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AIS sports performance highlights
During 2001-02, the AIS conducted 35 programs in 26 sports. The AIS provided 691 scholarships to athletes in these programs. Each national sporting organisation is responsible for the management of an elite athlete pathway in their sport. As agreed with the national sporting organisation, the AIS plays one of two roles in the organisation’s elite athlete pathway by conducting sports programs targeted at either:
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elite or senior international programs (23 sports programs)
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pre-elite or developmental programs (12 sports programs).
The programs are either residential, where the athletes are based full time in one location (Canberra, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide or Brisbane), or camps based, where the athletes’ daily training is conducted in their home environment and the AIS brings the athletes together throughout the year to attend training camps.
Details of the role and structure of AIS programs, and a comprehensive report on AIS sport performances in 2001-02 can be found in Appendix 3.
In addition to these programs, and in conjunction with the Commonwealth Games Association, the AIS offered 30 individual scholarships to athletes specifically preparing for the 2002 Commonwealth Games. These athletes represented sports that were not part of the 26 sports for which the AIS conducts a scholarship program. The athletes received up to $4000 to assist in their training preparation program, as well as sports science/sports medicine services delivered through the AIS, or state institutes or academies of sport.
Some of the highlights of AIS athlete and program performances in 2001-02 are presented below.
AIS athletes
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Philippe Rizzo (gymnastics) and Petria Thomas (swimming) were joint winners of the AIS Athlete of the Year for 2001.
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Philippe won a silver medal on the high bar at the 2001 World Championships. This was Australia’s first ever medal in World Championship competition in men’s gymnastics. He also won gold medals in the same event at the World Student Games in Beijing and Goodwill Games in Brisbane.
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Petria won three gold medals at the 2001 FINA World Swimming Championships. Two of her gold medals were in individual events (100 metres and 200 metres butterfly), and she was also a member of the winning 4 x 100 metres medley relay. Petria is ranked world number 1 in the 100 metres and 200 metres butterfly.
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Luke Schenscher (basketball) was the winner of the AIS Junior Athlete of the Year for 2001. In 2001, Luke became the first AIS men’s basketball player since Mark Bradtke in 1987 to go directly from the AIS program into the senior national men’s team. Luke also represented Australia at the East Asian Games in Japan.
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Victoria Roberts (AIS/NSWIS), Joanna Lutz, Julia Wilson (AIS/NSWIS) and Jane Robinson (women’s four - rowing) won the AIS Team of the Year for 2001. As the Australian women’s four, Victoria, Joanna, Julia and Jane won the gold medal at the 2001 Rowing World Championships held in Lucerne, Switzerland.
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Matthew Engele (men’s soccer) and Rebecca Witham (AIS/QAS) (women’s water polo) were joint winners of the AIS Education Achievement Award for 2001.
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Todd Pearson (swimming) was the winner of the AIS Vocational Award for 2001.
Programs
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Archery - AIS archer David Barnes finished second in the XV Golden Arrow Grand Prix Tournament in Antalya, Turkey (senior open event). During the elimination rounds, David broke his own 18 arrow world cadet record, the 18 arrow world junior record and was only two points short of the open record.
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Athletics - Neil Fuller won the first ever IAAF World Championship gold medal for amputee athletes, convincingly winning the 200 metres. Nathan Deakes finished fourth in the 20 kilometre walk at the IAAF World Championships and won Australia’s first athletics medal of the Goodwill Games in the 20 kilometre walk. Benita Johnson (née Willis) finished fourth in the World Cross Country Championships.
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Australian football - Australia defeated Ireland 2-1 in the 2002 U17 International Rules series in Ireland. AFL clubs selected 20 scholarship holders in the 2001 national draft.
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Boxing - AIS boxers Greg Eadie, Daniel Geale and Paul Miller each won gold medals, and Jarrod Fletcher won a silver medal, at the 2002 Oceania Boxing Championships.
