{"id":528890,"date":"2023-05-26T00:28:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T07:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=528890"},"modified":"2023-05-26T15:15:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T22:15:09","slug":"australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Golden Girls Jodie Henry and Ariarne Titmus Paved The Way From Commonwealth Youth Games To Olympic Glory\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Australian Golden Girls Jodie Henry and Ariarne Titmus Paved The Way From Commonwealth Youth Games To Olympic Glory\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First it was\u00a0<strong>Jodie Henry<\/strong>\u00a0in 2000 before fellow future Olympic gold medallist\u00a0<strong>Ariarne Titmus<\/strong>\u00a0followed suit in 2015 and now 10 more young Australian swimmers will get the chance to showcase their talents when Trinbago hosts the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in August.<\/p>\n<p>Commonwealth Games Australia has today announced its swim team to contest the seventh Commonwealth Youth Games be held in Trinidad and Tobago from August 4 to 11, with swimming events taking place at the National Aquatic Centre in Couda, Trinidad.<\/p>\n<p>It was Henry who won five gold medals \u2013 including the 100m freestyle at the inaugural Youth Games in Edinburgh in 2000 \u2013 four years before she won Olympic gold in Athens and Titmus who won the 400m freestyle out of Tasmania at the 2015 Youth Games in Samoa \u2013 six years before her Tokyo Olympic triumphs over 200 and 400m six years later.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian team, named after the Australia Age Championships in April, consists of five male and five female swimmers aged between 15 and 18, with five from Queensland, two of WA and one each from Victoria, NSW and SA.<\/p>\n<p>The 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games Australian Swimming Team is:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hannah Allen<\/strong>,\u00a017 (Iona, QLD)<br \/>\n<strong>Zoe Ammundsen<\/strong>, 15 (Iona, QLD)<br \/>\n<strong>Jye Bennion,<\/strong>\u00a018 (St Peters Western, QLD)<br \/>\n<strong>Mikayla Bird<\/strong>,\u00a016 (Bond, QLD)<br \/>\n<strong>Braden Fyneman<\/strong>,\u00a016 (UWA-West Coast, WA)<br \/>\n<strong>Samuel Higgs,<\/strong> 16 (Warringah Aquatic, NSW)<br \/>\n<strong>Tommy Lane<\/strong>,\u00a017 (Haileybury Aquatic, VIC)<br \/>\n<strong>Clancy Luscombe<\/strong>, 17 (Marion, SA)<br \/>\n<strong>Inez Miller<\/strong>,\u00a016 (St Hilda\u2019s, WA) and;<br \/>\n<strong>Poppy Stephen<\/strong>, 17 (Nudgee, QLD)<\/p>\n<p>The team will again be led by Olympic gold medal coach, Head Coach\u00a0<strong>Tracey Menzies-Stegbauer<\/strong>\u00a0who was also head coach at the 2017 Games in the Bahamas and including a host of Australian Age multi-medallists like\u00a0Mikayla Bird\u00a0and\u00a0Samuel Higgs.<\/p>\n<p>Bird, under head coach\u00a0<strong>Chris Mooney<\/strong>\u00a0in the Bond program, was one of the real stars of the Age Championships \u2013 winning triple gold in the 100m butterfly (59.90), 200m butterfly (2:12.76) and 200m freestyle (2:02.55) as well as silver in the 50m butterfly (27.59).<\/p>\n<p>While Higgs won four medals including gold in the 200 and 400IM in 2:05.39 and 4:25.41 respectively \u2013 adding silver in the 200m butterfly (2:04.04) and bronze in the 800m freestyle (8:23.05).<\/p>\n<p>Higgs is coached at Warringah Aquatic, on Sydney\u2019s Northern Beaches by head coach\u00a0<strong>Cameron Gledhill<\/strong>,who is also one of two assistant coaches on the team along with former Australian Swim Team member\u00a0<strong>Kelly Stubbins,\u00a0<\/strong>coach at Melbourne (VIC) Haileybury College.<\/p>\n<p>Stubbins put distance boy\u00a0<strong>Tommy Lane\u00a0<\/strong>on the team, who won gold at the Australian Age in the 16-18 years 1500m freestyle in 15:49.53.<\/p>\n<p>Adelaide\u2019s all-rounder\u00a0Clancy Luscombe, a triple medallist in the 200 backstroke (silver, 2:03.37), 200m butterfly (bronze, 2:05.45) and 400IM (bronze, 4:29.03), thrilled with selection on his first Australian team, saying he was excited to be heading to the Commonwealth Youth Games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo have a chance to represent my Country, Swimming Australia, Swimming South Australia, and my teammates is so exciting,\u201d said\u00a0\u00a0Luscombe, coached by Olympic gold medal coach\u00a0Peter Bishop\u00a0at Marion, SA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to swimming against some of the world&#8217;s best athletes and the opportunities this creates. Bring on Trinidad and Tobago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s premier swimming State, Queensland, have five on the team, continuing the Maroons dominant influence on Australian teams, and following the selection of 18 of the\u00a0\u00a030-strong Australian Junior Dolphins team named for the World Youth Championships in Israel in September.<\/p>\n<p>Between them the five Queenslanders won 14 medals at the Australian Age Championships in April.<\/p>\n<p>Mikayla Bird will be joined by Iona Swim Club pair, 17-year-old\u00a0Hannah Allen\u00a0and 15-year-old\u00a0Zoe Ammundsen, alongside\u00a0Jye Bennion, 18 (St Peters Western, QLD), and\u00a0Poppy Stephen, 17 (Nudgee, QLD), forming half of the Australian team.