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12 new recordsin athleticsTwelve new record*, were set in the ACT ,‘J decathlon and pencil tathlon championships »• held at Ainslie Oval :tl over the weekend.The winner, Kcx Purcell n. of Qucunbcvan. with one ltjcvenr the I 500m. to go andMilt was in the junior mcn'vphe set recently. Thilt; was pcntulhlon where umver followed up with a brilliant sity student David Smyth.1 long jump of 14ft Klin IX. not only added ov ci 5CKl! In the girls' under -! I points to his own Af I re- pentathlon. Kalhv O'Hara « ord but also put up «i fought a close battle with performance over 20 points W. Vanvc. With one event inside the NSW junior rc* ii«» go Miss Vance held alead of 78 points.cord.His total of 3.’71 pointsKnowing she had onlyless than 300 points from ,c the open decathlon record ie|looked set to crack the (i 6,000 points barrier.However, m the pole vault nnd jivclin events he aggravated a severe shoulder injur) suffered in a recent motor accident.He faced (he starter for the 1.500m and was deter-(mined to finish, hut after % Jjuat over one lap the prc*-mcltided a record-breaking Ilhc :0Om lo ^ Klllhv „;ivc luvclm throw ol IK4tt HHn.j. .. . . . .exactly two feet better than al1 *hc haJ *° ,un ,bcthe throw of Rob Davis*fastest time of her group over 10 years ago. of 31.2s. Maureen VanceKen I orroway wa* an- tried hard lo stay close to other to show that his all- ,he lcader bu! fai,cd bv |U„ round ability in athletics ha» . , . ••Improved immensely over «*° ,cmh% of * wconf toh over the past 12 monlhs. Ini hold her points lead Final ;the under 15 boys' division (score was K. O'Hara 1.967.he added over 200 points tojVf Vance 1960. Mis* the old record with a score of 2.179.sure became Too great andO’Hara's score was also a new record.iiMichael O'Connorhe reluctantly called it almost doubled his own re- The invitation eventsday lllt;s consolation was I the fact that he had built 1 up an unbeatable lead in W' the first nine events and nt finished a comfonable win-:e ncr.i The most outstanding rc-Icord when he scored 801 I points in the boys* under-11 pentathlon.WT1VTC 7/1200»n limerulheld on the two days also brought forward two new ACT records.The first was The magnificent run by 12-year-old Mian Carmichael in theHis 200m of 28 0s cut 1.500m. Running with thefive tenths off the old time, fhe previous iccord holderD.... 1 .....I..I nilseniors he recorded a time of 4 48.3. seven seconds
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Canberra Times
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, AU
Mon, Dec 21, 1970
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