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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 25, No. 6. 1962.

Sports — Swimming

Sports

Swimming

SPORTS

At the Easter Tournament, held this year in Auckland, Victoria University Swimming Club showed itself with distinction, winning both the swimming and the water polo. The swimming and water polo teams though fortunately having a strong backing of such men swimmers and water polo players as; A. Griffiths, P Hatch, P. Perkinson and M. Sladden; also gained much strength from other experienced competitors who have been swimming and playing for Victoria over the vacation, in interclub competition. Consequently, in the senior water polo competition much valuable tactical experience was gained for the defeat over the other universities

In the swimming at Tournament it was Empire Games prospect and N.Z.U. Blue, P. Hatch who gave some excellent performances. He won the 110 yards butterfly in 77.5 seconds, the 220 medley in 2 minutes 48.5 seconds, and came second to G. Monteith in a record breaking 440 yards freestyle with a time of 5 minutes 8.6 seconds. As well as this he broke the record for the 110 yards freestyle with a time of 61.4 seconds. Other men who distinguished themselves were: G. Caddie In the 440 yards freestyle, B. Bibby in the 220 yards breaststroke, and G. Thomson, who came second in the 110 yards freestyle and first in the 220 yards freestyle with a time of 2 minutes 20.7 seconds.

Women's swimming showed a marked improvement in Auckland this year, with Victoria gaining the services of Kirsty Macallan (formerly of Otago University), and Heather Randerson. Kirsty broke her own record for the 110 yards breaststroke with a time of 94.3 seconds. Heather won the 110 yards butterfly in 1 minute 40.4 seconds.

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