SWIMMING CHAMPION
P. HANAN DOMINION'S BEST Times in any sport are at the best poor guide (0 comparative ability, but, taking both the figures and the competitive achievements, of the natiflnal JOO .and 'J'JO yards free-style champion, Peter Hnnan, of Auckland, over several years, there is every justification for ranking li'un the best sprint swimmer New Zealand has produced, states a Wellington writer. Holder of the furlong record, Hanan the other night, in a 100ittelres sv.im, covered 100 yards in .51! 4-ss, l-.">s under N. Crump's national figures, and the full distance in 50 l-ss, 1 :i-5s faster than Hip record credited to himself It was a superlative effort llanan's forte is his controlled bnlhanco. Experience ami self-regimentation enable Hill (o produce a maximum performance. Ulike distribution of . cff °[* "a productive of %££"& i^en^ai 1 S diWedbnil«n«!°.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23616, 28 March 1940, Page 7
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136SWIMMING CHAMPION New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23616, 28 March 1940, Page 7
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