NEW BACKSTROKE TIME

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 642, 19 April 1929, Page 13

NEW BACKSTROKE TIME

ENA STOCKLEY’S FINE SWIM FARRELL MAKES RECORDS Ena Stockley. of Grammar Swimming Club, continued her re-cord-making form last evening, whan, at the Tepid Baths, she put up a new time for the 100 yards backstroke. Miss Stockley made a special attempt to lower the 100 yards and the 100 metres times in one swim. Tier time for 100 yards, 70 2-os.. was 1 2-os j better than her own record. She was ; two-fifths of a second outside her own record of Sss for 100 metres, but would probably have put up a new time had she not slipped when making the final turn. David Lindsay paced her. The performances were at the annual championships of the Auckland University College Swimming Club. FARRELL AND RIX-TROTT J. P. Farrell, Auckland sprint chain- : pion, was the dominating figure in the men’s events, and. in retaining his : titles for 50 yards and 100 yards, established new times. Farrell won decisively from the ex-Wellington .swimmer, Rix-Trott. The Wellin gtoninn. however, won clearly in the 220 yards • from Hyauiason. the holder. Miss E. Steel set new times when she won the main University women's events. Dorothy Grant could not strike form in her effort to make a new record for the New Zealand women’s 220 yards. Gwitha Shand’s time is 2m 475. Results: CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS Men’s Championship. 50yds.— J. P. Farrell, 1; G. Rix-Trott. 2: IT. Hyauiason. 3. Time. 20 2-ss. (Auckland University record 1. Women's Championship. 33 1-Syds.— First heat: Miss E. Dietz. 1; Miss A. Payne. 2; Miss 11. Gaze, 3. Time, 21s. Second heat: Miss E. Steel, 1: Miss b. Cranwell, 2: Miss M. Graham. 3. Time. 20 3-ss.—a record. Final: Miss Lie*z. 1: Miss Steel, 2: Miss Graham, 3. Time, 21 2-5. Men’s Championship, 100yds.—J. P. Farrell, 1: G. Rix-Trott, 2; D. llyauiason, 3. Time, 62 4-ss.—A record. Men’s Diving Championship.—K. H. Browne, 1; G. W. Johnston. 2; C. D. Reeve, 3. Women's Championship, 50yds.—Miss E. Steel, 1; Miss E. Dietz, 2; Miss B. Gran well, 3. Time, 34 3-ss.—a record. Men’s Breaststroke Championship. 100 yds.—W. M. Platts, 1: McCommish, 2; R. b. Thorpe, 3. Time, 87 2-5 s record. Women’s Championship, 100yds.—Miss E. Steel, 3. Time, SI l-5s. —a record. Women's Diving Championship.—Miss J. Walker, 2: Misses E. Steel and E. beitz, dead heat. 2. Women's Backstroke Championship, 33 l-3vds.—Miss N. Gallaher, 1; Miss M. Graham, 2; Miss F. Kenny, 3. Time. 30 2-ss. Men’s Championship, 220yds.—G. Rixtrott. 3; r>. Hyauiason, 2: J. P. Farrell, 3. Won by a foot. Time, 2m 50 2-ss. Tntcr-Faculty Relay (four in team, each man to. swim 33 l-3yds>, 333 1-Syds. —Law, 1; Training College, 2; Science. 3. INTER-CLUB HANDICAPS Women's Invitation Handicap, G 6 2-3 yds.—Miss M. Farquhar. 4s, 1: Miss P. Robertson, ser, 2: Miss E. Stockley, scr, 3. Time, .43 3-ss. Men’s Invitation Handicap, 100yds.—R. Raper, ss. 1; G. Bridson. scr, 2; R. Porteous, 3s, 3. Time, 61 3-ss. SPECIAL EVENTS Challenge Relay Race (Training College ladies v. University ladies), 133 1-3 yds.—University, 1. Time, 2m 11 2-ss. Men’s Scratch Race, 33 l-3yds.—Final: Farrell, 1; Hardie-Neil, 2; Wilson. 3. Time, 17s. Women’s Handicap, 33 l-3yds.—Finai: Miss Graham, 1; Miss White, 2; Miss Gallaher, 3. Time. 245. Men's Handicap, 66 2-3yds—Final: Stedman, 1; Wilson, 2; Browne, 3. Time, Dual Relay Race, 66 2-3yds.—Miss E. Steel and T. Fitzpatrick, 3. Men’s Obstacle Race.—W. Wilson, 3; Hardie-Neil, 2: W. Platts, 3. Time, 1m