SWIMMING.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20541, 16 February 1935, Page 12

SWIMMING.

Further Heats Decided at Championships. D. H. SYMES QUALIFIES. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, This Day. Additional heats in the New Zealand swimming championships were decided this morning. The finals will be held to-night. Results are as follows : MEN’S 100 YARDS. First Heat. N. Crump, Auckland (title and record holder) 1 D. H. Symes (Canterbury) 2 Riko Simon (South Auckland) .... 3 Also started: L. Allen (Canterbury). Won by a yard, a foot between second and third. Time—s 3 2-ssec. Second Heat. % W. Whareaitu (South Auckland) and R. B. Frankham (Auckland), dead-heat 1 G. Chamberlain (Taranaki) 3 Only starters. Time—s6sec. Third Heat. W. J. Jarvis (Otago) 1 P. H. M’Grath (Southland) 2 A. Somervell (Wellington) 3 Also started: R. Thomas (Auckland). Won by five yards, two feet between second and third. Time—ss 3-ssec. Somervell would have been second had he not fouled a lane line. He thus missed qualifying, as thirds are being excluded. WOMEN’S 220 YARDS. First Heat. S. Grange (Auckland) 1 M. Leydon (Auckland) 2 N. Hughes (Canterbury) 3 Also started: Miss Camcross (Taranaki). Won by a touch. The third girl was ten 3'ards away. Time—2min 50 l-ssec. Second Heat. N. Basstian (Southland) 1 N. Ludlow (Auckland, title holder) 2 E. Rainey (Auckland) 3 Won by three yards, twelve yards between second and third. Time—2m:n 48sec, only two seconds outside Marie Farquhar’s Dominion record. All the placed girls qualified for the final. Symes’s Fine Feat. (Special to the “ Star.”) AUCKLAND. This Day. In the first heat of the 100yds Syme£ got away best, but Crump overhauled him and at the last turn had a lead of at least a yard. Simon meantime had overtaken Symes. who. however, finished strongly to touch off the promising young Maori, swimmer, Riko Simon. In the second heat Whareaitu led for the first length. Frankham had caught him at 66 2-3yds, but the Maori champion lost nothing on the turn. Frankham appeared to be going away up the final stretch, but Whareaitu finished so strongly that the judge? were unable to separate him and the former national champion. Time —56sec. In the third heat Somervell had the first advantage. Nevertheless, Jarvis touched first and with his easy. lon* and powerful strokes he had no difficulty in establishing the best t»«ne of the three races. Somervell should have been second, but he fouled a lane line in the last lap. In the women’s 220yds event. Miss Hughes led for two laps, but Motu& Leydon was first to the 100yds in 72sec, with the others a long wav back. Sylvia Grange overhauled Ngaire Hughes in the fourth lap and continued to lessen the gap from Mona Leydon. In a great finish the decision was given to Miss Grange, although M Leydon appeared to finish first, but did not touch the rope to the satisfaction of the judges. In the second heat from a perfect start Miss Basstian led throughout, with Miss Ludlow fighting gamely all the way. Had Nancy Basstian been really extended she probably would have broken the record. Events at Corsair Bay. The following are the reßulte of the swimming- races held at the Corsair Bay bath this afternoon by the Lyttelton Ladies’ Swimming Club and the Lyttelton Men’s Amateur Swimming Club:— Woman’s Races. 50yds Handicap—Jean Morris 1, Mavis Gilroy 2. Rita M’Donald 3. * 25yds Senior Handicap—J. Morris 1, Ruth Madden 2. Rita M’Donald 3. Dive—Betty Weastell 1, Mavis Gilroy 2, Jessie Gilroy 3. Man’s Event a. 50yds Championship—L. Coombs 1, N. Meikle 2, T. Holder 3. Won by two fe sovds Schoolboys’ Handicap—P. Bradley (4sec) 1, J. Holder (scr) 2. K. Smith (12sec) 3. 4 40yds Handicap—T. Holder (25sec) 1, A. Ereokson (scr) 2, L. Coombs (60 sec) 3. Won by ten yards.