AUSTRALIAN FLIPPERS WIN A TOTAL 55 MEDALS AT YOUTH OLYMPIC FESTIVAL
Sydney, January 18: The Australian Flippers have completed their competition at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival winning a further 19 medals - eight of them gold to wrap up the final day competition at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. The four-day meet saw the gold and green Youth teams win a total of 55 medals - 19 gold; 17 silver and 19 bronze medals. Brooke Hanson reports...on an unique experience
Australia Gold were the top medal winning team with a total of 31 (11 gold, 10 silver and 10 bronze) with Australia Green second with 24 (eight gold, seven silver, nine bronze), followed by Canada 23 medals (seven gold, nine silver and seven bronze), Japan with 16 medals (six gold, six silver and four bronze), China 1 medal (silver) and New Zealand one medal (bronze)
Australia's individual gold medallists at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival were Kenneth To three gold; Katie Goldman two gold; Luke Kerswell two gold; Kelly Marquenie, Jessica Legge, Justin James, Leiston Pickett, Phillip Butcher and Bronte Campbell one each.
Outstanding performers:
Katie Goldman: Six medals (four gold, two silver)
Kelly Marquenie: six medals (three gold, two silver, one bronze)
Kenneth To: Five medals (four gold, one silver)
Luke Kerswell: Five medals (three gold, one silver, one bronze)
2009 AUSTRALIAN YOUTH OLYMPIC FESTIVAL FULL RESULTS AFTER DAY FOUR:
WOMEN
50m freestyle: Bronte Campbell (AUS) 26.19, Chan Van Landeghem (CAN) 26.30, Phoebe Cater (AUS) 26.49
100m freestyle: Mao Kawakami (JPN) 56.92, Equal 2nd Kelly Marquenie (AUS) 57.60 and Phoebe Cater (AUS) 57.60.
200m freestyle: Katie Goldman (AUS) 2.01.16, Kelly Marquenie (AUS) 2.01.98, Hilary Bell (CAN) 2.03.34
400m freestyle: Katie Goldman (AUS) 4.14.15, Jessica Ashwood (AUS) 4.16.55, Kelly Marquenie (AUS) 4.16.66
800m freestyle: Kelly Marquenie (AUS) 8.49.17, Jessica Ashwood (AUS) 8.49.73, Alanah Jury (NZL) 8.50.62
100m backstroke: Tess Simpson (CAN) 1.02.95, Chanta Van Landeghem (CAN) 1.03.13, Whitney Ireland (AUS) 1.03.14
200m backstroke:Yukiko Watanabe (JPN) 2.13.30, Dominique Bouchard (CAN) 2.13.74, Caitlin Sinclair (AUS) 2.15.65
100m breaststroke: Leiston Pickett (AUS) 1.10.14, Marie Jean-Lachapelle (CAN) 1.10.17, Chelsey Salli (CAN) 1.10.27
200m breaststroke: Chelsey Salli (CAN) 2.30.24, Saya Kuroiwa (JPN) 2.31.45, Miyu Otsuka (JPN) 2.31.97
100m butterfly: Chan Van Landeghem (CAN) 1.00.92, Eri Oishi (JPN) 1.01.13, Megan Mackay 1.01.28
200m butterfly: Miyu Otsuka (JPN) 2.12.28, Nicole Mee (AUS) 2.13.15, Eri Oishi (JPN) 2.13.43
200m individual medley: Jessica Legge (AUS) 2.17.52, Katie Goldman (AUS) 2.17.71, Anastasia Osadchuk (AUS) 2.19.02
400m individual medley: Miku Otsuka (JPN) 4.43.72, Katie Goldman (AUS) 4.47.57, Jessica Legge (AUS) 4.52.64
4x100m freestyle relay: AUSTRALIA GOLD (Darthea Clydsdale, Katie Goldman, Madeline Van Hunnik, Kelly Marquenie) 8.48.91, CANADA 3.49.99, AUSTRALIA GREEN (Phoebe Cater, Aleysha Tokai, Bronte Campbell, Jessica Ashwood) 3.50.88
4x200m freestyle relay: AUSTRALIA GOLD (Katie Goldman, Darthea Clydsdale, Leah Cutting, Kelly Marquenie) 8.19.04, CANADA 8.24.85, AUSTRALIA GREEN (Aleysha Tokai, Jessica Ashwood, Jessica Legge, Anastasia Osadchuk) 8.25.22
4x100m medley relay: AUSTRALIA GOLD (Caitlin Sinclair, Leiston Pickett, Megan Mackay, Darthea Clydsdale) 4.11.13, CANADA 4.12.26, AUSTRALIA GREEN (Whitney Ireland, Jessica Legge, Nicole Mee, Bronte Campbell) 4.12.42
MEN
50m freestyle: Luke Kerswell (AUS) 23.10, James Roberts (AUS) 23.27, James Sweeney (AUS) 23.67
100m freestyle: Luke Kerswell (AUS) 51.35, James Roberts (AUS) 51.52, James Sweeney (AUS) 51.95
200m freestyle: Justin James (AUS) 1.51.51 (AYOF REC), Chad Bobrosky (CAN) 1.52.60, Luke Kerswell (AUS) 1.52.74
400m freestyle: Chad Bobrosky (CAN) 3.57.71, Dylan Wyatt (AUS) 3.58.60, David Dimitrov (CAN) 4.44.63
1500m freestyle: Chad Bobrosky (CAN) 15.50.04, Yunqi Li, (CHN) 15.53.60, Sam Sheppard (AUS) 15.57.21
100m backstroke: Graham Hawes (CAN) 56.78, Ben Edmonds (AUS) 57.44, Phillip Butcher (AUS) 58.43
200m backstroke: Graham Hawes (CAN) 2.03.41, Ben Edmonds (AUS) 2.04.90, Braeden Newton (CAN) 2.04.91
100m breaststroke: Kenneth To (AUS) 1.04.38, Masaya Kano (JPN) 1.04.54, Nicholas Schafer (AUS) 1.05.18
200m breaststroke: Kenneth To (AUS) 2.18.99, Masaya Kano (JPN) 2.19.99, Nicholas Schafer (AUS) 2.20.00
100m butterfly: Phillip Butcher (AUS) 54.50, Yusuke Yasue (JPN) 55.32, Luke Stirton (AUS) 55.61
200m butterfly: Ryogo Nakajima (JPN) 2.01.16, Yusuke Yasue (JPN) 2.02.38, Luke Stirton (AUS) 2.02.92
200m individual medley: Kenneth To (AUS) 2.04.03, Daniel Tranter (AUS) 2.06.86, David Dimitrov (CAN) 2.07.47
400m individual medley: Daiya Seto (JPN) 4.26.09, Mitchell Larkin (AUS) 4.26.80 (15 years Australian record, David Dimitrov (CAN) 4.27.28
4x100m freestyle relay: AUSTRALIA GREEN (James Sweeney, Alex Gohari, Justin James, Kenneth To) 3.25.81, Australia Gold (Mitchell Pryor, James Roberts, Luke Stirton, Luke Kerswell) 3.27.07, CANADA 3.30.28
4x200m freestyle relay: AUSTRALIA GREEN (Justin James, Alex Patrulescu, Harrison Pullinger, Dylan Wyatt) 7.31.34, CANADA (7.31.95), JAPAN (7.42.72)
4x100m medley relay: AUSTRALIA GOLD (Ben Edmonds, Nicholas Schafer, Phillip Butcher, Luke Kerswell) 3.46.86, AUSTRALIA GREEN (Andrew Read, Kenneth To, Alex Gohari, Justin James) 3.49.33, JAPAN 3.53.21
