Goodwill Games

08/08/2001

Australian Goodwill Swimming Team Announced

AUSTRALIA and the United States can settle all bets on who is the best when they compete in the unique dual team format of the 2001 Goodwill Games swimming competition later this month.

2001 Goodwill Games organisers today welcomed the announcement by Australian Swimming of 45 of Australia's top men and women swimmers (23 men and 22 women) confirmed to compete in Brisbane from August 29 to September 3.

The Australian team will be up against the best swimmers from Team USA, European Allstars and the World Allstars when they compete in a round-robin format for a total prize purse of $508,000 (USD).

World stars of the pool already confirmed to compete in the Games include Pieter van den Hoogenband, Inge de Bruijn, Stev Theloke, Lars Frolander, Yana Klochkova, Martina Moravcova and Beatrice Caslaru.

USA Swimming is set to announce its team late next week.

2001 Goodwill Games Chief Executive Campbell Rose was pleased with the strength of the Australian team announced yesterday.

``Australian swimmers are rewriting the record books and putting in a phenomenal effort by competing in the Goodwill Games, particularly on the back of a busy schedule including the recent World Championships in Japan and the National Short Course Championships in Perth,'' Mr Rose said.

``It is a testament to the depth of talent in Australian swimming that we have such a strong group of athletes competing after such a gruelling competition schedule.

``Our swimmers will be tested in different waters at the Goodwill Games, with our unique dual team format. After the recent team rivalry in Japan, the Goodwill Games will certainly allow the teams to prove once and for all who reigns supreme in the pool.''

The Goodwill Games swim meet is run according to the American college team format, which sees the four teams swim against each other in a round robin format.

The competition is made even more exciting with team coaches permitted to make changes to their entries up to 10 minutes before the race starts.

This means just four swimmers, or two from each team, will be in the pool at any one team. Points will be accrued according to placement in the six preliminary sessions, with teams advancing to gold or bronze medal swim-offs on Monday, September 3.

The team prize money for the event is $200,000 (USD) for each men and women's team event.

This includes:

$100,000 (USD) for each first placed team
$50,000 (USD) for the second placed team
$30,000 (USD) for the third placed team
$20,000 (USD) for the fourth placed team

The remaining $108,000 (USD) of the prize purse will be divided between the 36 individual or relay event winners, with $3,000 (USD) going to the athlete or relay team with the fastest time per event by the end of the round robin competition.

A world record set at the Games will see a bonus prize of $50,000 (USD) awarded.

Any second, third, fourth and fifth all-time world bests will garner bonuses of $5,000 (USD), $4,000 (USD), $3,000 (USD) and $2,000 (USD) respectively.

A national record will attract a $2,000 (USD) bonus, with a $1,000 (USD) bonus for a Goodwill Games record.

The 38 events to be contested at the Goodwill Games are:

50m, 100m, 200m, 400m freestyle
50m, 100m, 200m backstroke
50m, 100m, 200m breastroke
50m, 100m, 200m butterfly
200m, 400m individual medley
4x100m freestyle relay
4 x 100m medley relay
800m women's freestyle
1500m men's freestyle

Each team is allowed two entries in individual events and one entry in relay events.
The only exception to this rule is in the 800m women and 1500m men's event, where all eight swimmers will compete at the same time.

While tickets to the men's sessions have all booked out, seats still remain for all women's sessions. Phone Ticketek on 133 877 or visit www.ticketek.com

MEDIA NOTE: TEAM LIST FOLLOWS

Media information:
Nikki Todd, 2001 Goodwill Games Brisbane
Ph: 07 3233 2045 (direct) / Mobile: 0408 011 204

Janet England, 2001 Goodwill Games Brisbane
Ph: 07 3233 2088 (direct) / Mobile: 0412 334 937

2001 Goodwill Games Teams

Men's Team

	Name	Age	Club	State
1	Ashley Callus	22	Redlands	QLD
2	Simon Cowley	20	SLC Aquadot	NSW
3	Leon Dunne	26	Yeronga Park	QLD
4	Grant Hackett	21	Miami	QLD
5	Regan Harrison	22	Yeronga Park	QLD
6	Ray Hass	24	Firbank Aquastars	VIC
7	Brett Hawke	26	Sydney Uni	NSW
8	Geoff Huegill	22	Redcliffe Leagues Lawnton	QLD
9	David Jenkins	24	Sydney Uni	NSW
10	William Kirby	25	City of Perth	WA
11	Michael Klim	23	Southern Bay	VIC
12	Antony Matkovich	24	City of Perth	WA
13	Justin Norris	21	BHP Hunter	NSW
14	Todd Pearson	23	Carine	WA
15	Adam Pine	25	Ballina Indoor	NSW
16	Jim Piper	19	Campbelltown	NSW
17	Phil Rogers	30	Sydney Uni	NSW
18	Trent Steed	24	Campbelltown	NSW
19	Craig Stevens	21	SLC Aquadot	NSW
20	Ian Thorpe	18	SLC Aquadot	NSW
21	Robert Van Der Zant	26	Yeronga Park	QLD
22	Josh Watson	24	Kingscliff	NSW
23	Matthew Welsh	24	Melbourne Vicentre	VIC

Women's Team

	Name	Age	Club	State
1	Charlene Benzie	19	Kingscliff	NSW
2	Dyana Calub	25	Kingscliff	NSW
3	Sophie Edington	16	Loxton	SA
4	Felicity Galvez	16	Wilkinson	NSW
5	Kasey Giteau	18	Toongabbie	NSW
6	Elka Graham	19	Manly	NSW
7	Julia Ham	21	Chandler	QLD
8	Brooke Hanson	23	Nunawading	VIC
9	Jodie Henry	17	Chandler	QLD
10	Nicole Hunter	17	Tattersalls Aquatic	TAS
11	Leisel Jones	15	Redcliffe Leagues Lawnton	QLD
12	Linda MacKenzie	17	Mackay Swimming Academy	QLD
13	Lori Munz	22	Carey Aquatic	VIC
14	Amanda Pascoe	16	Campbelltown	NSW
15	Jennifer Reilly	18	Victoria Park	WA
16	Yvette Rodier	19	Hunter	NSW
17	Giaan Rooney	18	Miami	QLD
18	Sarah Ryan	24	Western Sharks	SA
19	Clementine Stoney	19	Albury	NSW
20	Petria Thomas	25	Ginninderra	NSW
21	Kelly Tucker	16	Kincumber Pacific Dolphins	NSW
22	Tarnee White	19	Redcliffe Leagues Lawnton	QLD

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