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January 2009 |
Australia Day Honours
Six QAS athletes were recognised for their efforts at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing yesterday, being included in the Australia Day Honours list.
Ken Wallace (Kayak) Stephanie Rice (Swimming), Emma Snowsill (Triathlon), Bronte Barratt (Swimming), Melanie Schlanger (Swimming) and Duncan Free (Rowing) were all recipients of an Order of Australia Medal for their services to sport.
Australian Youth Olympics Festival 2009
Athletics
Jessica Gilfillan - 3rd women 2000m steeple chase
Basketball
Gretel Tippett - gold women's basketball 91-54 against Japan
Corban Wroe - gold men's basketball 98-82 against China
Cycling
Micheal Hepburn - part of the gold medal winning 4000m Team Pursuit
Diving
Ethan Warren - silver as part of the Synchronised Diving 3m Springboard and bronze men's 10m Platform
Football
Joshua McVey, Koh Satake and Neko Vujevich were part of the silver medal winning team
Hockey
Jill Dwyer and Marnie Hudson were part of the silver medal winning women's Hockey team, going down to Great Britain in the final 3-2
Matt Gohdes, Scott Richards and Peter Dillon were part of the gold medal winning men's hockey team - defeating India 2-1 in the final
Swimming
Luke Kerswell - 3rd men's 200m freestyle, 1st men's 100m freestyle, 2nd men's 4x100m freestyle relay, 1st men's 4x100m medley relay, 1st men's 50m freestyle
Katie Goldman - 1st women's 200m freestyle, 1st women's 4x200m freestyle relay, 2nd women's 400m individual medley, 1st women's 4x100m freestyle relay, 1st women's 400m freestyle, 2nd women's 200m individual medley
Kelly Marquenie - 2nd women's 200m freestyle, 2nd 100m freestyle, 1st women's 4x200m freestyle relay, 1st women's 4x100m freestyle relay, 3rd women's 400m freestyle, 1st women's 800m freestyle
Justin James - 1st men's 4x200m freestyle relay, 1st men's 4x100m freestyle relay, 2nd men's 4x100m medley relay
Leiston Pickett - 1st women's 100m breaststroke in AYOF record time of 1.10.14
Mitchell Larkin - 2nd men's 400m individual medley
Megan Mackay - 3rd women's 100m butterfly, 1st women's 4x100m medley relay
Bronte Campbell - 1st women's 50m freestyle
Triathlon
Ashleigh Gentle - 1st women's team relay challenge
Water Polo
Stephanie Thomas was part of the silver medal winning women's team that went down to Hungary in the final 10-9
Lyndon Cranley and Matthew Giles were part of the bronze medal winning team that defeated China 21-1
Cycling
Scody Australian Open Road Championships in Buninyong
Carla Ryan won the 102km Road Race in 3hours 3mins 37sec, 40 seconds ahead of fellow Queenslander's and QAS athletes' Ruth Corset and Nikki Butterfield (nee Egyed) who placed second and third
Carla also won the Women's 28km Individual Road Time Trial Final in 41:21.05
Carla Ryan came through on the Cycling Talent Identification program, formerly a long distance runner
Football
As many as ten QAS athletes were on the Queensland Roar team that took out the inaugural W-League final, defeating Canberra 2-0.
QAS athlete Lana Harch was recognised as the W-League Player of the Season - contributing 6 goals throughout the season.
QAS Women's Football Coach, Jeff Hopkins was announced as Coach of the Year at the inaugural W-League Awards Ceremony
Seven QAS athletes were selected as part of the Matildas team that will take on Italy in two friendly matches to be played in Sydney and Canberra. (Lana Harch, Tameka Butt, Lauren Colthorpe, Elise Kellond-Knight, Kate McShea, Clare Polkinghorne and Karla Reuter)
Golf
Courtney Massey received a five year Golf scholarship with the University of Minnesota in an attempt to crack the lucrative USA circuit.
Recent results include spearheading the winning state team in last year's Gladys Hay interstate series, chipping in a brilliant eagle to secure the South Pacific Open at Surfers Paradise, Far North Queensland and Middle Ridge Open titles, an Australian Open and ANZ Ladies Masters berth
Swimming
2009 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Ellen Fullerton: 1st 400m freestyle, 2nd 200m freestyle, 2nd 400m individual medley (Australian 16yrs Record, 4:41.17), 3rd 4x100m freestyle relay, 2nd 4x200m freestyle relay
Tessa Wallace: 3rd 100m breaststroke, 2nd 200m breaststroke (8th fastest time in Australian history 2:27.69)
Amy Smith: 2nd 200m butterfly, 3rd 4x100m medley relay
Daniel Smith: 2nd 100m freestyle, 1st 4x100m freestyle relay, 1st 4x200m freestyle relay
Ryan Napoleon: 1st 400m freestyle (Meet record 3:51.12), 1st 800m freestyle (meet record 7:58.66), 1st 4x100m freestyle relay, 1st 4x200m freestyle relay, 3rd 200m freestyle
Ned McKendry: 2nd 400m freestyle, 3rd 800m freestyle, 1st 4x200m freestyle relay
Triathlon
QAS athlete Emma Jackson placed second in the second race of the 2XU Australian Junior Triathlon Series in Canberra
Emma is tied for first place in the points score on 20, with fellow QAS athletes Ashleigh Gentle and Courtney Dutton tied in third place on 14 points.