ATHLETICS
CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING.
AMBITIOUS EVENT IN CHRIST-
CHURCH.
(Per United Press Association.)
Christchurch, June 1, Cross-country runners in Christchurch carried out their most ambitious enterprise in the history of the sport in Canterbury by running a crosscountry , relay race from the Sign of the Takahe on the Dyer’s Pass Road, Cashmere Hills, to Akaroa, a distance of nearly 50 miles. One hundred and twenty runners took part and they raced in teams of eight, the distance being divided into eight stages. Over a hilly course the runners kept a speed of a little better than 10 miles an hour.
The first five teams home were: Christchurch A (4hr. 49min.); Presbyterian A (4hr. 55mm.); Methodist (shr. 2min.); Anglican (shr. 13min.); University A (shr. 13Jmin.).
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Southland Times, Issue 25302, 4 June 1935, Page 3
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