The fourth day of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) brought another trio of medals for athletes from the Team Griffith family.
On the last night of high speed action in Brisbane, Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice student, Stephanie Morton, was crowned the queen of the velodrome as she powered to her third gold medal of the Games. Her exciting victory in the Women’s Keirin Final brought to four her overall haul from the past four nights.
As Steph stepped out of the limelight, Business student Matthew Denny stepped in with a silver medal performance in the Men’s Hammer Throw. The 21-year-old captured the imagination of spectators on the opening afternoon of athletics at Carrara Stadium.
He displayed composure and courage in overcoming foul throws with his first two efforts to eventually throw a PB 74.88m, which would only be denied by a Games record winning throw beyond the 80m mark.
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When research goes awry: getting back on the horse
Two academics walked into a pub…
One beer coaster-transcribed book proposal and a pre-existing publisher’s meeting later comes 33 tales of trial and tribulation from researchers across Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Republic of Ireland, USA, Malaysia and Europe, in this collection from editors, Associate Professor Keith Townsend (WOW) and Professor Mark Saunders (University of Birmingham).
Associate Professor Keith Townsend
How to Keep your Research Project on Track: Insights from When Things go Wrong, is not, however, just a compilation of complaints. While a cathartic experience for many of its 38 contributors says Keith (pictured left), it is as the title suggests, a book that offers solutions for pressing on when the proverbial hits the fan (refer to the editors’ introduction for more on this…):
“In this work-intensified environment, I think we miss out on conversations about stuff…like the perils of interpreting qualitative data. …Mark and I had done similar books and thought it would
Kelsey crowns golden achievement with special moment
A golden moment reminiscent of Pat Cash’s finest moment at Wimbledon crowned Australia’s gold medal winning performance in the final of this afternoon’s Lawn Bowls Women’s Fours at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018).
The moment of magic was delivered by current Bachelor of Business student and Bachelor of Journalism graduate Kelsey Cottrell when she headed for the stands immediately after a gripping 18-16 win over South Africa was confirmed.
She wanted to share the moment with baby Siena who came into the world only last August.
Kelsey was in scintillating form in the lead role for the Jackaroos and now adds a gold to the bronze she claimed at the Delhi Games in 2010 and the silver she won in Glasgow four years ago.
The win takes to 11 the number of gold medals won by members of Team Griffith during the first five days of GC2018.
Elsewhere today, in her fifth Games,
New wave of stars take up medal hunt
As the curtain comes down on six glorious nights at the Optus Aquatic Centre tonight, there is no shortage of talent vying for the spotlight.
Sprinter Riley Day, boxer Skye Nicolson and para athlete Madison de Rozario all make their first appearance at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) today, hoping to emulates the achievements of a host of Team Griffith swimmers.
They’ll also happily follow in the footsteps of Bachelor of Business student and Bachelor of Journalism graduate Kelsey Cottrell who was superb in helping Australia to its first Lawn Bowls gold of GC2018 yesterday. The win also took to 11 the number of gold medals won by Team Griffith athletes, with the total haul now 22.
Golden moment
A golden moment reminiscent of Pat Cash’s finest moment at Wimbledon crowned the winning performance in the final of the Lawn Bowls Women’s Fours in Broadbeach when Kelsey headed for the stands immediately
Power of community propels Griffith academic to ‘amazing’ role as GC2018 baton bearer
Whether shaping inquiring minds as Griffith Business School’s Portfolio Director (Engagement) in the Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics or working tirelessly to raise funds for breast cancer research, Dr Robyn Cameron is always putting other people first.
As an organiser of the annual Pink Ribbon Cup Raceday (held in September) and committee member for Women in Super’s yearly Mother’s Day Classic fun run, Dr Cameron – a two-time breast cancer survivor herself – is well-known and well-regarded by people from myriad walks of life, routinely exemplifying Griffith’s value of positive community involvement and influence.
It’s precisely that concern for others that led the distinguished academic and lauded social activist to be nominated, and selected, as a Queen’s Baton bearer ahead of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, an honour that Dr Cameron says caught her off-guard when she found out she’d been named early last year.
