Sport & recreation
Blues awarded to Macquarie sportspeople past and present
Thirteen athletes were recognised for their outstanding achievements representing Macquarie University, their state or nation across the past year at the recent Blues Awards. Four athletes were awarded the highly prestigious Full Blue Award: Tim Binns (Dragon Boat Racing) who also received the Ted O’Keeffe Scholarship, Alison Borrows (Canoe Slalom), John Georgas (Karate) and Lucy Glanvill...
Wellbeing and lifestyle balance pays cricketing performance dividends
Top athletes talk about ‘flow’, a sense of being lost in the moment where everything just seems to come together for peak performance. But what does it take to find that sense of flow, and how do athletes’ commitment to their sport impact their lives? A pilot study by Macquarie University’s Professor John Sutton, Deputy Director of the Department of Cognitive Science and Associate P...
50 years of achievement
A track record of doing things differently and a lively, passionate campus are reflected in this Jubilee timeline, against a backdrop of significant Australian and international events. Click on the infographic below to view in full. ...
Macquarie biathlete competes in Sochi
Macquarie’s impressive sporting tradition continues with Sport Scholar Lucy Glanville recently competing in the Sochi Winter Olympic Games. The biathlete and cross country skier secured her place in sporting history as only the third female Australian to compete in this event at the Olympics since Nagano 1998. The biathlon consists of skiing and shooting components, with events conducted ...