The classic mile race returned to Melbourne’s Rawlinson Track – the scene of Merv Lincoln’s 1957 track record of 3:58.9, the third sub-four-minute mile by an Australian and the second run in Australia. By David Scott with Hamish Beaumont.
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The University of Melbourne has thrown its support behind Melbourne’s latest elite sporting franchise, the Super 15 Melbourne Rebels. David Scott finds out why connecting with the University was a natural fit for the rugby team.
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The 2011 Empire State Building Run Up women’s race crowned a new champion, Alice McNamara of Australia and the University of Melbourne.
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The founder of sport at the University of Melbourne Professor Martin Howy Irving was, according to Ernest Scott, author of the first history of the University, “a man of mind and sinew”. And vision. Sport at Melbourne was established at Irving’s initiative on the English model beginning with cricket and rowing, but immediately became a leader in local developments through its pioneering role in Australian Rules Football. Over the next century and a half sport at Melbourne has evolved into the broad and inclusive sphere that accommodates both elite and recreational participants in facilities located in and around the heart of the Parkville campus. Shane Cahill reports.
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As the smoke clears from another Formula 1 season with Mark Webber just missing out on the drivers’ championship, David Scott talks to Engineering student Jordan Oon, who may one day succeed Webber as one of the stars of the track.
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Wheelchair basketballer, Dylan Alcott, he was named in the International Basketball Federation World Championship’s All-Star Starting Five at the recent World Championships. Rod Warnecke reports.
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It’s hard enough winning one premiership, but seven in a row seems impossible. Not so for the women’s team at the Melbourne University Baseball Club as David Scott found out.
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The transition from full-time footballer to retired player is not always an easy or simple one. David Scott talks to the researchers behind a new project examining players’ experiences post-football.
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As Australia puts the finishing touches on its Commonwealth Games team for Delhi this October, David Scott talks to two University of Melbourne students in the line for a call up to the badminton squad.
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Melbourne’s elite student-athlete program is attracting some high-flyers. By David Scott.
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Alumnus Barney Cooney has been involved with Melbourne University Sport since before the Melbourne Olympic Games and the building of the Beaurepaire Swimming Pool. He takes a trip down memory lane with David Scott.
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Elite athletes of a different kind will represent Australia and the University of Melbourne at the World University Orienteering Championships this July, reports David Scott.
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