Alvin, Nea win Junior schools sprint titles

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Last Updated: Tuesday, 01 October 2019 17:25

Congratulations to Alvin Craig (Newcastle) who blitzed the Australian Junior Boys Schools Sprint championships in Wagga on Tuesday.

Alvin (pictured middle with his gold medal in the top pic) sped around the 1.8km course at Kildare Catholic College in just 9m38s. And he won by a massive 44 seconds. Digest that for a moment!

And congratulations also to Nea Shingler (Big Foot) who was fastest Australian in the Junior Girls Sprint, beaten only by two very quick New Zealanders. Nea covered the 1.7km course in 11m17s.

Iida Lehtonen (Garingal) was third Australian in the same event. Iida and Nea are on the right of the lower pic.

Ewan Shingler (BF) was the best of the Senior Boys - 7th Australian and 9th overall, while Niamh Cassar (WHO) was our quickest in the Senior Girls - 8th Australian and equal 14th overall.

ACT swept the Senior Girls Sprint, while the Senior Boys placings were was shared around the states and NZ. A big thank you to NSW Stinger and Waggaroos star Briohny Seaman who set the courses.

Our other schools team members performed as follows (counting only Australians): 

Junior Boys: Sam Woolford (Bush n Beach) 7th, Oskar Mella (NC) 8th, Cooper Horley (GO) 10th, Jamie Woolford (BB) 27th.
Junior Girls: Mikayla Enderby (NC) 10th, Erika Enderby (NC) 12th, Julia Barbour (BF) 23rd, Martine Valais (WHO) 29th. 
Senior Boys: Selwyn Sweeney (WHO) 20th, Oscar Woolford (BB) 22nd, Cameron Will (IKO), 31st.
Senior Girls: Tshinta Hopper (Bennelong) 11th, Ellen Currie (GO) 12th, Serena Doyle (Uringa) 13th, Andra Leung (GO) 17th. 

Wednesday is the Long Distance event for the students, and Thursday the Relays.