WILLIAMSTOWN Athletics Club enjoyed a gold rush at the Australian Junior Athletics Championships last month.
Held at Sydney’s Olympic Park, Williamstown athletes combined for three gold medals, three silver medals and four bronze medals to round out a brilliant championships.
For Daniela Roman, the championships also provided her with the chance to show the world just how good she is.
The gun sprinter was at her brilliant best on her way to a gold medal in the Women’s Under-20 100m hurdles.
Roman’s time of 13.66 seconds was also enough to qualify her for the World Junior Championships later this year. The good results didn’t stop there for Roman who also claimed bronze medals in the 100m and 200m events.
In other results, regular gold medallist Celeste Mucci added another first place finish to her growing collection after claiming top honours in the Under-16 90m hurdles.
She then backed that effort up with a gold medal in the long jump as well as a silver medal in the high jump and a bronze medal in the 100m.
Rising star Grace Goldsworthy had the fastest qualifying times going into the finals of the Under-14 200m and the 400m. In both finals Goldsworthy ran close seconds to take home two silver medals at her first Australian Championships.
Distance athlete Ryhan Thomas claimed the bronze medal in the Under-16 2000m steeple chase. Thomas had competed earlier in the championships in the 3000m (9m 21.93sec) for eighth place and in the 1500m (4m 18.23sec) for seventh place.
Cosimo Mucci joined his Victorian team mates to win the gold medal for the Under-18 4 x 100m relay in 41.81sec. Cosimo also competed in the individual Under-17 100m and 200m but missed out on the finals.
In the Under-17 400m Sweeney Preston ran 51.84 in qualifying for the final and improved with a personal best time of 51.35sec to cross the line eighth in the final.
As a bottom-aged athlete Sean Hardeman threw an 800gram implement 47.94m in the javelin. The effort was a personal best.
