Libby Trickett

Santas ho, ho, ho into fun-run fund-raiser

The Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday

In Sydney, 1650 were doing the same after a warm-up led by Olympic swimmer Libby Trickett, and there were thousands more in Melbourne and Adelaide.

Sea of Santas bring city to halt

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009

... over $100,000," he said.Mr Small said celebrity Santas helped rev up the runners."Olympic swimmer Libby Trickett led the warmup exercises," he said."It looked really funny watching so many Santas do their bends and stretches.Mr Small said Variety aimed to get thousands more Santas running next year."It will be Variety's 35th anniversary in Australia and the world record for a Santa...

Swimming World Names 2009 Pacific Rim Swimmers of the Year

Swimming World Magazine News (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009

... of the Year1. JESSICAH SCHIPPER, Australia 2. Zhao Jing, China 3. Stephanie Rice, Australia 4. Libby Trickett, Australia 5. Melissa Gorman, Australia China's Zhang Lin emerged from a heated vote for Male Pacific Rim Swimmer of the Year. After setting his first world record with a world title in the 800 free at the World Championships, Zhang could not be denied the honor. He also won...

London record calling for Leisel

ABC (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

... is a major boost for the Australian team after the retirement of Grant Hackett last year and with Libby Trickett still weighing up her future.Jones said skipping this year's Rome world championships and maintaining a more flexible training schedule had her in a good frame of mind before the trials in March for next year's Delhi Commonwealth Games.She was relishing the chance to compete...

• Leisel Jones eyeing London record - The Age
• Leisel Jones eyeing London record - Sydney Morning Herald

London record calling for Jones

The Independent Weekly (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

The prospect of the Melbourne-based breaststroker continuing on for another three years is a major boost for the Australian team after the retirement of Grant Hackett last year and with Libby Trickett still weighing up her future.

Leisel Jones eyeing London record

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

... is a major boost for the Australian team after the retirement of Grant Hackett last year and with Libby Trickett still weighing up her future.Jones said skipping this year's Rome world championships and maintaining a more flexible training schedule had her in a good frame of mind before the trials in March for next year's Delhi Commonwealth Games.She was relishing the chance to compete...

Leisel Jones eyeing London record

The Age (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

... is a major boost for the Australian team after the retirement of Grant Hackett last year and with Libby Trickett still weighing up her future.Jones said skipping this year's Rome world championships and maintaining a more flexible training schedule had her in a good frame of mind before the trials in March for next year's Delhi Commonwealth Games.She was relishing the chance to compete...

World Championship silver medallist Fran Halsall so close to new record

Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

... lane one but she produced a storming swim to win in a World Cup record of 51.19, narrowly outside Libby Trickett’s world mark and inside her own national record.The Loughborough ITC swimmer also lowered her own British mark in the 100m individual medley to 58.55secs to conclude her World Cup series.Loughborough team-mate Lizzie Simmonds was second in the 100m backstroke in 57.10 and...