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Monash University's elite athletes bound for Beijing glory30 July 2008 Ten elite athletes from Monash will compete at the Beijing Olympics. Swimming champion Brenton Rickard, a member of the Monash University Swim Club and science graduate, has qualified for the Olympics in the 100m and 200m breaststroke. Arts graduate Catriona Sens will compete for Australia in the double scull rowing and Computing graduate and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Travis Brooks is in the men's hockey team. Fifth-year medicine student David Zalcberg qualified for the men's singles and team table tennis and second-year law student Catherine Arlove is lining up for her third tilt at Olympic gold in Judo. Doug Ellis Swimming Pool staff member Daniel Lee will compete for the Sri Lankan Olympic swimming team and Biomedical Science student Liying Toh is in the Singaporean team for sailing. Former Monash students Tania Luiz, Eugenie Tanaka and Karen Kune Foo (Mauritius) are also competing in badminton at the Beijing Olympics. First-year Arts/Science student Jessica Walters was also picked in the shadow Olympic squad for archery. For more information, contact Steve Pogonowski, Media Communications Coordinator, Monash University Sport on +61 3 9905 8818. Further information on some of the Monash athletes can be found by following the external links below: Brenton Rickard |
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