Scoreboard
Scoreboard is a wrap-up of the efforts of Sydney University athletes and teams through the past week, compiled by Graham Croker. Stories on some of the performances also appear in the News section.
Rugby Union
Sydney Grade competition - Round 15
First Grade: Sydney University 48 (Nick Phipps 2, Dan Kelly 2, Pat McCutcheon, Lachlan Mitchell, Nathan Trist tries; Julian Huxley 5 goal, pen goal) d Warringah 12 (Dillon Smouha, Pat McCabe tries; Sam Harris goal) at Sydney University No.1 Oval.
Second Grade: Warringah 23 (Mitch Greenway, Toupou Iongi, Andrew Gowling tries; Tristan Stanley goal, 2 pen goals) d Sydney University 16 (Alistair King, Bernard Foley tries; Bernard Foley 2 pen goals.
Third Grade: Sydney University 38 (Nick Duffy, Hugh Hawkins, Justin Bosilkovski, James McMahon, Toby L'Estrange, Julian James tries; Justin Bosilkovski 4 goals) d Warringah 10 (Sam Kiely try; Ryan Butcher goal, pen goal).
Fourth Grade: Sydney University 53 (Oliver Atkins 2, S. Kataoka 2, Dan Simpson, Hugh Dessen, Ian Hilliard, Cameron Lawrence, Scott Cameron tries; Hugh Bushell 4 goals) d Warringah 12 (L Smith-Mel, Ryan Butcher tries; Ryan Butcher goal).
Colts
First Grade: Sydney University 29 (4 tries) d Warringah 19.
Second Grade: Sydney University 65 (10 tries) d Warringah 0.
Third grade: Sydney University 34 (5 tries) d Warringah 0.
Soccer
Men's State Super League - Round 19
First Grade: Fraser Park FC 0 drew with Sydney University 0 at Fraser Park.
Under 20: Fraser Park FC 0 drew with Sydney University 0.
Super Youth League
Rescheduled games - Round 19
Grade 13: Sydney University 3 d Western Panthers 1.
Grade 14: Sydney University 1 drew with Western Panthers 1.
Grade 15: Sydney University 1 drew with Western Panthers 1.
Grade 16: Western Panthers 3 d Sydney University 1.
Grade 18: Western Panthers 2 d Sydney University 1.
Rescheduled games - Round 10
Grade 18: NSWIS 4 d Sydney University 0.
Women's Premier League - Round 17
First Grade: Sydney University 3 (Loren Mahoney 45m, 90m, Emma Schiller 73m) d Southern Branch 1 (Elise Battin 39m) at South Nowra Football Complex.
Second Grade: Sydney University 5 d Southern Branch 0.
Under 16: Sydney University 1 drew with Southern Branch 1.
Under 14: Sydney University 1 d Southern Branch 0.
Under 12: Southern Branch 2 d Sydney University 0.
Hockey
Sydney Men's Premier League - Round 17
Premier League: Second Grade: Norwest 4 d Sydney University 0.
Division 1: First Grade: Norwest 2 d Sydney University 1.
Second Grade: Sydney University 2 d Norwest 1.
Division 4: First Grade: Sydney University 3 d GNS 2.
Judo
NSW Team Championships at Sydney Olympic Park
Men's Open: 1. Zenbu, 2. Sydney University (Karl Zuvela, S. Istvan, Greg Cadorin, C. Wong, T. Shaw), 3. UNSW.
B Division: 1. Zenbu, 2. Sydney University (J. Perez, E. Pizzorni, B. McMahon, W, Lum), 3. UNSW.
Baseball
NSW Winter League - Round 16
First Grade: Cronulla 6 d Sydney University 1.
Cronulla: 000 400 101 6r 11h 1e
Sydney University: 000 001 000 1r 9h 3e
Second Grade: Cronulla 13 d Sydney University 1.
Third Grade: Cronulla 21 d Sydney University 1.
Rugby League
NSW Tertiary Cup - Round 17
First Grade: Sydney University 26 drew with Lewisham Old Boys-ACU 26.
Second Grade: Bye.
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Alex Croak
Sydney University diver Alex Croak is on the brink of making history in the coming months, after finishing second in the 10m platform category at the Australian Olympic Selection Trials in Hobart on the weekend.
Croak scored 78.20 in her final dive of the event to finish second behind Melissa Wu and all but book her place in the Australian diving team for Beijing.
She is hoping to become one of a select few athletes to have represented Australia in two different sports in Olympic competition.
The 23 year old Croak represented Australia at the 2000 Sydney Olympics as a gymnast, and won an all round gymnastics team gold medal and individual vault silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.
She then retired from competitive sport altogether, until itchy sporting feet just a year later led her to write to renowned NSWIS diving coach Chava Sobrino, to ask him to take her on as a “mature age” diving student.
He accepted the offer and the partnership quickly reaped rewards as Alex won silver at the 2006 Commonwealth games in the synchronized 10m platform event with a then 13 year old Wu.
She has now been named on the nine-strong team for the FINA Grand Prix event in Montreal and Fort Lauderdale next month, the final event before the official naming of the team on May 27 in Brisbane.
Olympic selection would make Croak the first Australian to compete in two different disciplines since Nova Peris achieved the feat by winning gold with the Hockeyroos in Atlanta in 1996 and representing Australia in athletics in 2000.
When Alex Croak qualified for Beijing in Hobart earlier in the year, she became one of a select few Australians to represent their country in Olympic Competition in two different sports. After winning gold in the all-round team gymnastics in Sydney, Croak switched to diving in 2003. Croak qualified well for the semi-finals, but missed out on the final after struggling with three of her dives, finishing 18th overall.
- Croak off to Beijing
- Croak has history in the making
- Beijing squad could top 20
- Croak bows out in semi-final
