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TRACK AND FIELD

ATHLETIC NEWS AND NOTES [By Pistol.] Secondary Schools Championships. The Otago secondary schools champion* ship meeting is to be held in Dunedin on November 2, and this will mark probably the first fixture under the control of the local centre. It is likely during the coming season that evening meetings will be held fortnightly, and besides catering so largely for junior and women athletes it is hoped to induce more of the secondary school competitors to take part. M'Gregor for Wellington. Colin M'Gregor, former Anglican ath* lete, who recently returned to Dunedin from Auckland, has now taken up a business appointment in Wellington, and i* almost sure to be seen in action on northern running tracks this summer. M'Gregor has the unique distinction of having held New Zealand junior titles at swimmiung and athletics—the age limits are different, of course—but in recent years he has devoted most of his time to the track. Ha was the New Zealand junior boys’ 100 and 220 yards free style swimming champion in 1935. Three years later he gained selection in the Otago team at the New Zealand track and field championships when only 17 years of age, and he rani with great credit* in the sprint events.* In 1939 M'Gregor won the 100 and 220 yards titles at the New Zealand junior; championships at Auckland, but last season in Auckland he did little running. Not yet 20 years of age, M'Gregor would, in the ordinary course of events, be soon approaching his best. When J. E. Love* lock saw him in action in 1936 the Tam* ous Olympic champion predicted that M'Gregor would develop into a champion.. He is only one of the many champion# developed by the ex-Otago coach, E. O* Johnson, who has entered camp with th*j 4th Reinforcements. Ex-Otago Runner’s Success. T. O. Kennedy, former Otago runner* rounded off a fine season in Wellington!, by taking the Bennett Memorial road' race (says the ‘Sports Post’). ,He wal the easiest of winners—by some 150yds* Kennedy won all the major Wellington' winter events he contested. He opened with the provincial cross-country title, followed this with a win in the Vosseler Shield contest, and capped these successe# with Saturday’s fine run. Kennedy’s performances have thrown into bold relief the poor standard of home-grown cross* country products^ Soldier-Athlete’s ’Death. Private Michael Charles Talbot, of the First Echelon, whose death as the result of a road accident was reported recently, was one of Masterton’s best-known harriers and distance runners. He was the Masterton Harrier Club champion for three years, also club captain, and he was' a member of tha Wellington team at the New Zealand cham- . pionships on two occasions. Pole Vaulter Returns Home. D. Weichert, the best pole vaulter ever seen in New Zealand, left the other day on his return to the United States (says a Wellington writer). Weichert, who wa» stationed at New Plymouth during his stay in this country, won the national pole vault title at Wellington last March and later set a New Zealand record. Before coming to the Dominion Weichert had exceeded 14 feet, and though he never threatened to go near those figures in New Zealand.' ha nevertheless showed enough to make clear how far New Zealanders lag, behind in this, one of the most spectacular of all athletic events. Champions In Camp. V. P. Boot—Second-lieutenant Boot—is still in New Zealand. He is in camp at- Te Rapa racecourse, Hamilton. The greatest middle-distance runner ever produced in. this country, Boot is keeping in condition with occasional runs on the race track. His presence there, apparently, has inspired several others under canvas to join him. He showed fellow competitors just how it is done at a recent camp athletic gathering*, P. F. Sharpley, a second lieutenant, too, is also still here. He is at Trentham. The national sprint hurdles and low hurdles champion and record-holder, he intends starting light training shortly, and hopes later to do some coaching in Hawke’s Bay, his home district. Maybe Boot and Sharpley will he seen in competitive athletics again this summer. Sprint Champion With Territorials. The New Zealand 100yds champion, John Sutherland, is now in training -with tha Territorial force. He is at present in Web lington, hut later will round off his duties, probably under canvas, somewhere in the north. Sutherland will be well remembered here. He had outstanding success in the Otago secondary schools championship meeting when he was at Waitaki Boys’ High School, and in one season captured the 100yds, 220yds, and 440yds titles. Johi Sutherland, who is not yet 21 years of age is a son of Mr Ben Sutherland, well-known Wellington merchant, and commenting ■on the young champion’s possibilities, a Wellington writer remarks: There was a ten. dency in some quarters last season to disparage Sutherland’s ability; a few ' experts ’ made a great hue and cry about hi* slow time in winning his national crown, but poor figures in Wellington don’t mean much. Sutherland has only to -make a slight advance to put him right up witlr the best men we have ever had.”

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Evening Star, Issue 23696, 2 October 1940, Page 8

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TRACK AND FIELD Evening Star, Issue 23696, 2 October 1940, Page 8

TRACK AND FIELD Evening Star, Issue 23696, 2 October 1940, Page 8

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