Two N.Z. Records Broken In Swimming Championships

Chronicle (Levin), 19 February 1948, Page 7

Two N.Z. Records Broken In Swimming Championships

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DUNEDIN, Feb. 18. Two New Zealand. records were broken and several others were closely appronched at tlie New Zealand national swimming championships. John Shanahan (Auckland) elipped two eeeonds off liis own Dominion record for the lOO.yards breaststroke of- : 72 seconds. Bhanahan won this race by live yards from the former frees^vie champion, W. J. Jarvis (Otago), and eollected his second title when he won the. first butterfly chaiiipionship in 68 3-5 .seconds after a keen tussle with T. Logan (Taranaki) wko linished two yards back. P. E. Mathieson (Auckland) wlio won ; his first New Zealand title more than 12 years ago, broke G. Cliff's record of 5min 42 4-5see when lie won tlie 440 yards men's backstroke championship in 5min 39 l-5sec. A prior perforrnance bv Mathieson of 5min 34 4-5see at Auckland, at present awaits recognition. . Ngaire Lane won the 100 yards women 's backstroke title for .tlie fifth j consecutive year, having a margin of ■ 12 yards from M. Tremaine (Mana- ! watu). Her time of 72 2-5sec was twofifths of a, second outside her own re- j eord established at Nelson last year. When Golin Chambers (Canterbury) retained his mile championship bv 40 j yards from P. Blomfield (Aucklana;, j ^his time of 22min 29 * 3-5sec was the fastest ever recorded in a fresh water pool in New Zealand and only 27 i seconds slower than L. Newell's record j established in 1938 at New Piymouth. Betty Casey (Otago) woji the 100 I yards women's freestyle title for the j fourth successive year and her time of 64 4-5 seconds was the fastest in which ' the championship has ever been won. j M. Barry (Nelson) won the 100 yards men's freestyle in 55 l-5sec which was oniy 1 l-5se.e outside tlie | New Zealand record. j Maysod Reid (Otago) won the New Zealand women's diving chaiiipionship for the third consecutive year, rnaking a great recovery after being threc points down to Miss Joyce Oarpenter (Nelson), former champion. In the comiiulsory section Miss Keid gave a j more consistent display and in some of j her voluntary dives revealed briiliance. I It was a verv close eontest with the j issue in doubt to tlie final dive. ] D. Begg AAon his first men's- Jow I springboard championship bv a big j uiargin from O. Jaine (Auckland). ] These two divca well but others per- j formed disappointinglv. • The titleholder, yriss N. Shaw, did | not gain a (ilace in the women's 220 | yards breaststroke heat and the final I was won by H. Forsyth (Otago) who is | still an intermediate swimmer. Her | time of 3min 23 l-5sec Avas eight seconds I faster than the wiuning time last year. i Points for the Yaldhurst -Shield, at | present held by Canterbury, were: — I Otago 29, Auckland 29, Canterbury 12, j Nelson 8, Wanganui 3, Manawata 3, I Wellington 3, Taranaki 3, fijouthland 1. I