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WAIS pole vaulter Alana Boyd has set the bar high ahead of the Sydney Track Classic after a clearing a new personal best of 4.60m at a Perth GP meet last weekend.

The Australian National Rowing Championships are reaching the business end of proceedings from West Lakes in Adelaide with WAIS crews qualifying for a wide range of finals.

The NSW Swifts produced a miracle to defeat the West Coast Fever 55-51 in arguably one of the games of the season to conclude the fourth round of the 2011 ANZ Championship from the Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre.

Following their recent successful tour of Argentina the Hockeyroos will continue to expose more new players to the world's best team in the build up to the 2012 London Olympics when Australia takes on Argentina again in Canberra and Sydney in early April.

WAIS swimmer Rhys Mainstone has claimed second place in the 10km event at the 2011 Australian Open Water Championships, at the Sydney International Regatta Centre in Penrith.

WAIS canoeing athletes Robin Jeffery and Kynan Maley have earned selection into the Australian team for this year's world cup and world championship competitions in Europe.

WAIS national 400m champion Ben Offereins will have the opportunity to run against triple Olympic champion Angelo Taylor at the March 19 Sydney Track Classic.

WAIS athlete Jessica Moore has come away with a runners up medal from the Malaysian Open doubles final over the weekend after losing in three sets to Dinara Safina and Galina Voskoboeva 7-5 6-2 10-5 on centre court.

A record seven WAIS athletes have been named in Cycling Australia's Track World Championships team for this month's event in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.

The Australian A women's side has put the initial performance against France behind them to record a convincing 3-0 victory in the second match of their four test series in Perth on Tuesday.