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Western Australian Institute of Sport athlete Katherine Downie has earned selection onto the Australian team for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games after winning the women's 200m IM (multiclass) at the Australian Swimming Championships in Brisbane on the weekend.

The West Coast Fever has recorded an historic two goal win over the reigning champion Adelaide Thunderbirds at Challenge Stadium after WAIS athlete Caitlin Bassett became the first Australian to register 3000 goals in the competition's history.

A large group of WAIS water polo athletes have been selected in the men's and women's All Star teams for the coming North v South clashes.

Western Australian Institute of Sport sprinters Yolane Kukla and Holly Barratt will go head to head with the fastest girls in Australia in the final of the women's 50m freestyle at the 2014 National Swimming Championships in Brisbane on Thursday night.

The Australian Rollers men's national wheelchair basketball team has named a 21-player squad in contention for selection to represent the team at the 2014 IWF Men's Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Incheon, South Korea.

WAIS athletes Eamon Sullivan and Yolane Kukla have moved through to finals at the Australia Swimming Championships in Brisbane, whilst fellow WAIS swimmers Lennard Bremer and Katherine Downie have finished fifth in their finals.

WAIS cyclist Travis Meyer has earned a fourth place finish at the Tour de Perth last weekend, in the first >

WAIS kayakers Jesse Phillips and Stephen Bird secured a fifth national title at the Australian Sprint Championships at Adelaide's West Lakes on the weekend, highlighting a strong campaign from WA's contingent.

Western Australian Institute of Sport gymnasts Olivia Vivian and Lauren Mitchell have narrowly missed podium finishes at the FIG World Challenge Cup in Doha.

WAIS athletes have returned medal winning performances at both the Sydney Rowing World Cup and Australian Rowing Championships held in Penrith over the past week.