Garingal's Duncan Currie has received a late call-up for the junior world championships in Denmark in July.
He replaces ACT's Patrick Miller who has university commitments that will unfortunately prevent him going.
As such, Duncan joins NSW team-mate Alastair George in the Australian team.
"It was shock at first when I read the email inviting me to go," he said.
"But now I'm really looking forward to it. I'm having a gap year and was going to go to Europe anyway, so it fits in nicely."
Duncan caught the red-eye back from Perth where he competed for NSW in the NOL events over the past two weekends - but was wide awake on Sunday night still buzzing with the good news.
He's fifth in the NOL Junior Men standings while Alastair is equal second after an outstanding win in the Australian Middle Distance championships at Narrogin on Saturday.
Iida Lehtonen, still only 15, is fifth in the Junior Women overall after a brilliant run to come second on Saturday, conceding up to five years in age and experience against some rivals.
Iida is pictured here storming into the finish on Saturday.
The next NOL round is in three weeks when WHO host the NSW championships near Cowra on May 18-19.
