Duncan Currie has won the bronze medal in the junior boys section at the Australian schools sprint championships in Ballarat.
Duncan, a four-time Garingal club champion and still only 15, was second at the last radio control but dropped 8s in the closing stages to finish one second off silver.
Western Plains' Rebecca Kennedy was the best-performed of the NSW contingent in the junior girls with a 10th placing made more creditable by the fact that Kiwis filled the first four places.
Garingal pair Toby Wilson and Daniel Hill were 10th and 11th in the senior boys, three seconds apart, while Georgia Jones was 18th in the seniors girls in another very strong field.
This was the first time that schools sprint titles had been held at an AUS champs. Tomorrow (Tuesday) is the individual bush event and Wednesday the school relays. NSW are defending champions in the junior boys.
