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Special AchievementsRepresenting Australiain the CommonwealthGames, IndiaJames Connor (pictured below):James, Year 9, competed in theCommonwealth Games trials heldin Perth in July and was selectedto represent his country in the 10mplatform diving event. He was theyoungest Australian participant atthe Commonwealth Games andthe youngest Australian male diverto represent his country in the10m platform event. James did hiscountry proud, in his first dive hescored straight 9s and at one stagewas standing 5th in the competition.James was up against WorldChampion, Tom Daley and AustralianOlympic Champion, MatthewMitcham and finished a respectable9th in this world class field. Well doneJames, we know you have a brightfuture ahead of you.Ormiston College also had twoother elite divers, Matthew Barnardand Gemma Allinson, also fromYear 9. Matthew, along with James,represented Australia in the 18th FINAWorld Diving Championships heldin Tucson, Arizona. Congratulationsand well done, James, Gemma andMatthew.James Connorphotographs bykind permissionof DivingAustralia/BrobesSwimming at theAustralian Institute ofSport, CanberraTaylah McDonnell(pictured right): Dueto her outstandingperformance inswimming this year,Taylah, Year 8, wasselected into theJunior PlatinumSquad which comesunder the banner ofthe Australian Youth PerformanceSquad through SwimmingQueensland/Swimming Australia.As a member of the Junior PlatinumSquad, Taylah was invited to swimat the Queensland Academy ofSport, Canberra, where she attendedtraining sessions and had her strokefilmed above and below water. Taylahalso had the opportunity to meetwith former and current members ofthe Australian Swim Team. Excellenteffort, Taylah.Competed in theSwimming Australia AgeNationals, SydneyCharlton Otene(pictured right):Charlton, Year 9, hasbeen awarded theDistrict Age Championfor three years in arow and this yearwas selected into theSwimming AustraliaYouth DevelopmentSquad. Charlton has won two GoldMedals, one for BSA Open WaterAge Champion for his 1 km swimand the second Gold for his 3 kmswim. He also received a BronzeMedal in the Secondary School StateChampionships. He is a recipient ofa local individual sporting grant fromAustralia Sport and this year qualifiedand competed at the SwimmingAustralia Age Nationals in Sydney.Well done, Charlton.Tom Waller-Brown, anamazing all rounderTom Waller-Brown, Year 5, won theMet East Tetrathlon, a multi disciplineathletic event which includes 800m,100m, shot put and long jump,breaking the record by an amazing169 points, which resulted in himtravelling to Townsville to competein the three day Queensland PrimarySchools Athletics Championship. Inthe finals Tom came fourth overall inQueensland for the finals of the multievent.It has been a big year for Tom, whomade the semi-finals in the 200m,came fifth in the Queensland AllSchools Cross Country, made it toMet East Swimming and went on towin Junior Cricketer of the Year athis local club. Tom was also namedBest and Fairest Rugby Player in the10 Years East Team and ended theyear by being named in the 12 Years(and he is only 10) Redland DistrictIan Healy Cup Team, to play in theQueensland Development Carnival inJanuary 2011. A terrific year of sportTom, congratulations.Photo above: Tom competing in Townsville. Photographby kind permission of Sporting Images Australia.6 The Oracle Semester Two Edition 2010