NEWS - OCTOBER 2000
The 2000 Olympic Games in
Sydney are over.
Now we must all come back down to earth as
our swimmers move on to bigger and better things,
drawing inspiration for their own personal achievement from
THE BEST GAMES EVER
18 - 29 October 2000
2000 Paralympic Games, Sydney
2000 Australian Paralympian of the Year
SIOBHAN PATON |
On
the final day of competition,
Fantastic Result, Siobhan |
1996 Telopea Paralympian Gemma Dashwood also competing at the 2000 Paralympics
has won her third medal, bronze in the 4x100m Freestyle relay
to add to her gold in 400m Freestyle S10
and silver in 200m Individual Medley SM10
See our Hall of Fame page for full details
2000 Australian Age Group
Rankings
Long Course
1 January to 10 October 2000
Telopea has 8 swimmers ranked in the Australian Age Top 10
See our Rankings page for details
Sydney Youth Olympic
Festival
Sydney International Aquatic Centre
10 - 14 January 2001
Australian Swimming Inc. have announced a team of 40 swimmers to contest next year's Sydney Youth Olympic Festival at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre. Australian selectors named 21 women and 19 men - all under the age of 18 - after the Telstra Australian Short Course Championships in Melbourne.
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Congratulations Nic Williams who has been selected on the team |
20 - 22 October 2000
Burley Griffin Meet
AIS Pool, Bruce, ACT
31 Telopea swimmers competed
with 17 swimmers
achieving a total of 50 medals - 12 gold, 16 silver, 22 bronze
as well as many PBs
Some of the highlights for Telopea swimmers were
| Nic Williams (17) |  6 gold |
| Heather Middleton (9) | 2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze 2 Telopea Club Records |
| Sophie Andriolo (11) | 1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze |
| Alana McRae (16) | 1 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze |
| Michelle McLeod (13) | 1 gold, 2 bronze |
| Melanie Cupitt (15) | 1 gold |
All Telopea results
can be found on our Results page
courtesy of ACT Swimming Inc
and our Club Records page for latest records to fall
12 - 15 October 2000
Australian Open Short Course
Championships
Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre
Well done to all 10 swimmers
who competed and particularly the 3 swimmers who achieved finals
against some very tough opposition. Almost every swimmer achieved at least one PB.
2 ACT Resident Records and 8 Telopea Club Records were broken in the process
by Nic Williams, Huw Thomas, Chloe
Jeffers, Sarah-Louise Paton,
Alana McRae and Matthew Hudson
| Chloe Jeffers (16) | 3rd - 1500m Freestyle |
| Nic Williams (17) | 6th - 400m Freestyle ACT Open Resident Record 7th - 200m Freestyle 1st - B Final 200m ButterflyACT Open Resident Record |
| Huw Thomas (18) | 5th - B Final 200m Individual Medley |
Full results can be
found on our Results page
courtesy of Australian Swimming Inc
and our Club Records page for latest records to fall
Note: Any records shown are provisional until verified by the appropriate swimming body
15 October 2000
Capital Belconnen Long
Course Spring Meet
AIS Pool, Canberra
24 Telopea swimmers competed
with 11 swimmers
achieving a total of 40 medals - 7 gold, 18 silver, 15 bronze
as well as many PBs for the new long course season
Some of the highlights for Telopea swimmers were
| Heather Middleton (9) | 3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze Telopea Club Record 100m Butterfly |
| Emma Fitzgibbon (13) | 1 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze |
All Telopea results
can be found on our Results page
courtesy of ACT Swimming Inc
