Athletics Australia Selectors have today confirmed the 22-strong team bound for the 2015 IAAF World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia. A big congratulations to all the athletes selected, including the six Victorian athletes!
The IAAF World Youth Championships are a biennial athletics event, which in 2015 will be held in Cali (COL). It is the first time the event has been held in South America.
Australia has competed at every instalment of the championships since they began in Bydgoszcz (POL) in 1999. At the 2013 IAAF World Youth Championships in Donetsk (UKR), the Australian team of 21 athletes won four medals (three gold, one bronze), with a further eight athletes placing amongst the top-eight in their event.
Departing Australia on 7 July, the team will spend four days in Miami (USA) before descending on the host city on 11 July. Competition spans five days from 15-19 July 2015.
BOYS (12):
100m: Jack Hale (Tas), Jordan Shelley (NSW)
200m: Jack Hale (Tas), Brandon Herrigan (Qld)
400m: Louis Stenmark (NSW)
110m hurdles: Brandon Herrigan (Qld)
High jump: Joshua Connolly (Qld), Brenton Foster (Qld)
Long jump: Darcy Roper (Qld)
Hammer throw: Ned Weatherly (Vic)
Javelin: Cameron McEntyre (NSW), Conor Warren (Qld)
10,000m walk: Tyler Jones (NSW), Kyle Swan (Vic)
GIRLS (10):
3000m: Annabel McDermott (NSW), Amelia Mazza-Downie (Vic)
100m hurdles: Danielle Shaw (Vic)
High jump: Tay-Leiha Clark (NSW), Clare Gibson (WA)
Pole vault: Phillipa Hajdasz (Vic)
Long jump: Andrea Thompson (ACT)
Discus throw: Samantha Peace (NSW)
5,000m walk: Clara Smith (Qld), Jemima Montag (Vic)
For more information on the IAAF World Youth Championships, please follow this link to the event home page at iaaf.org:
http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-youth-championships
