GREAT SWIMMING FEAT.

Otaki Mail, 7 January 1924, Page 4

GREAT SWIMMING FEAT.

I! MISS SHAND SWIMS 220 YARDS. A&S'iU !a gi'ea.i. swimming teat was performed by Miss Gwitha Shand, thf quarter-mile New. Zealand, champion ana record holder, at the T.-epid Paths, Auckland, last Tuesday evening. Miss .Shand competed in a 220yds invita- , tion scratch race at the Waitemata j Swimming Club's Carnival. Her only ' opponent was Miss Piri Page, ihter. mediate .champion of New Zealand , and a member of tjie Parnell Club. :} From the start Miss Shand took the ' lead, wlUi Miss Page siigntly behind. i After 100 yards had been covered the Christchurc'h girl was about 3' yards • ahead, and thereafter gradually drew i away from Miss Page. Swimming a (powerful trudgepncrawl, Miss Shand ultimately won by ■ 20yds, from her younger opponent, > • wiw, although outclassed, kept giame,iy on. The time, was 2m. 475. • This is. a New Zealand record for ' the distance, and is also toetter than Miss Fanny Durack's Australian record of 2m. 515., established many years ago. The world's record, for 220yds, of 2m, 46 2-ss. is held by Miss .Gertrude Ederle, America, so Miss Shand'b time is only 3-ss.ec. slower than the. world's best. She would certainly he a serious contender for hpn. ours at .the forthcoming Olympic Games, next year, j Steps are. toeing taken by .the Waitemata Club tq have the time recognised as a national record. Four .timeke,ep=. ■ ers timed the race. !