Australian Swim Team set for Glasgow glow
The Australian Swim Team for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has been announced, tonight following a week of world class action at the Australian Swimming Championships in Brisbane. World champions Cate Campbell, Christian Sprenger and James Magnussen will join golden girl Alicia Coutts, rising star Cameron McEvoy and a host of emerging talent including David and Emma McKeon on the plane to Glasgow as part of a 59-strong swim team for the Games.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association CEO Perry Crosswhite said the entire Australian team is looking forward to Glasgow and the Opening Ceremony on July 23. “We’ve seen some world class swimming in Brisbane this week and we are very pleased with how the swim team is shaping up for Glasgow,” said Crosswhite.“In Delhi four years ago, our swim team brought home 54 medals in total, including 22 gold, and with some new faces performing here in Brisbane, as well as a host of experienced athletes on the team, we are all looking forward to getting to Scotland in July and representing Australia.”
Swimming Australia President John Bertrand AM said the team has performed in and out of the pool this week, and will represent Australia with pride in Scotland. “What a fantastic week of swimming,” said Bertrand. “We’ve seen some new fresh faces race their way to the top of the podium and some experienced athletes produce world class times. Representing the Green and Gold is every athletes dream, and our swimmers will do it with pride and passion when they race for Australia in Glasgow.”
Australian Swim Team – 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games
Athletes: Joshua Alford, 18 (NSW), Jessica Ashwood, 20 (NSW), Jesse Aungles, 18 (SA), Bronte Barratt, 25 (QLD), Joshua Beaver, 21 (VIC), Alanna Bowles, 16 (QLD), Bronte Campbell, 19 (QLD), Cate Campbell, 21 (QLD), Blake Cochrane, 23 (QLD), Alicia Coutts, 26 (QLD), Matthew Cowdrey, 25 (SA), Laura Crockart, 19 (NSW), Rowan Crothers, 16 (QLD), Tommaso D’Orsogna, 23 (QLD), Katherine Downie, 18 (WA), Maddison Elliott, 15 (NSW), Brittany Elmslie, 19 (QLD), Daniel Fox, 22 (QLD), Remy Fairweather, 17 (QLD), Thomas Fraser-Holmes, 22 (QLD), Jacqueline Freney, 21 (NSW), Ellen Gandy, 22 (VIC), Jared Gilliland, 19 (QLD), Madeline Groves, 18 (QLD), Jayden Hadler, 20 (NSW), Brenden Hall, 20 (QLD), Jordan Harrison, 18 (QLD), Belinda Hocking, 23 (VIC), Mack Horton, 17 (VIC), Sally Hunter, 28 (SA), Grant Irvine, 23 (QLD), Mitchell Kilduff, 18 (NSW), Mitch Larkin, 20 (QLD),Matson Lawson, 21 (VIC), Mathew Levings, 20 (QLD), James Magnussen, 22 (NSW), Travis Mahoney, 23 (VIC), Cameron McEvoy, 19 (QLD), Ned McKendry, 21 (QLD), David McKeon, 21 (NSW), Emma McKeon, 19 (NSW), Taylor McKeown, 19 (QLD), Keryn McMaster, 20 (QLD), Meagan Nay, 25 (QLD), Kotuku Ngawati, 19 (VIC), Jessica Pengelly, 22 (WA), Leiston Pickett, 22 (QLD), Mitchell Pratt, 18 (VIC), Melanie Schlanger, 27 (QLD), Madeleine Scott, 21 (WA), Emily Seebohm, 21 (QLD), Christian Sprenger, 28 (QLD), Eamon Sullivan*, 28 (WA), Kenneth To, 21 (NSW), Lorna Tonks, 25 (QLD), Daniel Tranter, 25 (QLD), Ben Treffers, 22 (NSW), Tessa Wallace, 20 (QLD), Chris Wright, 25 (QLD)
Coaches: Jacco Verhaeren, National Head Coach, Brant Best, SOPAC (NSW), Peter Bishop, Marion (SA), Matthew Brown, Nudgee Brothers (QLD), Simon Cusack, Indooroopilly (QLD), John Fowlie, National Training Centre (ACT), Rob Hindmarsh, Chandler (QLD), Craig Jackson, Melbourne Vicentre (VIC), Chris Mooney, Indooroopilly (QLD), Vince Raleigh, Chandler (QLD), Richard Scarce, Palm Beach Currumbin (QLD), Rohan Taylor, Nunawading, (VIC)
Head of Delegation: Michael Scott, Director of High Performance
*Note: Nomination to the Australian Commonwealth Games Association is subject to medical advice and fitness test.
