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Salient. Victoria University of Wellington Student's Newspaper. Volume 31 Number 2. March 12, 1968

She's Super Stuff — Athletics

She's Super Stuff
Athletics

V.U.W.'s Penny Haworth took two national titles at the 73rd New Zealand Athletics Championships in Dunedin last weekend.

She ran 220 yards in 24 seconds—equalling the New Zealand record—and 440 yards in 55.2 seconds —beating pre-race favourite Sylvia Potts, an ex-Otago student.

Penny was entered in three events but found programming of races such that she was forced to scratch from the 100 yards.

Other VUW representatives included sprinters Alan Robinson and Rex Burgess and hammer throwers Dave Leech and Don Leadbetter.

They performed with credit but were not up to title-winning standard. Robinson and Burgess both reached the semi-finals in the 100 and 220 yards respectively, but Leech and Leadbetter were unplaced.

Prospects for the coming NZU Australian tour are bright although some athletes at the championships were disappointing.

However, good performances were recorded by Auckland's A. Jordan (second in high jump with six feet five inches), P. Cunningham (third in high jump with six feet two inches), and Lorraine Tong who ran well in the women's 220 yards final.

Otago's M. Merrilees threw the javelin 209 feet eight and a half inches—an improvement of 19 feet on his winning throw at the tournament—while P. Welsh easily won the 3000 metres steeplechase.

In Wellington during the week. end Philip Kear, an outstanding junior, recorded 50 seconds for 440 yards and 10.1 seconds for 100 yards—both very close to Wellington junior records.

His prospects for a place in the NZU team are good should he decide to switch from the Hutt Club to VUW.

Kear and other promising juniors will be closely watched by NZU selectors at the National Junior Championships at Whangerei this weekend.