<\/p>\n<p>The Iona duo, under Head Coach\u00a0Zane King, shared six of those 14 medals on the Gold Coast with Ammundsen winning the 15-years 100 (1:02.04) and 200m backstroke (2:14.35) double as well as taking silver and bronze in the 50m backstroke (28.50) and 100m freestyle (56.50) respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Allen chiming in with silver in the 1500m freestyle (16:57.71) and bronze in the 400m freestyle min 4:16.29.<\/p>\n<p>Bennion, under SPW\u2019s National Age coach Richard Sleight was a dual bronze medallist in the 16-18 years 800m (8:15.32) and 1500m freestyle (16:00.88) respectively while Stephen under head coach Shaun Crow earned her place on the team winning silver in the 200m butterfly (2;13.18) and bronze in the 50m backstroke (29.61).<\/p>\n<p>Swimming Australia\u2019s General Manager \u2013 Performance Pathways,\u00a0<strong>Gary Barclay,<\/strong> said the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games would not only provide the Australian team with a valuable opportunity to swim against international opposition, but also deliver the athletes the unique experience of taking part in a significant multi-sport competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Commonwealth Youth Games is an exceptional way for our young athletes to gain crucial experience on the international stage,\u201d Barclay said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe meet provides these athletes with an opportunity to test themselves against some of the best young athletes across the world, and it is great recognition of how they have performed in the pool to date.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bringing a diverse perspective of the twin island country in the West Indies to the nations of the Commonwealth, as well as showcasing a festival of the country\u2019s activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Golden Girls Jodie Henry and Ariarne Titmus Paved The Way From Commonwealth Youth Games To Olympic Glory\u00a0 First it was\u00a0Jodie Henry\u00a0in 2000 before fellow future Olympic gold medallist\u00a0Ariarne Titmus\u00a0followed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7938,"featured_media":528893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,122075],"tags":[65138,132595,132599,34925,130533,123421,132593,127971,6189,128075,132598,131474,27891,132597,127691,132596,132600,132594],"class_list":["post-528890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-oceania","tag-ariarne-titmus","tag-braden-fyneman","tag-cameron-gledhill","tag-chris-mooney","tag-clancy-luscombe","tag-gary-barclay","tag-hannah-allen","tag-inez-miller","tag-jodie-henry","tag-jye-bennion","tag-kelly-stubbins","tag-mikayla-bird","tag-peter-bishop","tag-poppy-stephen","tag-samuel-higgs","tag-tommy-lane","tag-tracey-menzie-stegbauer","tag-zoe-ammundsen"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Jodie Henry, Ariarne Titmus Led Way From Commonwealth Youth Games<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Australia recently announced the members of its Commonwealth Youth Games squad, with Jodie Henry and Ariarne Titmus former stars at the meet.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Australian Golden Girls Jodie Henry and Ariarne Titmus Paved The Way From Commonwealth Youth Games To Olympic Glory\u00a0\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Australia recently announced the members of its Commonwealth Youth Games squad, with Jodie Henry and Ariarne Titmus former stars at the meet.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-26T07:28:09+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-26T22:15:09+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Samuel-Higgs-fly-1.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1365\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8440dfbfa2c11516d012d826615532e6\"},\"headline\":\"Australian Golden Girls Jodie Henry and Ariarne Titmus Paved The Way From Commonwealth Youth Games To Olympic Glory\u00a0\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-26T07:28:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-26T22:15:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/\"},\"wordCount\":858,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Samuel-Higgs-fly-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Ariarne Titmus\",\"Braden Fyneman\",\"Cameron Gledhill\",\"Chris Mooney\",\"Clancy Luscombe\",\"Gary Barclay\",\"Hannah Allen\",\"Inez Miller\",\"Jodie Henry\",\"Jye Bennion\",\"Kelly Stubbins\",\"Mikayla Bird\",\"Peter Bishop\",\"Poppy Stephen\",\"Samuel Higgs\",\"Tommy Lane\",\"Tracey Menzie-Stegbauer\",\"Zoe Ammundsen\"],\"articleSection\":[\"-Home Slider\",\"Oceania\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/\",\"name\":\"Jodie Henry, Ariarne Titmus Led Way From Commonwealth Youth Games\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Samuel-Higgs-fly-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-26T07:28:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-26T22:15:09+00:00\",\"description\":\"Australia recently announced the members of its Commonwealth Youth Games squad, with Jodie Henry and Ariarne Titmus former stars at the meet.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Samuel-Higgs-fly-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Samuel-Higgs-fly-1.