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Sunday, 9 November 2014

UWA students and graduates were among the athletes celebrating wins at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow - particularly on the hockey field. With both the Hockeyroos and Kookaburras claiming gold, the national teams are now focusing on the forthcoming Champions Trophy matches in Argentina and India.

Engineering graduate Fergus Kavanagh continues to weave his signature magic on field for the Kookaburras. We featured him on the cover of UNIVIEW before the London Olympics and the mid-fielder has since added more gold to his tally of medals from Beijing, World Cup and Champions Trophy matches.

Coaching the national women's team, the Hockeyroos, is graduate Adam Commens who played more than 140 international matches for Australia before moving into coaching. After coaching the Belgium men's team, he joined Hockey Australia, becoming the Hockeyroos' coach in 2011.

Also soaking up the excitement at Glasgow was Jessica Pengelly, a Sports Science and Exercise Health student who represented Australia in the 400m individual medley. Jessica represented South Africa at the 2008 Olympics before migrating to Australia in 2010.

UWA science graduate Zoe Timmers, who competed in the high jump final, completed her Sport Science degree in 2009, followed by a postgraduate degree in Exercise Rehabilitation and a Graduate Diploma of Education majoring in Phys Ed and Health. She is currently teaching at St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls. She, too, has her eyes firmly set on Rio.

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