FAST FACTS
There are 107 days to go until the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
The Opening Ceremony will be held on July 23 with the swimming starting on July 24
31 men and 28 women will swim for Australia in Glasgow – for a team total of 59
12 Para Sport athletes will compete in Scotland, the largest contingent ever for an Australian team at the Commonwealth Games
At 28 triple Olympian Eamon Sullivan and Dual Olympians Christian Sprenger and Sally Hunter are the oldest athletes on the team
At 15 Paralympic gold medallist Maddison Elliott is the youngest on the team
The average age of the team is 21
ROOKIES
There are 15 Australian Swim Team rookies on the team – including Joshua Alford, Jesse Aungles, Joshua Beaver, Alana Bowles, Laura Crockart, Remy Fairweather, Ellen Gandy, Jared Gilliland, Madeline Groves, Mack Horton, Taylor McKeown, Keryn McMaster Jessica Pengelly, Mitchell Pratt, and Lorna Tonks.
Cowdrey and Freney to lead Para Pan Pacs team to California
Paralympic legend Matt Cowdrey and Young Australian of the year Jacqui Freney will lead a 29-strong Australian Swim Team to the Para Pan Pacific Championships in California in August.
A 13-time Paralympic gold medallist South Australian Cowdrey will be joined by world record holders Blake Cochrane, Rowan Crothers and Brenden Hall, while 8-time Paralympic gold medallist from London, Freney will spearhead the women’s team that includes 15-year-olds Madison Elliott and Lakeisha Patterson and London relay gold medallist Katherine Downie. Australia will take on teams from Canada, Japan and the USA over five days of competition at the Para Pan Pacs in August, with the meet an important part of the preparation and planning towards Rio in 2016.
Swimming Australia President John Bertrand said the Para Pan Pacs team will be looking to continue their outstanding run of success over the last couple of years. “Our Paralympic swimmers were fantastic in London in 2012 and backed it up again in Montreal last year,” said Bertrand. “Taking on the USA on their home soil will be tough, but what we’ve seen from these athletes this week suggests they are well on their way to continuing their good run of form on the international stage and preparing for Rio.”
Athletes: Michael Anderson, 26 (QLD), Jesse Aungles, 18 (SA), Kayla Clarke, 22 (QLD), Blake Cochrane, 23 (QLD), Ashleigh Cockburn, 22 (NSW), Taylor Corry, 19 (NSW), Matthew Cowdrey, 25 (SA), Rowan Crothers, 16 (QLD), Timothy Disken, 17 (VIC), Katherine Downie, 18 (WA), Richard Eliason, 25 (NSW), Madison Elliott, 15 (NSW), Daniel Fox, 22 (QLD), Jacqueline Freney, 21 (NSW), Matthew Haanappel, 19 (SA), Brenden Hall, 20 (QLD), Guy Harrison-Murray*, 16 (WA), Tanya Huebner, 35 (VIC), Ahmed Kelly, 22 (VIC), Mitchell Kilduff, 18 (NSW), Matthew Levy, 27 (NSW), Andrew Pasterfield, 24 (NSW), Grant Patterson, 24 (QLD), Lakeisha Patterson, 15 (QLD), Rick Pendleton, 29 (QLD), Sean Russo, 22 (NSW), Madeleine Scott, 21 (WA), Jacob Templeton, 18 (TAS), Jeremy Tidy, 26 (VIC), Reagan Wickens, 19 (NSW).
Coaches: Adam Pine, Head of Delegation, Brenden Keogh Head Coach, Adam Beisler, Novocastrian (NSW), Jan Cameron, USC Paralympic Performance Centre (QLD), Harley Connolly, Lawnton (QLD), Rick Vander Zant, Yeronga Park (QLD), Yuriy Vdovychenko, National Training Centre (ACT)
Head of Delegation: Adam Pine
*Provisional selection
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