2019 Summer Universiade
Athletics
The Event
The athletics competition at the 2019 Summer Universiade will take place on the 8-13 July at the San Paolo Stadium in Napoli. Athletics has been part of the Summer Universiade program since the first games in Turin in 1959. During this time the UniRoos have collected 46 medals in athletics disciplines including 18 gold. For Napoli 2019 the UniRoos will have over 50 student-athletes compete against more than 1000 international student-athletes across 50 disciplines.
Results
The UniRoos athletics team performed astoundingly well at the 2019 Summer Universiade, the best results they have ever achieved at this biennial event. Overall there were 10 medals awarded to our athletes, and three personal bests were smashed throughout the event.
On the track, Catriona Bissett (Bachelor of Architecture (Masters)/Diploma in Language, The University of Melbourne) took home gold in the Women's 800m event at a cracking pace of 2:01.20. There was another notable appearance in the Women's 1500m event with Monash University's Georgia Griffith (Bachelor of Business) just shy of first place, finishing second in an impressive performance. There was a photo finish for our Women's 20km walk with Katie Hayward (Bachelor of Occupational Therapy, Griffith University) winning gold 27s ahead of teammate Jemima Montag (Bachelor of Science, The University of Melbourne). To add to their success, Philippa Huse (Bachelor of Engineering, Monash University) combined with the two medallists to take home gold in the combined 20km team walk event.
The Women's 4 x 100m Relay, comprised of Abbie Taddeo (Bachelor of Sports Coaching Management, Australian College of Physical Education), Nana Owusu-Afriyie (Bachelor of Health, Deakin University), Riley Day (Bachelor of Business, Griffith University) and Celeste Mucci (Bachelor of Interior Design, RMIT) claimed the silver medal in the final, just 0.25s behind first place. Another great performance by the Women’s 4 x 400m Relay of Genevieve Cowie (Bachelor of Science, The University of Sydney), Morgan Mitchell (Bachelor of Business, Victoria University), Jessie Stafford (Bachelor of Education, The University of Sydney) and Gabriella O’Grady (Bachelor of Law, University of Technology Sydney) who came 3rd in an impressive show for the track events.
In our field events, Darcy Roper (Bachelor of Business, RMIT) was awarded the bronze medal in the Men’s Long Jump event with a jump of 7.90m. Matthew Denny (Bachelor of Business, Griffith University) achieved close to his personal best in the Men’s Discus throwing 65.27m, taking home another gold medal for the UniRoos. Our Men’s Decathlon event saw Alec Diamond (Bachelor of Science, Australian Catholic University) making a statement with a second-placed finish overall and beating his previous personal best. Our athlete Tori West (Bachelor of Information Technology, The University of Queensland) achieved her own personal best performance in the Women’s heptathlon event and came in 5th place overall. We can't wait to see what our athletics team will do in the next Summer Universiade in 2021!
The Team
Caitlin
Adams
University of South Australia
Bachelor of Health
Isobel
Batt-Doyle
University of Washington
Bachelor of Psychology
Jessica
Bell
University of Canberra
Bachelor of Health
Catriona
Bisset
The University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Architecture (Masters)/ Diplolma in Language
Alysha
Burnett
Australian Catholic University
Bachelor of Sports and Exercise Science
Paige
Campbell
Charles Sturt University
Bachelor of Physiotherapy
Genevieve
Cowie
The University of Sydney
Bachelor of Science
Riley
Day
Griffith University
Bachelor of Business
Georgia
Griffith
Monash University
Bachelor of Business
Georgia
Hansen
The University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Commerce
Jessie
Harper
The University of Queensland
Bachelor of Agriculture
Katie
Hayward
Griffith University
Bachelor of Occupational Therapy
Elizabeth
Hedding
The University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Commerce
Philippa
Huse
Monash University
Bachelor of Engineering
Brianna
Ilarda
Providence College
Bachelor of Science
Anna
Kelly
La Trobe University
Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Masters)
Henrietta
Lawrence
Deakin University
Bachelor of Education
Mackenzie
Little
Stanford University
Bachelor of Science
Morgan
Mitchell
Victoria University
Bachelor of Business
Jemima
Montag
The University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Science
Celeste
Mucci
RMIT University
Bachelor of Interior Design
Clare
O'Brien
Boise State University
Bachelor of Environmental Studies
Gabriella
O'Grady
University of Technology, Sydney
Bachelor of Law
Nana
Owusu-Afriyie
Deakin University
Bachelor of Health
Samantha
Phillips
The University of Queensland
Bachelor of Health, Sport and Physical Education
Jessie
Stafford
The University of Sydney
Bachelor ofEducation
Abbie
Taddeo
Australian College of Physical Education
Bachelor of Sports Coaching Management
Tori
West
The University of Queensland
Bachelor of Information Technology
Bryce
Anderson
University of Canberra
Bachelor of Health
Nicholas
Andrews
Macquarie University
Bachelor of Business Leadership/Commerce
Angus
Armstrong
The University of Sydney
Bachelor of Science
Daniel
Canala
The University of Adelaide
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering
Matthew
Clarke
La Trobe University
Bachelor of Applied Science
Stephen
Clough
The University of Western Australia
Bachelor of Applied Finance (Masters)
Riley
Cocks
Flinders University
Bachelor of Health Sciences
Mason
Cohen
University of Technology, Sydney
Bachelor of Law
Lachlan
Cook
University of Virginia
Bachelor of Media Studies/ Psychology
Matthew
Denny
Griffith University
Bachelor of Business
Alec
Diamond
Australian Catholic University
Bachelor of Science
Jake
Doran
James Cook University
Bachelor of Business
Brenton
Foster
University of Virginia
Bachelor of Economics
Edward
Goddard
University of Technology, Sydney
Bachelor of Property Economics
Zach
Holdsworth
University of Wollongong
Bachelor of Communication and Media Studies
Shemaiah
James
The University of Queensland
Bachelor of Arts
Julian
Konle
Curtin University
Bachelor of Business
Jacob
McCorry
Macquarie University
Bachelor of Commerce
Christopher
Mitrevski
RMIT University
Bachelor of Business (Marketing)
Liam
O'Brien
The University of Queensland
Bachelor of Science
Jye
Perrott
University of Technology Sydney
Bachelor of Law
Darcy
Roper
RMIT University
Bachelor of Business
Max
Stevens
Swinburne University of Technology
Bachelor of Business
Grant
Szalek
The University of Western Australia
Bachelor of Commerce
Declan
Tingay
The University of Western Australia
Bachelor of Science
Adam
Didyk
Team Manager
Lyn
Foreman
Coach
Susan
Andrews
Coach
Stacey
Taurisma
Coach
Ben
Thompson
Coach
Sam
Leslie
Physiotherapist
Darren
Clark
Coach
Nicholas
Teague
Massage
Stephen
Cain
Coach
Rob
Cumbrae-
Stewart
Media
Felicity
Lebbon
Physiotherapist