RECORD ACKNOWLEDGED

Chronicle (Levin), 13 August 1946, Page 6

RECORD ACKNOWLEDGED

After a dclay of scveral months, the Couneil of tlie New Zealand Amateur Alhletic Association recently gave official approval to the perforiuauee of Roa Agatc in equalling the iiational 100 I yards re'-urd of 9 4-5sec. Agate, one of j thc most brilliant sprinters New, Zc: X) ! land has produced for years, has wo >J / i the iiational 100 and" 220 yards titles"' j at the New Zealand elianipionshipS for ! the past two years. Agate 's j'ecord eipialling perfornianee ■ was recorded at the Auckland proviuj cial ehaiu]>ionships at the Olyiupic. (Stadium on Eebruarv 10. In his heat ! of the 100 yards, the Aucklander returned !i 4-osec., and then repeated the j ]ierformance iu the liual. George Sinip son, the Anierican champion, is the only other utlilete tu have equalled that feat , in the one day iu New Zealand. Agale now joins the select hand of ■ fo.ur other New Zealand sprinters who_ have ofiicially broken evens for the 100 yards. The lirst was J. II. Ilempton at 1 .Christchurch iu 1002. Then, in 1027, Maleohn Lendbelter repeated the perfornianee. In 1032 and again in 108:5, Alun Elliot "Returned 0 4-osec. at Auckland. Fuvir years later \Y. J. Fitzsimmons clocked the fraetion under lOsec. at Napier. The others who have equalled tlie nntioiuil record are AY. T. Mucpheis- u (New South Wales), J. Y. Bcholtz lAnierica) and G. S. .iSinijisou (Aniericai. Simpson recorded 9 4-5scc. : on three occasious when he visited New • Zealand iu 1931.