“I received an email saying I’d
Finger bone discovery believed to be from the oldest modern human found in Arabia
Griffith University played a key role in the team behind new research published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution that describes the discovery of a fossil human finger bone at the site of Al Wusta, an ancient freshwater lake located in what is now the hyper-arid Nefud Desert, in Saudi Arabia.
The fossil has been directly dated to approximately 90,000 years ago, which makes it among the oldest modern human remains found outside Africa and the Levant.
The work, led by Dr Huw Groucutt the University of Oxford and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, involved an international team from Saudi Arabia, including the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage and the Saudi Geological Survey, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and Australia. Professor Rainer Grün and Drs Julien Louys and Mathieu Duval of the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution (ARCHE) at Griffith University were key participants in this
Games volunteer role could spark new research project
Excitement, fun and the chance to uncover new research opportunities are among the expectations that Griffith lecturer Dr Caroline Riot will bring to her volunteer role at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Caroline, who teaches sport management at the Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management, will take up a role in Press Operations at the Oxenford Studios where the boxing, squash and table tennis competition will take place.
“I’ll be involved in the mixed zone, where athletes mix with media, which is something completely new for me,” she said.
“I’ll be around the action where Griffith student Skye Nicolson will be competing. I also hope to see some bouts up close which is new and exciting. The atmosphere around the athletes will be electric. I can’t wait.”
Dr Riot sees Griffith’s role as a Tier One Partner of GC2018 as an unprecedented opportunity to engage and draw new knowledge from a major
Katrin powers to gold on Gold Coast roads
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Griffith graduate Katrin Garfoot (right) has struck gold on the familiar roads of the Gold Coast in the Women’s Individual Time Trial this afternoon.
In a very dominant performance, road cyclist Katrin powered her way to another Commonwealth Games medal, adding to the bronze she won in Glasgow four years ago.
The 36-year-old, who completed a Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education, brings Team Griffith’s haul of gold medals to a round dozen.
Elsewhere on day six of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, Bachelor of Public Relations and Communication student Skye Nicolson guaranteed herself a boxing medal after outpointing Cameroon’s Christelle Aurore Ndiang in the Women’s 57kg category. She’ll next face Canadian Sabrina Aubin-Boucher in Friday night’s semi-final.
In the athletics at Carrara Stadium today, emerging Australia sprinter Riley Day finished third in her heat of the 200m to qualify for the semi-finals tomorrow night (Wed).
Sport Management student John Lane’s prospects of a
GAPS Program contributes to thrilling Oceania success
The Cook Islands have claimed their first ever medal at a Commonwealth Games after defeating Malta 17-11 in the bronze medal match of the Men’s Pairs in Lawn Bowls.
The historic moment has a special link to Griffith University, a connection which may pave the way to further sporting triumphs for Oceania athletes in the future.
Taiki Paniani, one half of the winning team, has been part of an innovative program developed and rolled out by Griffith University to give athletes from Pacific Commonwealth nations and territories access to sports experts and facilities not readily available in their home land.
Taiki participated in the GAPS (Gather Adjust Prepare Sustain) Program on three occasions in the build up to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Most recently the 21-year-old was among a group of able-bodied and para-athletes athletes from Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga and Niue to participate in
Griffith hosts Global Coaches House
Griffith University’s Gold Coast campus will host the Global Coaches House 2018 from Monday, April 9 to Friday, April 13.
Former All Blacks Head Coach, Sir Graham Henry, will deliver the opening keynote address from 9am to 10am on Monday.
The Global Coaches House 2018 brings sport coaches from around the world together for a week of development, education and shared knowledge.
Among world-leading coaching authorities presenting during an extensive five-day programme will be John Atkinson (National Performance director, Swimming Canada); Raylene Bates (Para Athletics coach, New Zealand); Kate Palmer (CEO, Australian Sports Commission); Anna Meares (Olympic and Commonwealth Games gold medallist); Alyson Annan (Head Coach, Women’s Hockey, Netherlands) and Richard Charlesworth (former Head Coach, Hockeyroos and Kookaburras).
Duncan Free OAM, Director, Griffith Sports College, Professor Sheena Reilly, Pro Vice Chancellor (Health) and Associate Professor Clare Minahan from School of Applied Health Services will be among the Griffith experts participating during the week.
The Global