UNIVERSITY SWIMMING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23136, 11 March 1937, Page 7

UNIVERSITY SWIMMING

THREE RECORDS BROKEN FINE PERFORMANCE BY DAVIES Swimming of a high standard was witnessed at the Municipal Baths last night when the University Swimming Championships were held. The attendance was the best seen at this carnival for some years. D. H. Symes (Canterbury), J. C. W. Davies and J. H. Neville (Taranaki), all well-known figures in swimming circles, put up excellent performances, Symes (national 220 Yards Freestyle champion) breaking his own University records for the 100 Yards and 220 Yards Freestyle. The highlight of the meeting was provided by J. C. W. Davies, who not only broke the University record comfortably in the 220 Yards Breaststroke, but also bettered H. Geddes s Otago record by 3sec. Considering the fact that L. Smith did only 3mm 6sec for this distance at the National Championships last year, Davies s time (3mm 10sec) was a sterling effort, as he won easilv Misses E. Brown, J. Morice and J. Eastgate were the outstanding competitors in the women’s events. Miss G. Rix, the National Ladies Diving Champion, also, gave a muchappreciated display during the evening Results are as follows: Rfl YARDS WOMEN FRESHERS’ FREESTYLE CHAMPIONSHIP Miss J. Morice \ Miss S. Wren " Miss M. Jamieson A Five started. Won by five yards. Time, 37 3-ssec. 50 YARDS WOMEN’S FREESTYLE CHAMPIONSHIP Miss E. Brown \ Miss P. Hudson \ Miss J. Eastgate J • Time, 35 l-ssec. 50 YARDS MEN’S FRESHERS’FREESTYLE CHAMPIONSHIP T. R. Davis .. * D. Foord % —~ skollcy .• • • .« • • • • Won by a foot. Time, 30 2-ssec. 100 YARDS MEN’S FREESTYLE CHAMPIONSHIP D. H. Symes \ J. H. Neville 3 P. F. Foote 6 Symnes led throughout, though he was closely attended by Neville until halfwav. During the final lap he went away to win comfortably by five feet. Foote was a yard away third. Symes s time bettered his own University record of 61sec by 1 l-ssec. Tune, 59 4-ssec.’ MEN’S 33 1-3 YARDS FREESTYLE HANDICAP First Heat.—T. R. Davis 1, D. Foord 2. Two started. Won by two yards. Time, 18 3-ssec. , T ~, Second Heat.—Howden 1. N. Mlvor 2. Four started. Won by a touch. Time, 20sec. - _ Third Heat.—J. Watt 1, O. Baragwanath 2. Four started. Won by a touch. Time, 18sec. Fourth Heat,—M’Connell 1, J. S. M’Veigh 2. Time, 19 l-ssec. Fifth Heat.—l. Marshall 1, C. P. Feltham 2. Two started. Time, 25sec. First Semi-final.—T. R. Davis 1. I. Marshall 2. Five started. Won by a touch. Time, 19 l-ssec Second Semi-final. —M Connell 1, J. S. M’Veigh 2. Five started. Won by a yard. Time, 18 l-ssec. Final T. R. Davis 1 M’Connell 2 J, S. M’Veigh 3 Won by a foot. Time, 18 2-ssec. 33 1-3 YARDS WOMEN’S FREESTYLE HANDICAP First Heat—Miss J. Morice 1, Miss N. Kerr 2. Three started. Won by a yard. Time, 24 l-ssec. Second Heat—Miss E. Carswell 1, Miss P. Ford 2. Five started. Time, 25 2-ssec. Final Miss J. Morice I Miss E. Carswell 2 Miss N. Kerr 3 Won by a touch. Time, 22 2-ssec. ‘ INTERFACULTY RELAY Senior Medical 1 Dental A.. .. 3 Dental B 3 Won by a foot. Time, Imin 13sec. 220 YARDS MEN’S BREASTSTROKE CHAMPIONSHIP J. C. W. Davies 1 Loan 2 Only starters. Won by a length and a-half of the baths. Davies swam into the lead after the first four laps and must have done even better time had he been paced. Time, 3min lOsec (a record). 100 YARDS WOMEN’S BREASTSTROKE CHAMPIONSHIP Miss J. Eastgate 1 Miss E. Brown 2 Miss P. Stockdill ~ 3 Won by a yard and a-half. Time, Imin 45 l-ssec. 220 YARDS MEN’S FREESTYLE CHAMPIONSHIP D. H. Symes .. .... 1 P. F. Foote 2 J. H. Neville 3 Only starters. Symes again led comfortably throughout, and was never extended to win by 12 yards in 2mm 33 l-ssec, bettering his own University record of 2min 43sec by 9 4-ssec. 100 YARDS WOMEN’S FREESTYLE CHAMPIONSHIP Miss P. Hudson 1 Miss H. Ingram 2 Miss J. Eastgate 3 Four started. Won by two yards. Time, Imin 28 2-ssec. SELWYN COLLEGE v. KNOX COLLEGE RELAY Knox (Vosailagi, Baragwanath, Watt, Barclay, Spenser, M’Connell) .. .. 1 Selwyn (Skelley, W. Hallwright, G. Hallwright, Raymond, Fenwick, Dodgshun) 2 Won by five yards. Time. 2min Isec. 440 YARDS MEN’S FREESTYLE CHAMPIONSHIP C. P. Foote 1 J. H. Neville 2 Only starters. The two men were practically together for the whole distance, but Foote turned first and won on the sprint to the tape. Time. 6min 14sec. STUDHOLME HOUSE v. ST. MARGARET’S RELAY St. Margaret’s (Misses H. Ingram, P. Hudson, M. Moody, C. Parsons) .. 1 Studholme (Misses D Thompson, B. Williamson. S. Washbourne, E. Brown) 2 Won by a yard. Time. Imin 38sec. WATER POLO KNOX v. SELWYN Knox (Vosailagi, Baragwanath D. P. Kennedy, Anderson, R. Lane, Barclay, Watt). , _ , , Selwyn (W. Hallwright, Dodgshun, Somerville, Paton. Fenwick. Rolleston, Raymond). , , , Knox won by five goals to two.