Dundee student selected for Scotland Squad

First year Applied Computing student Ross Clark has been selected to swim for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in Australia next year. A member of the University's Excel sports scholarship team, 18-year-old Ross will compete in the 50m breast stroke event at the 2006 Games.

Ross, a former pupil at Dundee's Harris Academy, already has experience of competing at international level having been a member of the Great Britain team at this summer's European Junior Championships in Hungary.

Ross will be able to combine his tough training schedule with his studies thanks to the University's scholarship programme.

"The scholarship has allowed me to study part-time so that I can take time off to train and compete," said the talented teenager. "I also have a lap-top so that I can work when I'm away from home."

Kirsteen Cruickshanks, sports scholarship coordinator with the university's Institute of Sport and Exercise said, "The University is proud of Ross's achievement and will work to enable him to combine his academic studies with his swimming."