12/08/15 In Briefs: Tamsin Cook Award, Aussie OWS Canceled, Grenfell
In Briefs: Tamsin Cook, 2nd from left, has been awarded the Railtrain Junior Sports Star of the Year. The 17-year-old is pictured here with Marguerite Oliver from the Hancock Family Medical Foundation, fellow Australian swimmer Brianna Throssell, and Gina Rinehart.
Tamsin Cook Wins West Australia’s Junior Athlete Of The Year Award
Tamsin Cook has been named ‘Western Australia Institute of Sport’s Junior Athlete of the Year’
Aussies Throssell, Cook, Fyfe Up For Western Australian Athlete Award
Three swimmers are in the running for the Western Australian Institute of Sport’s Athlete/Junior Athlete of the Year Award.
Swimming Queensland CEO: “Why Are We Working Kids So Hard?”
Swimming Western Australia held its annual conference this weekend, where guest speaker, Swimming Queensland CEO Kevin Hasemann shared his thoughts on declining membership within the sport.
Fiji Conditionally Selected As Host of 2016 Oceanic Swimming C’ships
Fiji has been awarded hosting duties of the 2016 Oceanic Swimming Championships, provided facility upgrades are performed.
2015 FINA Junior World Championships: Day 4 Highlights Video
Day 4 of 2015 FINA Junior World Championships proved to be a big day for Turkey’s Viktoria Gunes. She won both the 100m breast and 200m IM in Singapore, as part of a night that saw 5 records fall.
Taylor Ruck Breaks 200m Free Championship Record
Canada’s Taylor Ruck had another impressive performance in Singapore, winning gold and breaking the championship record in the 200m free
Aussies Still Hold Control Of Golds After Day 4 of World Juniors
Kyle Chalmers and Tamsin Cook helped bring the Aussie gold medal total to 7 after 4 days of competition at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.
Australian Age Records Drop Like Flies In Singapore
Its been an Australian Age record breaking night at the World Junior championships in Singapore. Getting in on the action…
2015 FINA Junior World Championships: Gunes wins 100 breast, 200 IM golds on day 4
Turkish star Viktoria Zeynep Gunes completed a tough double at day 4 finals, winning gold in the 100 breast and 200 IM – her second and thrid golds of the meet so far.
Aussie Tamsin Cook Clocks New 400 Freestyle World Juniors Meet Record
Another meet record bites the dust, as Aussie Tamsin Cook slides into the history books with a gold medal 4:06.17 400m freestyle swim in Singapore.
2015 FINA Junior Worlds: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap
Minna Atherton, top seed in the women’s 50m backstroke, will be going for the all-distance sweep in the event, having already won gold in the 100 and 200 backstrokes.
2015 FINA Junior World Championships: Day 4 Prelims Preview
Turkey’s Viktoria Zeynep Gunes looks to add a 200 IM title to her breaststrokeing dominance this week, while perhaps making a run at the junior world record.
2015 FINA Junior World Championships: Day 1 Highlights Video
FINA has put together a video package with highlights from the first day of action at the 2015 Junior World Championships.
2015 FINA Junior World Champs: Shoults crushes 400 free at day 1 finals
Grant Shoults exploded for the first gold medal of Junior Worlds, blasting a 3:48.91 in the 400 free.