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Disabled skiing - At the 2002 Paralympics, AIS scholarship holders Michael Milton (AIS/NSWIS) won four gold medals and Bart Bunting (AIS/NSWIS) won two gold medals and one silver medal. AIS scholarship holders recorded 14 top-20 finishes.
Michael Milton
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Canoeing (sprint) - Katrin Borchert (AIS/QAS) won a silver medal at the 2001 World Championships in the LK1 500 metres.
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Canoeing (slalom) - Robin Bell (AIS/WAIS) won two 2001 World Cup silver medals in the men’s C1 (Augsburg, Germany and Prague).
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Cricket (men) - Of the 17-man squad selected for the Ashes Tour in 2001, 12 (70%) were graduates of the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy, which is a program of the AIS.
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Cricket (women) - 92% of the Australian team that won two one-day international series against New Zealand in February and March 2002 were AIS scholarship holders.
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Cycling (sprint) - Ryan Bayley (AIS/WAIS ) won a gold medal at the 2001 Track Cycling World Championships in the men’s keirin event.
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Cycling (road) - Anna Millward (AIS/VIS) placed first in the 2001 UCI World Cup standings.
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Diving - Robert Newbery won a gold medal in the men’s three metre springboard event at the 2002 FINA Diving Grand Prix. Mathew Helm won a gold medal in the men’s platform event at the 2002 FINA Diving Grand Prix in Southport.
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Golf - Nadina Taylor was a semi-finalist in the Ladies British Open Amateur Championship. Michael Sim was runner-up to former AIS scholarship holder Kurt Barnes (NSWIS) at the Australian Amateur Championships.
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Gymnastics (women) - Alexander Croak won the all-around gold medal at the 2002 National Championships.
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Hockey (men) - Twelve members of the Australian team that finished second in the Champions Trophy in Rotterdam in November 2001 were AIS scholarship holders.
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Netball - The AIS netball team won the South Australian State League in 2001.
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Rugby union - Sixteen members of the Wallabies which won the Bledisloe Cup and Tri-Nations Trophy, and are current World Champions, were former AIS scholarship holders.
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Rowing - All members of the Australian women’s four that won the 2001 World Championship (Victoria Roberts [AIS/NSWIS], Jane Robinson, Joanna Lutz and Julia Wilson [AIS/NSWIS]) were AIS scholarship holders. Six of the eight members of the Australian women’s eight (Victoria Roberts, Jane Robinson, Joanna Lutz, Julia Wilson, Rebecca Sattin [AIS/WAIS] and Jodi Winter [AIS/NSWIS]), which won the World Championship were AIS scholarship holders. Both crews were coached by AIS coach Lyall McCarthy.
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Sailing - Jenny Armstrong (AIS/NSWIS)/Belinda Stowell (AIS/WAIS) finished in second place in the 2001 Women’s 470 Class World Championships. Melanie Dennison (AIS/VIS)/Fiona Herbert (AIS/NSWIS)/Kristen Kosmala (AIS/NSWIS) finished as second nation in the 2001 Yngling Class World Championship.
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Squash - AIS scholarship holders Stewart Boswell, Paul Price (AIS/VIS) and John Williams (AIS/VIS), and former scholarship holder David Palmer, won the World Men’s Championships.
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Swimming - Seventeen out of 21 (81%) AIS scholarship holders were selected to compete at the ninth FINA World Swimming Championships. AIS athletes won a total of 12 gold medals.
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Tennis - Ryan Henry won the 2002 Australian Junior Hardcourt Championships. Todd Reid finished second in the 2002 Australian Open Junior Championships held in Melbourne, and also won two men’s 2002 futures events. Adriana Szili won the 2002 Wellington Women’s International - women’s senior satellite event.
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Volleyball - The Australian men’s team (all AIS scholarship holders) finished second at the Asian Senior Men Championships held in Iran in September 2001. The Australian women’s team (all AIS scholarship holders) qualified for the 2002 World Championships.
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