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1365,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy:\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Australian Golden Girls Jodie Henry and Ariarne Titmus Paved The Way From Commonwealth Youth Games To Olympic Glory\u00a0\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8440dfbfa2c11516d012d826615532e6\",\"name\":\"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/user-7938-100x100.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/user-7938-100x100.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent\"},\"description\":\"Ian is a former News Ltd. Australia Olympic and Swimming correspondent through the 1970s and 80s, who became the first Swimming Australia Media Manager in 1991 and spent the next three decades working with coaches Don Talbot, Leigh Nugent, Alan Thompson and Jacco Verhaeren on the Australian Dolphins Swim Teams. Has attended every Olympic Games since his debut in LA in 1984 and Tokyo 2020 will be Ian's 10th Olympics. Awarded an OAM in 2019 for his services to Australian sport and the media. Father of 2004 Olympic swimming gold and silver medallist Brooke Hanson.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/ianhanson\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jodie Henry, Ariarne Titmus Led Way From Commonwealth Youth Games","description":"Australia recently announced the members of its Commonwealth Youth Games squad, with Jodie Henry and Ariarne Titmus former stars at the meet.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Australian Golden Girls Jodie Henry and Ariarne Titmus Paved The Way From Commonwealth Youth Games To Olympic Glory\u00a0","og_description":"Australia recently announced the members of its Commonwealth Youth Games squad, with Jodie Henry and Ariarne Titmus former stars at the meet.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2023-05-26T07:28:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-05-26T22:15:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2048,"height":1365,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Samuel-Higgs-fly-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swimmingworld","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/"},"author":{"name":"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8440dfbfa2c11516d012d826615532e6"},"headline":"Australian Golden Girls Jodie Henry and Ariarne Titmus Paved The Way From Commonwealth Youth Games To Olympic Glory\u00a0","datePublished":"2023-05-26T07:28:09+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-26T22:15:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/"},"wordCount":858,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Samuel-Higgs-fly-1.jpg","keywords":["Ariarne Titmus","Braden Fyneman","Cameron Gledhill","Chris Mooney","Clancy Luscombe","Gary Barclay","Hannah Allen","Inez Miller","Jodie Henry","Jye Bennion","Kelly Stubbins","Mikayla Bird","Peter Bishop","Poppy Stephen","Samuel Higgs","Tommy Lane","Tracey Menzie-Stegbauer","Zoe Ammundsen"],"articleSection":["-Home Slider","Oceania"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/","name":"Jodie Henry, Ariarne Titmus Led Way From Commonwealth Youth Games","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Samuel-Higgs-fly-1.jpg","datePublished":"2023-05-26T07:28:09+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-26T22:15:09+00:00","description":"Australia recently announced the members of its Commonwealth Youth Games squad, with Jodie Henry and Ariarne Titmus former stars at the meet.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Samuel-Higgs-fly-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Samuel-Higgs-fly-1.jpg","width":2048,"height":1365,"caption":"Photo Courtesy:"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-golden-girls-jodie-henry-and-ariarne-titmus-paved-the-way-from-commonwealth-youth-games-to-olympic-glory\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Australian Golden Girls Jodie Henry and Ariarne Titmus Paved The Way From Commonwealth Youth Games To Olympic Glory\u00a0"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8440dfbfa2c11516d012d826615532e6","name":"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/user-7938-100x100.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/user-7938-100x100.jpg","caption":"Ian Hanson - Oceania Correspondent"},"description":"Ian is a former News Ltd. Australia Olympic and Swimming correspondent through the 1970s and 80s, who became the first Swimming Australia Media Manager in 1991 and spent the next three decades working with coaches Don Talbot, Leigh Nugent, Alan Thompson and Jacco Verhaeren on the Australian Dolphins Swim Teams. Has attended every Olympic Games since his debut in LA in 1984 and Tokyo 2020 will be Ian's 10th Olympics. Awarded an OAM in 2019 for his services to Australian sport and the media. Father of 2004 Olympic swimming gold and silver medallist Brooke Hanson.","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/ianhanson\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"HIGGS MIGHT FLY: Warringah Aquatic's Samuel Higgs shows the style that won him the 200 and 400IM double at the Australian Age, earning him a place on the Australian Commonwealth Youth Games team. Photo Courtesy Swimming Australia. ","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Samuel-Higgs-fly-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-2dAu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7938"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}