Georgia, Toby selected in national squads

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Last Updated: Thursday, 19 February 2015 16:43

Juniors Toby Wilson and Georgia Jones are the new NSW faces in Orienteering Australia's High Performance Squads for 2015.

The OA high performance pathway has been thoroughly reworked in the past 15 months to define a clearer path from talented junior to world championship athlete.

Garingal Year 12 student Toby has shown he can mix it with the open men, taking out a Sydney Sprint recently. He comes into the OA Junior Development Squad.

One rung beneath, in the Targeted Talented Athlete Squad, is Uringan Georgia. The Year 11 student was in the Australian All Schools Honour team last year.

Three-time JWOC rep Michele Dawson has moved from the OA junior development squad into the national development squad. Younger brother Aidan is in the junior squad for a second year.

Our ONSW representatives in the OA squads are:

Elite HPS: Julian Dent (CC).

High Performance Squad: Rob Preston (NC).

National Development Squad: Alex Massey (NC), Michele Dawson (GO).

Junior Development Squad: Nicola Blatchford (NC), Aidan Dawson (GO), Daniel Hill (GO), Toby Wilson (GO).

Talented Target Athlete Squad: Georgia Jones (UR).

Congratulations to all these orienteers. The full OA squads can be viewed here.