Cook Islanders To Concentrate
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Concentrate On Three Fields
From a Rarotonga Correspondent The Cook Islands team, announced on June 21, consists of six boxers, six tennis players and nine athletes (eight men and one woman). The male athletes will compete in the 100. 200, 800. 1,500, 5,000 and 10,000 metres races, and the 4 x 100 metres relay.
IN recent trials, none of the male athletes bettered the records of the Fijian Amateur Athletic Associa tion.
The best prospects in the 100 metres event are Kimi Henry and Tu tavake Tutai, who covered 100 yards on June 15 in 10.4 sec. These two runners also look the best bets for the 200 metres. They have registered 23.2 and 23.5 sec. respectively over 220 yards.
In the 800 metres event, Maruaau Nooau Raui should be well in the running. He has done 880 yards in 2 min., 8.7 sec., which is 4.1 sec under the Fijian association’s record.
Reasonable Chance
The same runner seems to have a reasonable chance in the one-mile race. In one trial for this event, he registered 4 min. 46.6 sec. This was 13 sec. below his previous best time, but 11 sec. under the Fiji record.
In the 10.000 metres event, the best Cook Islands prospect is Ka Paid, who has done six miles in 38 min. 34.5 sec.
Marion Puri, the onlv woman athlete from the Cooks, will take part in the 100 and 200 metres events. In trials over 100 and 200 yards on June 15, she registered times of 12.2 and 28 sec. respectively.