Antony Perry
25 April 2018: A host of elite student athletes from the University of Canberra are returning to normal life after competing at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast earlier this month.
The University was well represented at the event, with several high-profile athletes in action over the 12 days.
Paralympian Jesse Aungles claimed his first Commonwealth Games gold medal in the SM8 200 metre individual medley, improving on the silver medal he won at the same event in Glasgow in 2014.
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Jesse Aungles won his first Commonwealth Games gold medal on the Gold Coast in the men's SM8 200 metre individual medley. Image: John Masiello
Mitchell Morgans managed an impressive performance in the gymnastics, finishing 11th in the parallel bars and 22nd overall in the horizontal bar. The Australian team finished fifth overall.
In the athletics, Carly Salmon was one of three Australians to make the final of the Women’s T35 100 metre race. She finished fourth.
Track and field star Lauren Wells was busy during the Games. She ran Australia’s fourth leg of the 4 x 400 metre relay, with the Aussies finishing fifth. Wells placed 11th overall in the long jump and narrowly missed out on the final of the women’s 400 metre hurdles.
Competing in his second Commonwealth Games, James Nipperess finished ninth in the 3,000 metre steeplechase to equal his 2014 result.
Meanwhile, Kalindi Commerford was a member of the Hockeyroos side that finished second behind New Zealand in the women’s hockey.
