Griffith students Emma McKeon (abov) and Shayna Jack have driven Australia to relay gold and a world record in the Optus Aquatic Centre.
On a thrilling night in the pool the pair teamed up with the Campbell sisters – Cate and Bronte – to produce the performance of day one of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018).
Shayna, a Sport Management student, led the team out in strong fashion before Public Health student Emma summoned the energy for an impressive third leg to help Australia to gold in the 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay.
There was also gold for Team Griffith at the Anna Meares Velodrome where Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice student Stephanie Morton teamed up with Kaarle McCulloch in the Women’s Team Sprint. The pair set a Commonwealth Games record of 32.488 seconds in seeing of New Zealand in the final.
Stephanie is back on the track today, bidding to
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