New Hebrideans Break More Records
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NEW HEBRIDES athletes, who broke a number of records at a meet ing in Vila in mid-November ( PIM , Jan,, p. 30), had further successes in Noumea in early December when they competed by invita tion against a New Caledonian team and the Lyndale Athletic Club of New Zealand.
The New Hebrides men’s relay team, consisting of Yves Rolland, Jean Bai, Seru Korikalo and Charles Godden, won the 4 x 100 metres relay in 42.2 sec., clipping 0.6 sec. from the South Pacific Games record established in Suva in 1963.
In addition, Charles Godden, a student at the British Secondary School, won the 100 metres in the fastest time recorded at Noumea’s Magenta Stadium in 10.9 sec.
Yves Rolland and Jean Bai both set up New Hebrides best per formances of 22.6 sec. for the 200 metres, and John Naupa came third in the pole vault with a New Hebrides best performance of 11 ft.
In the women’s events, Saria Kaluat came second in the 100 metres in 12.8 sec., which equalled the New Caledonian record and established one for the New Hebrides. The women’s 4 x 100 metres relay team, consisting of Merilyn Rose Leo, Saani Mali, Mary Jo Jacobe and Saria Kaluat, also established a New Hebrides record with a time of 53.0 sec.