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Best Female Performance | Best Male Performance | |||
Record | Holder | Record | ||
Diving..................... | Miss Serene Nord | 97 ft. | J. Well ...... | 151 ft. |
Athletics: | ||||
Running, 50yds............. | Miss Fanny James .. | 6 1/6 secs. | R. L. Murray (and others) | 5 2/5 secs. |
,, 70yds............. | Miss Helen Buck | 10 1/10 secs. | R. E. Walker (and others) | 7 3/5 secs. |
,, 100 yds.......... | Miss Fanny James .. | 13 secs | A. E. Duffy...... | 9 3/5 secs. |
,, 220 yds.......... | Miss Agnes Wood | 30 3/5 secs. | B. J. Wefers...... | 21 1/5 secs. |
Running High Jump... | Miss Helen Schutte .. | 4 ft. 6 in. | M. F. Sweeney | 6 ft. 5 5/8 in. |
Miss Helen Aldrich .. | ||||
Running Long Jump........... | Miss Evelyn Gardner | 14 ft. 6 1/2 in. | P O'connor . | 24 ft 11 3/4 in |
Standing High Jump | Miss T. Bates...... | 3 ft. 6 in. | Rav C. Ewry..................... | 5 ft 5 1/4 in. |
,, Long Jump............... | Miss Edith Boardtnan | 7 ft. 11 3/4 in. | Rav C. Ewry...... | 11 ft. 4 7/8 in. |
Putting 81b. Shot | Miss M. Young | 33 ft. 1 in. | Ralph Rose .. .. .. | 67 ft. 7 in. |
Throwing Base Ball ...... | Miss Alice Belding .. | 195 ft. 3 in. | R. C. Campbell | 381 ft. 2 1/2 in. |
Vaulting.................... | Miss Mildred Vilas .. | 4 ft. 10 3/4 in. | C. H. Atkinson | 7 ft. 3 3/4 in. |
Hop, Step, and Jump............... | Miss H. Kempton | 27 ft. 5 in. | T. J. Ahearne | 48 ft. 11 1/4 in. |
Miss M. Whigham .. | 234 yds. | James Braid.. .. .. | 395 yds | |
Miss D. Gillham | 39 4/5 secs. | C. Healy ...... | 25 secs. | |
100 yards...... | Miss J. Fletcher ,, | 78 3/5 secs. | C. M. Daniels | 55 2/5 secs. |
Miss I. Steers.. .. | ||||
200 yards...... | Miss D. Mackay | 3 min. 12 3/5 secs. | C. Healy...... | 2 min. 11 1/5 secs. |
300 yards | Miss E. Mackay | 4 min. 28 secs. | T. S. Battersby | 3 min. 31 2/5 secs. |
15 miles................... | Miss O. Carson | 3 hrs. 51 mins. 25 secs. | T. 8. Battersby | 3 hrs. 21 min. 21 1/5 secs. |
For endurance (48 miles) .. | Mdm. W. von Icacescii | 8 hrs, 3 mins.... | - | - |
For endurance (25 miles in sea) | Miss A. Beckwith .. | 9 hrs. 13 min. | - | - |
Mdm. K. Brumbach | 220 lb. | Joseph Grafl.......... | 367 lb. | |
Cycling, road records: | ||||
2.000 miles........ | Miss Margaret Oast .. | 222 hrs. 5 1/2 mins. | - | - |
2,192 miles..................... | - | - | C. W.miller.. | 142 hrs. |
2,600 miles...... | Miss Margaret Gast ., | 295 hrs. 55 mins. | - | |
Walking: 76 miles ...... | Miss Eleanor Seers . | 20 hrs. 15 mins. (road) | W. Brown...... | 13 hrs. 28 min. 40 2/5 sec. (track) |
Mountaineering: | ||||
Greatest altitude reached .. | Mrs. Bullock-workman | 23,300 ft. | Duke of the Abruzzi | 84,583 ft. |
 
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