FRESH RECORDS
UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS rer Press ’Association. DUNEDIN, March 28. At the university championship sports on Saturday, D. R. J. Stevenson heat his own long jump record by covering a distance or 21ft 4in. L. E. Jordan in the mile championship clipped 9 2-ssec off his own record, made, in 1924, completing the journey in 4min 37 4-sseo. G. Cabot reduced the mile walk record by 25sec, his time being 6min 40 3-ssec.
In the hop, step and jump Stevenson added 2 Jin to his previous record by covering 42ft sJin. Another record lowered was the three mile, which L. Douglas ran in 16min 3 l-ssec, or 2 4-ssec faster than the previous record.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12407, 29 March 1926, Page 8
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114FRESH RECORDS New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12407, 29 March 1926, Page 8
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