Frankham’s record of 2.22 1-5 for the furlong. In the 220 yards ladies’ breaststroke championship, Mias J. Webster registered/ the splendid time of 2.23 3-5, this reducing her own Auckland and national record by four clear seconds.

Miss Marie Farquhar, holder of the ladies’ 100 and 220 yards free style, and the 100 yards backstroke championship, did not defend her title. Miss B. Lewin took the 100 yards free style and backstroke, while the 220 yards title went to Miss M. Leydon, .1. Magee easily retained his breaststroke title, while Hasson was again awmrded the low-board diving championship. A. Raper attained the 150 yards men’s backstroke title. Team For Championships. At the conclusion of the carnival last evening, the following swimmers •were selected to represent Auckland in events at the New Zealand championship meeting, which will be held in Christchurch on February 17, 30 and 21: —N. Crump, Miss B. Lewin. Miss M. Leydon, Miss .1. Webster, W. Hassan, R. Frankham, R. Thomas, Miss M. 'Farquhar and Miss N. Ludlow. Mr L. .1. Kenny will be manager, and Mrs .Johnson chaperone.