SWIMMING.
N S.W. CHAMPIONSHIPS. WORLD’S RECORD BROKEN. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copy rig at Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. SYDNEY, January 14. At the New South Wales swimming championship meeting, the 100 vards championship resulted as follows: W. Harris (Hawaii) . . 1 W. Herald . . . 2 H. Hay .... 3 A great race throughout, and an exciting finish. Won by a touch. Time 57 l-ssec. HALF AIILE. A. Charlton .... 1 N. Christie . . .2 Wilkes .... 3 Charlton went away from the jump, easily outdistanced the other competitors. and won by a hundred yards—a worlds record. The time was llmin 5 l-ssec. This was a specially meritorious performance, as the winner is only fifteen and a-half years old. Harris, who did not compete, described it as easily the most wonderful race he had 100 YARDS BACKSTROKE CHAMPIONSHIP. K. Kirkland . . .1 S. Beck . . .2 F. Car berry . . .3 Time, lmin 14 4-ssec.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16940, 15 January 1923, Page 8
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