London - NSW Institute of Sport

THe PeRFORMeRs
The Performers
Eight on board for shanghai
Eight NSWIS athletes have been selected on a 52 strong Australian
swimming team bound for the 2011 FINA Aquatic World
Championships in Shanghai later this year.
Heading the selections is Geoff Huegill, who will line up in the men’s
100m butterfly and 4x100m medley relay. Huegill finished outside the
qualification time set by Leigh Nugent before Australia’s head coach
decided to take all swimmers who finished first or second in their event,
inside the FINA qualification time.
Joining Huegill will be fellow NSWIS athlete Eamon Sullivan and world
championships debutants James Magnussen, Kenneth To, Matthew Abood,
Jarrod Killey, Jessica Ashwood and Olivia Halicek.
Halicek caused a major upset on the final night of competition by taking
out the women’s 50m freestyle. The 22 year old clocked a time of 24.88 to
secure her maiden national title in a new personal best time.
The Australian championships doubled as selection for the 2011 Para Pan
Pacific Championships in August this year. NSWIS athletes Jacqui Freney,
Matt Levy, Andrew Pasterfield and Teigan Van Roosmalen were all selected
on the team heading to Canada in August.
Geoff Huegill leads NsWIs selections ahead of the 2011 FINA World Championships
Kookaburras laughing at Azlan
shah Cup
The Australian Kookaburras recently won gold at the 2011
Azlan Shah in Malaysia after a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory
against Pakistan.
The two teams traded goals for all of regulation time; Australia
scoring in the 11th minute only to be equalised in the 31st minute,
before pulling away again in the 44th minute to concede an equaliser in
the 61st minute.
The extra time period was just as tense with both teams failing to
convert good chances at scoring the golden goal. It eventually came in
the 83rd minute when Chris Ciriello bagged his second for the match
and Australia’s first victory in the Azlan Shah cup since 2007.
NSWIS athlete Simon Orchard was rewarded with a spot in the
Sultan’s Azlan Shah XI all-star team after a strong tournament that saw
him net a number of goals on the road to victory.
The Kookaburras won their first
Azlan shah Cup since 2007
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st Lawrence fastest ever
NSWIS runner Ben St Lawrence etched his name into the history books
during May by setting a new Australian record in the men’s 10000m.
St Lawrence slashed his personal best by 40 seconds en route
to clocking 27:24.95, smashing Collis Birmingham’s previous Australian
record by over five seconds and recording an ‘A’ qualifying time for the
2011 IAAF Athletics World Championships later this year, where he will
also compete in the men’s 5000m.
Ben st Lawrence is now Australia’s
fastest runner over 10000m
Brandt and Murphy named
All-Academic
Former NSWIS basketball scholarship holders Angus Brandt and Rhys
Murphy were named on the Pac-10 All Academic First Team earlier
this year. The pair attends Oregon State University in the USA where
they have successfully maintained a 3.0 GPA while competing on the
university’s basketball team, the Beavers.
“The selection is a great result for Angus and Rhys and our program here
at the NSWIS,” said NSWIS Basketball Program Head Coach Damian Cotter.
“Not only are they making the most of the sporting opportunity, they’re
also taking full advantage of the academic opportunities handed to them,
which many players in college don’t do.”
Four NSWIS scholarship holders are on their way to the USA next year.
Jackson Aldridge heads to Butler University, Daniel Trist has accepted an
offer from Lafayette, Sam Rowley will play for Albany and Paige Melville
will join New Mexico State.
Angus Brandt (L) guards
American Jesse Perry