Eight Griffith students will swim on home turf at next month’s Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Two of those students – Emma McKeon and Georgia Bohl – are also members of the Griffith University high performance swim squad which has five swimmers going to the Optus Aquatic Centre.
It brings to eleven the total Griffith contingent that will represent Australia at the home Games.
“This is a genuinely remarkable achievement for Griffith sport on both fronts. It’s wonderful to have so many students in the Australian team at an Australian Games on our doorstep,” Duncan Free OAM, Director of Griffith Sports College, said.
“And to have five swimmers from our high-performance swim squad making the national team is also testament to the coaching and training facilities we have here on the Gold Coast campus.”
Unique stories of achievement
Duncan Free congratulated all of the Griffith swimmers who will compete at the Games, and highlighted the achievements