Carpe Diem Health and Herbs
Fitness Testing of Elite Athletes
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Sydney Naturopath
Michellie Jones, Queen of Triathlons
World Champion and Olympic Silver Medallist
FITNESS TESTING
of
ELITE ATHLETES
"Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them; a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill." Muhammad Ali
World No1 Australian Middle Distance Swimmer Janelle Elford
Fitness-Tested for her aerobic capacity prior to the Olympic Games
This website was established to recognise the many elite athletes who participated in the Fitness-Testing Program and the enthusiastic Senior Sports Science Students of Peakhurst High School who carried out these tests.
I doubt there has ever been, or will ever be, such a program run by school students, testing athletes of this calibre.
TV Channels 2, 9 and 10: Besides the many individuals that I have encouraged and motivated to achieve their potential and the many sports teams that I have coached, one of my most memorable achievements was the success of my Fitness-Testing Program on elite athletes which gained enormous popularity and was shown on National TV Channels 2, 9 and 10.
I carefully selected and trained a number of very enthusiastic, highly motivated and extremely capable senior students from my Advanced Sports Science and Human Movement Classes in the procedures and techniques of Fitness-Testing. We tested some 80 of Australia's most talented athletes in 18 areas of speed, endurance, agility, flexibility, strength, lung capacity and aerobic endurance.
Looking back, it was a great opportunity and wonderful experience. Each student, who helped run the fitness-testing program, must feel very pleased and totally satisfied with their input and effort and I thank them for it.
Perhaps, it was through this program, their genuine interest, obvious hard work and my different teaching technique, that these dedicated students, as a class average, achieved 1st Place in NSW in their Year 12 HSC Personal Development, Health and Physical Education. I am very proud of their achievement.
Such athletes gave freely of their time and it is encouraging to view the names and performances of these great sports-people.
The awesome power of Grant Barker World Kick-Boxing Champion
Have you ever seen such a collection of famous athletes?
Anthony Mundine World Boxing Champion
Andrew Ettinghausen Australian Rugby League Player and World Champion
Susie Maroney
Susie Maroney was born in 1974 in Sydney and was marathon swimmer for 18 years until 2003. In her 18 year long career she broke six world records. She was first recognised as a long-distance swimmer in 1989 when she achieved third place in the Australian Marathon Swimming Championships at 14 years. In 1990, Susie broke the speed record for swimming the English Channel, being the youngest person to cross the Channel at that time.
At age 22, Susie was the first person to swim the 180km (112 mile) Florida Straits from Cuba to the United States (12 May 1997). She also swam a record 197 km (122 mile) from Mexico to Cuba, covering the longest distance ever swum without flippers in open sea, in 38 hours and 33 minutes (1 June 1998).
Damian Keogh
Damian Keogh is a name synonymous with the growth of basketball in Australia. A foundation member of the Sydney Kings in 1988 and team captain from 1989 to 1995, he represented Australia at three Olympic Games (1984, 1988, and 1992) and wore the green and gold with distinction in over 200 games from 1981 to 1994.
A renowned three point shooter, Damian began his National Basketball career in 1980 with the Nunawading Spectres in Melbourne before moving to Sydney in 1985. Over a celebrated sixteen year career encompassing 405 games culimnating in his induction into the NBL Hall of Fame, Damian was at the forefront of the promotion and growth of basketball in the 80’s and early 90’s.
Phil Kearns
Such was the impact made by Phil Kearns on the international scene that following his debut against New Zealand in August 1989 he went on to play in the next 45 internationals for Australia. Shortly after this run came to an end he endured a near three year lay off - missing 23 internationals - before returning against England in a crushing 76-0 win in June 1998. He is pictured above during the narrow 12-11 victory against England on 28/11/98.
Andrew Lloyd Commonwealth Games 5000m Gold Medal and 4 times winner of The City To Surf
Leon Trimmingham Brilliant Sydney Kings Import Player
Paul Greene 200m/400m Olympian 1996 and Commonwealth Games 1998
Sue Maroney (world record endurance swimmer)
Michellie Jones (world champion & olympic silver medal tri-athlete)
Anthony Mundine (world champion boxer)
Phil Kearns (world champion world cup rugby union)
Andrew Lloyd (commonwealth games gold medal 5000m athletics)
David Evans (olympics gold medal & world record holder world disabled games/paralympics)
Grant Barker (world champion kick boxer)
Gordon Tallis (aust rugby league captain, qld state of origin captain)
Andrew Murtha (olympic bronze medal speed skating relay)
Andrew Ettingshausen (world champion rugby league)
Daniel McLellan (duel world surf life-saving swim champion)
Clayton Stephenson (olympic road cycling & aust representative tri-athlete)
Damien Keogh (olympic basketball & sydney kings captain)
Leigh Habler (world multi gold medallist surf, olympic finalist 8th 200m backstroke swimming)
Adam Hart (olympic figure skater)
Katheline Shannon (olympic 7th place road cycling)
Janelle Elford (olympic & pan-pacific 400/800m swimming, world number 1)
Paul Greene (olympic & commonwealth games 200/400m athletics)
Stacey Gartrell (olympic 400/800m swimming, gold medal Commonwealth Games)
Scott Gouley (aust rugby union representative)
David O'Brien (world record holder long distance swimming)
Richard Garnsey (aust representative world surf life-saving)
Kim Tunnel (NZ rep & world surf life-saving championships gold medal)
Leon Trimmingham (overseas import basketball player for sydney kings)
Rod Davison (aust representative indoor cricket)
Joanne Peters (aust representative un18 soccer)
Michael Maroney (aust tri-athlete)
Stuart Dutton (aust iron-man)
Lena Edmonston (aust rep and silver medal world junior tri-athalon)
Marsha Green (silver medal world disabled 'partially sighted' games)
Linda Maroney (english channel swimming)
David Birchell (aust amateur boxing)
Vaughan Hunter (aust junior soccer)
Cherie Scott (aust junior swimming champion)
Tsuyosht Sawada (Japan iron-man)
Matthew Bazzarno (aust rep cycling)
all of whom are present or former World Champions, Olympic, Commonwealth or Australian Representatives. This opportunity presents itself to thank all these superb elite athletes for their generosity and contribution.
Andrew Lloyd, Gold Medal 5,000m in the Commonwealth Games, Australian Champion and 4 times winner of the CITY TO SURF being tested for his aerobic fitness on the bicycle ergometer
There were also many NSW Representatives and Australian Junior Representatives whom I would like to thank for their participation.
Thank you, it was a wonderful journey.
