Day one of the eagerly-awaited Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) sees Team Griffith athletes in action across swimming, lawn bowls, hockey and triathlon.
The bulk of the University attention will be on the Optus Aquatic Centre with the first of the heats starting at 10.31am.
David McKeon from the Griffith Swim Club – coached by Michael Bohl at the Gold Coast campus – will be the first swimmer into the water in the second heat of the Men’s 400m Freestyle at 10.52am. David, who competed at the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, will be bidding for a place in the final later tonight at 7.46pm.
Gold medal defence
David’s sister, Emma McKeon, also starts her campaign today in the Women’s 200m Freestyle. The Public Health student starts the defence of her 2014 gold medal from lane four in the third heat (11.07am) with tonight’s final (8.04pm) very much
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