By PARKES LITTLE ATHLETICS
Four Parkes athletes enjoyed the experience of competing at the NSW Athletics State Junior Championships last weekend at Sydney Olympic Park.
This achievement resulted from them competing at zone championships in Orange last November and Regional Championships in Dubbo in February.
Vashti Williams had some fantastic results over the weekend, competing in the Under 15 javelin, shot put, hammer throw and discus.
Vashti was happiest with her javelin performance where she placed 4th and threw very close to her personal best.
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Vashti was in 3rd position until the final throw, when she moved to 4th by just 1cm.
Vashti has already qualified for nationals for javelin at a prior event and is looking forward to another opportunity to take home a medal.
Vashti also did a great hammer throw, with a new PB, placing her 6th in the state in an event that is relatively new to her.
Vashti loved the experience of watching the Sydney Track Classic on Saturday night and witnessing some amazing talent on the track and field.
Toby Morgan had a full weekend, competing in seven events over the three days of the championships – Para Under 15’s 100m, 200m, 400m, 800, 1500m, javelin and discus.
Toby’s highlights were breaking the national 100m U15/U17/U20 record for his para classification and setting the national javelin U15/U17/U20 record for his para classification.
He also took home bronze medals for the 400m and 1500m and placed 4th in javelin and 800m, 5th in 100m and 6th in 200m. Toby has also qualified for the Australian Athletics Championships in the 100m, 200m, 400m and 1500m events and has been selected in the NSW Squad to compete in the Australian Little Athletics Championships in Adelaide this April.
The talented athlete will be one of two para U13 athletes representing NSW at this event.
Addison Wild loved the experience of competing in the U14 discus at the championships.
She did a great throw and was up against some very tough competition.
All of her family, friends and supporters were extremely proud to see her placed 19th in the state.
Ryker Moore was set to compete in the U15’s 100m, 200m and 400m events.
Ryker placed 1st in his 400m heat however suffered muscle strain during the 400m final.
As a result, Ryker withdrew from the 100m later that day, in hope that he could recover for the 200m event on the Sunday.
This wasn’t enough time, and impacted Ryker’s performance.
Not the weekend he had hoped for, however Ryker’s 400m heat time qualified him for the 400m at the Australian Athletics Championships in Perth.
We wish him the best in the lead up to this.
Parkes Little Athletics are very proud of the great efforts and sportsmanship of all four athletes and hope that Vashti, Toby and Ryker all have an amazing experience competing in the Australian Athletics Championships in Perth this April.
The younger representatives of Parkes Little Athletes head to Olympic Park this weekend for the Little Athletics State Championships.
We wish Nate Calabro, Arlo Cassidy, Emrys Cassidy, Harlen Corney, Huxley Guess, Seth King and Emily Wild all the best in their events and hope they enjoy this amazing experience.
