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Four N.S.W. Girl Swimmers
For Melbourne
Claire Dennis Among Them
By W. S. SHARLAND
NEW SOUTH WALES have selected
Jean Cocks, Bonnie Mealing, Molly
Mitchell and Claire Dennis to represent
the State at the National swimming
championships at Melbourne.
It is a strong quartette, with Bonnie
Mealing and Claire Dennis in the
world's best class.
pHE Sydney girls are bound to be very
popular in Melbourne. Jean Cocks
and Bonnie Mealing have competed sucessfully
here before, though each has
noticed that the Melbourne water is
much slower than that of Sydney.
Jean Cocks is a remarkable little
wimmer. Only 15 years, she is rearded
as a veteran in Sydney, for she
as been competing actively lor five
s. Last vear the Bondi girl lost her
. and it was thought that her career
finished: but this season she has
• back with a will. She recently
n the 220 vards in 2 win. 43 4-5 sec.
his is a new N.S.W. record. The swim
as over 55 vards laps. Helen Madison s
est time is 2 min. 35 sees., but she had
ine turns. ,
Hitherto Jean Cocks has not bedn
uited by fresh water, but she has alays
done well. Frances Bull may give
er some trouble.
Jean Cocks and Mollic Mitchell
robably will swim in the 440 free-stvle
itle. MolUe is N.S.W. 100 and
hampion. .Mollie, in her first swim over
40 yards, equalled Jean Cock s N.S.W,
nd "Australian record of 5 min. 50 4-5
Mollie also swims breast-stroke ana
ack-strokc.
She will race against Dot
ennett, of Victoria, in the 220 yards
reast stroke.
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BEST WORLD TIME
The chief attraction of the N.S.W. girl*
ill be Claire Dennis.
Just 15. she is
oing sensational times in Sydney for 220
ards breast-stroke,
and
already
has
een credited with a world's record of
min. 8 4-5 sec. for 200 metres.
Bonnie Mealing is a great back-stroke
wimmer. Coming from a famous swiming
familv. Bonnie already has
the
eal upon her fame by remarkably
fi" c
erformances.
She went to the last
lympiad, but put on too much weight,
nd was unsuccessful. If she goes to Los
ngeles, the climatic conditions may suit
er better.
Claire Dennis. Mie N.S.W. strokc star. Help
Claire Dennis. Mie N.S.W.
strokc star.
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