By Ian Hanson<\/p>\n
MELBOURNE, Oct. 23. OLYMPIC gold medalists Michael Klim and Grant Hackett and backstroke wonderboy Matt Welsh have been joined by national age group star Ashley Anderson and comeback queen Lori Munz on the Telstra Dolphins Australian swimming team for the FINA World Cup in Melbourne, December 5-7.<\/p>\n
Australian Swimming has named a 20-strong team of 10 men and 10 women with Jim Fowlie as head coach and Otto Sonnleitner and Ian Pope as his assistants.<\/p>\n
The Dolphins will compete in Melbourne's first World Cup meet against some of the best swimmers in the world on December 5,6 and 7 at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.<\/p>\n
Klim, the winner of two gold and two silver medals at the Olympics, was forced out of the recent Telstra Australian Short Course Championships with a back injury, while Welsh and Hackett were in sizzling form.<\/p>\n
But Klim has assured national head coach Don Talbot he will be right to return to competition in front of his home crowd in a meet which is certain to draw sell-out crowds to the Melbourne venue at Albert Park.<\/p>\n
Welsh's short course 200m backstroke world mark at the Australian Championships even drew congratulations from the backstroke king himself, American Lenny Krayzelburg.<\/p>\n
Krayzelburg said from Los Angeles today: "Give Matt my personal congratulations on great swimming and tell him to keep it up. I am sincerely looking forard to the rivalry we'll have in the next four years."<\/p>\n
Hackett was only just outside Kieren Perkins short course 800 metres freestyle world record. He has been joined on the team by his Miami teammate, Australian short course 400m champion, Stephen Penfold, who along with Ashley Anderson and Tasmanian butterflyer Nicole Hunter, were all members of this year's Millenium Commonwealth Games Youth Team, which scooped the pool in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n
Anderson, 16, is an extraordinary talent, who has won 15 national age group championships and is the first aboriginal swimmer to win selection on an Australian Swimming Team.<\/p>\n
The brilliant all-rounder from Rockhampton, who is coached by the wily Sonnleitner, has been rewarded for his outstanding showing at the Telstra Short Course Nationals, which saw him finish fourth to Welsh in both the 50 and 100m backsroke events. Anderson clocked 25.68 in the 50m backstroke and 55.13 in the 100m backstroke.<\/p>\n
He as also been named on the Dolphins World Cup team to compete in Rio de Janeiro (Nov 10-12); Washington, D.C. (Nov 15-16) and Edmonton (Nov 18-19).<\/p>\n
Selection on the Melbourne World Cup team for Melbourne and the Dolphins team for Europe in January is the first step back for Lori Munz, who has fought her way back after a car accident threatened her career and ruined her Olympic dream just eight-weeks before the Olympic Trials.<\/p>\n
"I'm back," said Munz after winning four gold medals at the Short Course Nationals in the 100 and 200m IM and the 100 and 200m freestyle.<\/p>\n
She has also been named on the Dolphins team for the first tour to Europe, along with fellow Victorians Jordana Webb and Brooke Hanson – who were also on the team for Melbourne.<\/p>\n
Hanson bounced back to win the 50,100 and 200m breaststroke treble after just missing her second Olympic team, the first swimmer since Linley Frame in 1992, to win all three breaststroke titles.<\/p>\n
Telstra Dolphins Australian Swim Team, FINA World Cup, (Melbourne, December 5,6,7, 2000:)<\/p>\n
Men
\nMatt Welsh Surrey ParkVIC
\nGreg Shaw Chandler QLD
\nPhil Rogers Sydney Uni NSW
\nJim Piper CampbelltownNSW
\nStephen Penfold Miami QLD
\nGrant McGregor Brothers\/AIS QLD
\nMichael Klim Southern BayVIC
\nBrett Hawke Sydney Uni NSW
\nGrant Hackett Miami QLD
\nAshley Anderson CQ Aquajets QLD <\/p>\n
Women
\nJordana Webb Carey Aquatic VIC
\nSarah Ryan Bayside\/AIS SA
\nLori Munz Carey Aquatic VIC
\nMegan McMahon Fleurieu SA
\nNicole Irving Pelican Waters Caloundra QLD
\nNicole Hunter Tattersalls Hobart TAS
\nBrooke Hanson Nunawading VIC
\nElka Graham Manly NSW
\nDyana Calub Kingscliff NSW
\nLiesel Jones Redcliffe Leagues Lawnton QLD <\/p>\n
Head Coach – Jim Fowlie
\nTeam Coaches – Otto Sonnleitner, Ian Pope <\/p>\n
Telstra Dolphins Australian Swim Team, FINA World Cup Meets, America\/Asia (Edmonton Nov 18-19; Shanghai Nov 28,29; Melbourne Dec 5-7):<\/p>\n
Rebecca Creedy Albany CreekQLD
\nNicole Hunter Tattersalls HobartTAS
\nEmily Pedrazzini Albany CreekQLD
\nKelly Tucker Kincumber Pacific DolphinsNSW
\nHead Coach: John Rodgers;Coach\/Manager: Ruth Everuss<\/p>\n
Telstra Dolphins Australian Swim Team, AMERICAS (Rio de Janeiro, Nov 10-12; Washington Nov 15-16; Edmonton Nov 18-19):<\/p>\n
Ashley Anderson CQ Aquajets QLD
\nLeo Biggs Brothers QLD
\nShane Fielding St Peters Western QLD
\nRay Hass Firbank VIC
\nDavid Jenkins Sydney Uni NSW
\nBeau Mannix Sandy Bay QLD
\nAnthony Matkovitch City of Perth WA
\nHeath Ramsay Railways QLD <\/p>\n
Head Coach: Stepan Widmar; Team Coach: Glenda Radley <\/p>\n
Telstra Dolphins Australian Swim Team, Europe 1 World Cup (Naples Jan 13-14; Sheffield Jan 17-18; Berlin Jan 20-21):<\/p>\n
Elka Graham Manly NSW
\nBrooke Hanson NunawadingVIC
\nLeisel Jones Redcliffe Leagues LawntonQLD
\nMegan McMahon FleurieuSA
\nLori Munz Carey Aquatic VIC
\nJennifer Reilly Victoria ParkWA
\nClementine Stoney Albury NSW
\nJordana Webb Carey Aquatic VIC<\/p>\n
Head Coach: Rowan Taylor; Assistant Coach: Narelle Simpson<\/p>\n
Telstra Dolphins Australian Swim Team, Europe 2 World Cup Team (Berlin Jan 20-21; Stockholm, Jan 24-25; Paris 27-28):<\/p>\n
Simon Cowley SLC Aquadot NSW
\nLeon Dunne Yeronga Park QLD
\nMichael Klim Southern Bay VIC
\nGrant McGregor Brothers\/AIS QLD
\nTodd Pearson Carine\/AIS WA
\nAdam Pine Ballina\/AIS NSW
\nJim Piper Campbelltown NSW
\nRobert Van Der Zant Yeronga Park QLD<\/p>\n
Head Coach: Gennadi Touretski; Assistant Coach: Rick Van Der Zant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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