New Records
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In P-Ng
Port Moresby schoolboy Peuva Waea jumped 6 ft 5i in. at the P-NG Athletics champion ships in Port Moresby in October, setting a new territory record, and beating the South Pacific Games record for the high jump of 6 ft 3 in. held equally by E. Laboran (P-NG, Suva, 1963) and J. Salmon (French Polynesia, Noumea, 1966). There have been better jumps than the Games record before and since.
Twelve territory athletics re cords were broken at the P-NG championships. An Australian girl from Perth, Jan Carroll, set three new women’s records and equalled a fourth. She estab lished records in the shot put, 200 metres and high jump.
Port Moresby’s Kila Raula re corded 46 ft 3i in. in the triple jump, which makes him a Games prospect. Games record is held by C. Kaddour (New Caledonia), 48 ft 3 in., set in Noumea.