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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