23 Mar 2010

Fourteen AIS scholarship holders have been included in the 48-strong Australian swimming team to compete at this year’s Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

Ten of the fourteen swimmers will be in-line to make their Commonwealth Games debut.

Although the final team will not be announced until the Pan Pacific Championships in August, all swimmers who won gold or silver in an individual event during the selection trials are now destined for New Delhi.

Australian Commonwealth Games Association CEO Perry Crosswhite welcomed the first official members of the Australian team for Delhi, adding that their selection is a clear reminder to all that the Games are fast approaching.

“We’ve seen some fantastic results in the pool this week, some new names - and some old ones - and our swimmers always play an important role in the success of the team at the Games,” said Crosswhite.

“Whilst the final contingent of swimmers will not be confirmed until August, I would like to congratulate all athletes who have gained selection this week, especially those swimmers who will be making their Commonwealth Games debut.”
 
Three AIS swimmers Patrick Murphy, Ben Treffers and Angie Bainbridge will compete at the Pan Pacific Games in August.

AIS swimmers (including APC athletes) and coaches selected in the Australian Commonwealth Games swim squad are as follows:

Male Athletes: Craig Calder*, Ashley Delaney*, Tommaso D’Orsogna*, Thomas Fraser-Holmes*, Cameron Prosser*, Hayden Stoeckel*, Peter Leek* (APC athlete), Matthew Cowdrey (APC athlete)

Female Athletes: Bronte Barratt, Alicia Coutts*, Felicity Galvez, Belinda Hocking*, Alice Mills, Ellie Cole*(APC athlete)

Coaches: John Fowlie and Tracey Menzies

*Indicates those swimmers that will be making their Commonwealth Games debut in New Delhi

National Championships Swimming
Pan Pacs and Commonwealth Games Selections

Women’s 200m Freestyle

2nd BARRATT, BRONTE   1:57.46

5th  GALVEZ, FELICITY    1:58.23
7th  DINGJAN, MERINDA   1:59.19  
8th  NEILSEN, JADE   1:59.94  
10th  BAINBRIDGE, ANGIE    1:59.45  

Men’s 400m Freestyle

3rd  MURPHY, PATRICK    3:49.43  
4th   FRASER-HOLMES   3:49.56  

Women’s 200m IM

3rd    COUTTS, ALICIA  2:11.97  

Women’s 50m Butterfly

4th  GALVEZ, FELICITY        26.49   
5th MILLS, ALICE   26.65    

Men’s 50m Backstroke

1st  STOECKEL, HAYDEN  25.06  
3rd TREFFERS, BENJAMIN  25.09  
4th DELANEY, ASHLEY    25.13 

Women’s 50m Breaststroke

5th  FOSTER, SALLY   32.07  

Men’s 200m Freestyle

2nd  FRASER-HOLMES, THOMAS    1:47.66
4th  MURPHY, PATRICK    1:48.30  
5th  D'ORSOGNA, TOMMASO    1:48.44  
8th  PALMER, KIRK   1:49.62  

Men’s 200m Backstroke

1st  STOECKEL, HAYDE    1:58.04
2nd  DELANEY, ASHLEY    1:58.56  

Women’s 100m Freestyle

2nd  COUTTS, ALICIA   54.86
3rd  MILLS, ALICE   55.32  
4th  BAINBRIDGE, ANGIE  55.40  
6th  BARRATT, BRONTE   55.51
7th  FOSTER, SALLY   55.58

Women’s 100m Backstroke

2nd  HOCKING, BELINDA  1:00.11

Men’s 100m Breaststroke

4th  CALDER, CRAIG   1:02.47  

Women’s 100m Butterfly

2nd  GALVEZ, FELICITY  58.20
4th  COUTTS, ALICIA   58.61

Men’s 100m Freestyle

2nd  D'ORSOGNA, TOMMASO    49.35  
7th  PROSSER, CAMERON    49.73  

Men’s 400m IM

1st  FRASER-HOLMES   4:16.81

Women’s 50m Freestyle

2nd  MILLS, ALICE   25.13
4th  FOSTER, SALLY     25.29  

Women’s 200m Backstroke

1st  HOCKING, BELINDA  2:07.89

Men’s 100m Backstroke

1st  STOECKEL, HAYDEN    53.61  
2nd  DELANEY, ASHLEY    54.07  
3rd  TREFFERS, BENJAMIN  55.00  

Women’s 400m Freestyle

1st  BARRATT, BRONTE    4:05.50

 Women’s 50m Backstroke

4th  HOCKING, BELINDA  28.84

Men’s 200m IM

2nd  FRASER-HOLMES   2:00.84
3rd  D'ORSOGNA, TOMMO  2:00.90  
5th  MURPHY, PATRICK    2:02.15

Men’s 50m Freestyle

2nd  PROSSER, CAMERON  22.36  

Women’s 200m Butterfly

3rd  GALVEZ, FELICITY  2:08.83  
4th  COUTTS, ALICIA   2:10.18  

Men’s 200m Breaststroke

2nd  CALDER, CRAIG     2:12.33  
5th  MEYER, JEREMY   2:14.89  

Contact: David Packwood, AIS Media Manager Tel: 0408 417894

* The AIS is a major division of the Australian Sports Commission