RECORD RID FAILS

Press, Volume CV, Issue 30960, 17 January 1966, Page 12

RECORD RID FAILS

Too Fast At Start Too much speed in the initial stages of his swim cost the 15-year-old A. B. Kindred a chance of breaking the New Zealand senior 880 yards freestyle record in a special attempt at the Wharenui Coronation Pool yesterday. Kindred, who is still a junior, covered the distance in lOmin o.2sec, but previously he had recorded 9inin 56sec in training. The national short course mark, established just over three years ago by T. C. Dalton (Auckland), is 9min 46.55ec. Kindred and his coach, Mr V. T. Parkhouse, had settled on Imin 9.ssec and 2min 23sec as target times for the first 110 yards and 220 yards respectively. But, in the event, these marks were reached in Imin 7.lsec and 2min 21sec. After the half-way point was passed in 4min 52sec the initial speed told on Kindred, and his prospects of capturing the record gradually faded. The strength of the Wharenui club, and Canterbury, in boys’ freestyle swimming was emphasised when Mark Kindle swam a 220 yards time trial in 2min 18.3sec—2.1sec faster than his Canterbury record —and Lindsay Furness, Brian Mustchm, and Brent Doherty all broke smin for 440 yards. Furness recorded 4m in 57.1 sec, Mustchin 4min 57.8 sec, and Doherty 4min 57.95ec. At the last national meeting only the boys’ champion swam faster. This trend was continued in other trials in the Coronation Pool. Kathryn Harris swam 220 yards breaststroke in 3min 12.8 sec—almost 7sec faster than her own provincial under-14 mark—and N. Williams equalled the Canterbury men's record of 5m in 53.65ec for 440 yards medley.

In a rousing 110-yard butterfly encounter, Linsey Falk (Wharenui) recorded Imin 19.2 sec and Margaret Slade (St. Albans) imin 19.4 sec. For both girls the times were career bests, and were the second and third fastest times for the event achieved by Canterbury junior girls.

Performances at the time trials do not count as Canterbury records, as they were recorded in a short course pool.