Eighteen primary school students from around the Parkes Shire recently competed in Sydney at the NSWPSSA Athletics.
Parkes Public School student Huxley Guess had an outstanding carnival earning himself many personal bests.
Huxley competed in the multiclass 800m, 100m, shotput, discus and long jump events.
From his results in these events a calculation is applied to determine his results in his classification.
In Huxley's classification the young athlete placed first in 100m earning himself a eight second PB, first in long jump where he secured another PB of 12cm, second in 800m, third in discus and fourth in shotput with a massive pb of 26cm.
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His fellow school mate Lewis Todd competed in high jump where he secured a jump of 1.25m placing 33rd in the state.
Parkes East Public School student Toby Morgan also competed at NSWPSSA Athletics.
Toby competed in 800m, 200m, 100m, discus, shot put and long jump multiclass events.
Toby placed first in 100m and discus and second in 800m, 200m, shot put and long jump in his classification.
St Patrick's Parish School Trundle also came away from the carnival with some great results.
Students from St Patrick's who competed at Sydney included, Isabella Skipworth, Lucus Skipworth, Bridgette Stephenson, Lili Stephenson, Kaleb Stephenson and Alexis Gaut.
Isabella competed in discus where she saw an amazing result placing ninth.
She also competed in shot put placing 15th and 100m placing 21st.
Bridgette, Lili, Kaleb and Alexis competed in the small school relay achieving an outstanding result of sixth place.
Middleton Public School sent two students away to state athletics who both competed in high jump.
Marcus Skinner competed in 12 years high jump earning himself tenth in the state.
Emily Wild competed in 11 years high jump trying her very best after putting a lot of practice and dedication into the sport.
Holy Family Parish School Parkes had five students travel to Sydney to compete.
Seth King competed in 8-10 years discus and Nate Calabro competed in 800m and 1500m.
Nate also competed in the junior relay with fellow class mates Arlo Cassidy, Hayden Jones and Jack Burt.
Trundle Central School also had Aphellia Robson and Harley Corney competing in 11 years discus.
Both Trundle students thoroughly enjoyed the experience and will continue to develop their skills in athletics.
