TECHNICAL COLLEGE SPORTS

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 15788, 9 April 1919, Page 11

TECHNICAL COLLEGE SPORTS

LOWERING THE SCHOOL’S MILE RECORD.

The Waugauui Technical College is now recognised as one of the finest institutions of the kind in this Dominion both from a scholastic and sports point ol view, thanks to the organising capa-

bilities of the Director, Mr G. J. Park, and the splendid staff of instructors he has gathered around him, since he assumed control of the C'olicgc. Not only do the students secure good results at the various examinations. but on the field of sport the hoys and girls show that they can hold their own with the best. The annual College sports programme has now been entered upon, the preliminary trials having taken place at Cook's Gardens yesterday. One of the features of the afternoon’s programme was the splendid performance put up by L. Hogg in the mile championship, which ho won in omin. 12sec., thus heating the record established by A. Ridge two or three years ago, by eight seconds. The Mile Handicap resulted as follows; X. Menli {Boyds) 1 G. McLnchlan (100 yds) ... 2 K. Collins (12yds) 3 L. Hogg (scr) 4 There were over fifty starters. The Long and High Jumps were also taken, and the large number of competitors were reduced to about half a dozen. To-morrow the programme will be completed, and great interest is being taken in the various championship and handicap events, in both the boys’ and the girls’ divisions. The first event of the programme is limed to take place at K> a.m.