VU Students are Good Sports

A current and a past Faculty of Business and Law student are amongst a group set to represent Australia on the international sporting stage in 2012.

Gregory Farrell, a BBUS (Accounting) graduate,currently studying a Bachelor of Laws, and Ironman Triathlete, has qualified to compete at the Ironman World Championships on Kona, Hawaii in October 2012. The pinnacle race in the sport of triathlon, the Ironman World Championships consists of a 3.8km open water swim, 180km individual time-trial cycle and a full distance 42.2km marathon run.

Bachelor of Business graduate and current Education student Renuga Vithi Veeran is set to represent Australia at the London 2012 Olympic games in the Women’s Badminton doubles; the London 2012 games will be Renuga’s Olympics debut. Gregory and Renuga are pictured above with Vice Chancellor Peter Dawkins, and Executive Dean, Business and Law, Colin Clark.

Other competitors with VU connections are Exercise Science & Human Movement student Ross Smith, who will be competing in the Men’s Badminton doubles. Ross has competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Also making his Olympic debut is VU Alumni Ivo Dos Santos. After placing first in the 2012 Oceania Judo Championships in Cairns earlier this year, Ivo’s ambitions were realised when he made the Olympics team. Ivo also teaches adult and children’s judo classes, and endeavours to nurture the next crop of Australian judo stars.

Current Education student Stephanie Cumming is shooting goals with the Australian Emerging Opals Basketball team, and will be competing in the 4 nations Tournament in China later this month. Stephanie was also 2011’s VU Sportswoman of the Year.