Newcastle Students Achieve Exceptional Results at the Commonwealth Games

Newcastle students have achieved exceptional results at the recent Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne. The tally is two gold medals, one silver medal, with all Newcastle athletes participating in their respective event’s finals.

The results are –

Rosemary Haywood (Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor of Health and Physical Education)
• 8th place in the final of the Women’s 400m track event.
• GOLD MEDAL in the Women’s 4x400m relay

Heath Francis (Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Business)
• GOLD MEDAL in the Men’s 200m EAD T46

Christie Dawes (Bachelor of Early Childhood Teaching)
• 5th place in the final of the Women’s 800m EAD T54

Michael Brown (Bachelor of Surveying)
• SILVER MEDAL in the Men’s 50m Three Position Rifle Pairs

Prudence Watt (Bachelor of Science)
• 7th place in the final of the Women’s 50m Freestyle EAD
• 7th place in the final of the Women 100m Freestyle EAD

Benn Harradine (Bachelor of Education)
• 8th place in the final of the Men’s Discus

Katherine Proudfoot (currently studying for a PhD in Linguistics)
• 5th place in the EAD T38 100 metres

Newcastle University Sport’s Sport and Recreation Coordinator, Justine Whipper, says that had our University been entered as a country in the Games we would have finished 15th on the final medal table. That’s a tremendous effort in anyone’s book.

The University is very proud of their efforts. Well done!