Libby Trickett

Trickett nominated to lead

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008

BREASTSTROKE queen Leisel Jones has nominated Libby Trickett to take over as captain of the Australian swim team.

Swimming World Honors 2008 Pacific Rim Swimmers of the Year

Swimming World Magazine News (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008

... respective 2008 Pacific Rim Swimmer of the Year honors. FEMALE 1. STEPHANIE RICE, Australia 2. Libby Trickett, Australia 3. Leisel Jones, Australia 4. Liu Zige, China 5. Jessicah Schipper, Australia Rice kept the Female Pacific Rim Swimmer of the Year award under the Australian banner for the 12th consecutive year with an incredible 2008. She held off challenges from Libby...

Tao Li breaks World Cup series record in 100m butterfly event in Berlin

Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008

SINGAPORE: Singapore's Tao Li has broken the World Cup series record in the 100 metre butterfly event with her time of 56.28 seconds. She smashed the previous record of 56.3422 seconds set by American Natalie Coughlin in 2002 in New York. The world record is 55.74 seconds set by Libby Trickett. 18-year-old Tao Li achieved her latest feat at the Fina/Arena World Cup Berlin leg. At the...

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Huegill to come out of retirement

ABC (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008

Olympic bronze medallist Geoff Huegill has announced a return to the pool and will train in Sydney with Eamon Sullivan and Libby Trickett.

Kristy flags new career

Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008

... lifesaving."Joining Munroe among the finalists tonight are Olympic gold medallists Stephanie Rice, Libby Trickett and Emma Snowsill and Games silver medallists Sally McLellan and Anna Meares. The award will be presented at Brisbane's Sofitel Hotel.

Huegill Confirms Comeback

SwimNews Online - Daily News (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008

... swimming - I have unfinished business in the pool."He joins a squad that boasts Eamon Sullivan, Libby Trickett and Andrew Lauterstein among its number. The coach noted: "This is not a flash in the pan. Geoff actually registered with Swimming Australia last January so he could be placed on the WADA list and I cannot fault him at all. Whether he reaches his goals he will be a winner...

Huegill On The Comeback Trail?

SwimNews Online - Daily News (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008

... "Skippy" is likely to join coach Grant Stoelwinder's squad, including sprinters Eamon Sullivan and Libby Trickett, at the Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre in Sydney when the programme there gets underway before the end of the year.Huegill re-registered with Swimming Australia in January and has put in some sessions with his former coach Steve Alderman, now guiding world 50m short-course...

Rice named in top 100 Aussie Olympians

ABC (Free subscription) | 25/10/2008

... Emma Snowsill, pole vaulter Steve Hooker and kayaker Ken Wallace.Rice's swimming team-mates Libby Trickett and Leisel Jones also made the cut.The top 100 was picked from the 3,367 athletes that have competed for Australia at the Olympics and comes three years after Gordon listed the nation's top 50.His updated version includes 35 swimmers and 16 from track and field.The fairer sex...

Rice scoops pool

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008

Swimmer of the Year: Stephanie Rice Swimmers' Swimmer of the Year: Grant Hackett People's Choice Award: Libby Trickett Discovery Swimmer of the Year: Cate Campbell Short Course Swimmer of the Year: Felicity Galvez Open Water Swimmer of the Year: Ky Hurst Swimmer of the Year with a Disability: Matthew Cowdrey Swimming Australia Golden Moment of the Year: Women's 4x200m freestyle relay...

Rice scoops pool

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008

Swimmer of the Year: Stephanie Rice Swimmers' Swimmer of the Year: Grant Hackett People's Choice Award: Libby Trickett Discovery Swimmer of the Year: Cate Campbell Short Course Swimmer of the Year: Felicity Galvez Open Water Swimmer of the Year: Ky Hurst Swimmer of the Year with a Disability: Matthew Cowdrey Swimming Australia Golden Moment of the Year: Women's 4x200m freestyle relay...

Relaxed Eamon to make splash

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 25/10/2008

... Stoelwinder in the harbour city alongside new training partner in triple Olympic gold medallist Libby Trickett. The West Australian expected he and Trickett, the women's 50m and 100m freestyle world record-holder, to help each other out in slashing their times even further. "If we can learn just one or two things and take say 0.1 or 0.2 off our times then it is exciting,''...

News Round-Up: Sullivan Targets 46.30 100 Free

SwimNews Online - Daily News (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008

... to benefit from working in a group of world-class swimmers in Sydney, including new recruit Libby Trickett, who will, bring the experience of standing up under pressure at the biggest of meets.Sullivan believes he can make further gains in speed by improving his start, turn and the approach to the wall at the end of the 100m race. He is also likey to follow the same course as he took...

Hackett retires at swim awards

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008

... from the room but the praise and words of admiration were quick to follow - led by golden girls Libby Trickett and Stephanie Rice. "It's definitely a big loss - a huge loss for the team," Rice said. "At the same time I don't think he will be too far away from keeping us motivated and helping the sport."

Stephanie Rice Wins Australian Swimmer of the Year Award; Grand Hackett Announces Retirement

Swimming World Magazine News (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008

... swimmer Grant Hackett. Rice, 20, joins Hayley Lewis, Susie O'Neill, Jodie Henry, Leisel Jones and Libby Trickett on a prestigious list of "who's who" to have won the coveted award, presented in front of over 500 people at the Sydney Convention Centre. But moments after Rice had received the 19th Australian Swimmer of the Year Award, the man who has led the Telstra Dolphins since the...

Suit Week: The Case Against The Suit

SwimNews Online - Daily News (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008

... suit. That even applied to some who wore a Speedo suit just one generation back from the LZR (even Libby Trickett almost failed to make the final of the 100m freestyle with an almost inexplicably slow semi-final effort at a Games where she took the 100m butterfly crown in a fantastic time and produced a 100m freestyle final in her LZR that was truly significantly faster than her performance...