ANNUAL MARATHON
ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE
The annual marathon race of St John’s College was held at Tamaki vesterday afternoon. Weather condisood’ but were not favourable for record-breaking, and the time was well outside the record. The course was the same as has been used for the last 20 years. The runners took the first turning to the the the collfi Se and then the first to the right every time, until fi 1 ®! ar ™ved, at the road to the college, a total distance of three and three-quarter miles. The race, which was contested by a field of 21 runners coneg! n ®^ es and finsßhed OUtslde th * <mTt he ->? eSU r» was: —H- K. Nathan (2m 30s) 22m 565, 1; w. U. Parker fstrt 3^'m 3 t S ’ I'’ ,w WllsOTl (3m), 23m 40si 47<T tF , Bu!1 <scr) ‘ "'as fourth in 23m 47 ™ Pa rker put up the fastest time. _ t,,. e starter was the Rev. J. T. Me?‘i la S 1 ' and the timekeepers were the Williams Partridge and Mr. P.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 428, 9 August 1928, Page 10
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172ANNUAL MARATHON Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 428, 9 August 1928, Page 10
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