SWIMMING TITLES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 42, 20 February 1939, Page 8

SWIMMING TITLES

Otago Wins Yaidhurst Shield FINALJS AT INVERCARGILL SMITH TAKES BREASTSTROKE EVENT (Per Pres* Association.J INVERCARGILL, Feb. 19. Figh’ting for championship laurels, the leading swimmers of the Dominion provided many thrills at the Invercargill municipal baths last night for the concluding events of the New Zealand swimming championships. No records were broken. This was to be expected, considering the acknowledged slowness of the water in Inveicargill, but there were many last times during the evening and the standard of the performances was excellent. Results were as follow: —■

100 Yards Men’s Breaststroke. First heat: W. Dyson (Otago) 1, J. C. W. Davies (Taranaki) 2, H. Horsfall (Canterbury) 3. Won by two feet. Time, 76 4-ssec. Second heat: L. Smith (Wanganui) 1, K. Spry (Wellington) 2, K. Shaw (Southland) 3. Won by a yard. Time, 76 2-ssec, Final: Smith 1, Dyson 2, Spry 3. Won by inches. Time, 75 3-ssec. 440 Yards Men’s Freestyle. First heat: A. Pascoe (Auckland) 1, A. T. F. Stokes (Canterbury) 2, W. Johnson (Southland) 3. Won by a yard. Time, smjn. 32 3-ssec. Second heat: L. Newell (Canterbury) 1, P. Mathieson (Auckland) 2, D. C. Berry (Southland) 3. Won by a touch. Time, smin. 32 l-ssec. Final; Stokes 1, Newell 2, Mathieson 3. Won by six yards. Time, smin. 15 2-ssec. 100 Yards Women’s Freestyle. Miss C. Garvin (Otago) 1, Miss K. Grey (Auckland) 2, Miss I. Purdie (Otago) 3. Won by a touch. Time, 65 3-ssec. 220 Yards Women’s Breaststroke. Miss W. Dunn (Otago) 1, Miss C. Lynch (Southland) 2, Miss J. Hannon (Southland) 3. Won by a yard and a-half. Time, 3mln. 25 l-ssec. 200 Metres Women’s Backstroke. Miss Joyce Macdonald (Southland) 1, Miss Islay Purdie (Otago) 2, Miss Denise Mulvey (Southland) 3. Won by 60 feet. Time, 3min. 7 3-ssec. Men’s Diving. D. J. Ewert (Bay of Plenty), 95. 39 points, 1; D. Kerr (Nelson), 82.44 points, 2; A. Branks (Southland), 75.63 points, *3. Women’s Diving. Miss G. Rix (Otago) 1. The only competitor. 500 Yards Flying Squadron InterCentre Relay. Auckland 1, Southland 2, Otago 3. Won by lour yards, with nine yards between second and third. Time, smin. 3 3-ssec. Water Polo Competition. Semi-final: Otago A 6, v. Southland A 1. Final: Otago 3, v. Canterbury 2.