SOUTH-WEST athletics duo Caytlyn Sharp and Grace Kelly continued their impressive starts to the 2019-20 season, collecting medals at the Australian All-School Championships in Perth over the weekend.
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Terang-based Sharp finished her final time at All-Schools with a record-equalling long jump to claim gold. Her 4.96m effort matched the 18-20 Australian and Oceania record.
The 17-year-old Inner Speed and Power athlete, who is coached by Jeremy Dixon, then backed it up on Sunday with a bronze and an Oceanic record in the 100 metres.
Sharp's time of 13.27 seconds was a personal best by over half a second.
The Terang College student said she was "extremely happy and surprised with how I went and couldn't have asked for better weekend".
The talented T20 athlete is hunting a qualifier in the long jump for next year's Tokyo Olympics. She is aiming to break the five-metre mark.
Sharp said her focus would turn to a heavy block of training before her next competition.
"I will be doing four weeks of hard training before all my competitions start back up again," she said.
"We are going to change my long jump technique so it's better to get better results. I will train hard on that and get ready for next year's part of this season."
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Kelly also stormed to a medal in the 100 metres on Sunday, collecting a silver in a new personal best time of 12.10 seconds.
The 13-year-old missed out on gold by just 0.03 seconds to New South Wales sprinter Ellen Murphy.
The Duynhoven Perry Sprinting Warrnambool athlete also finished sixth in the 200-metre final on Saturday night with a time of 25.46 seconds.
Kelly's training partner, Layla Watson, finished second in her heat and 16th overall as a bottom-age athlete in the under 16 200 metres.
The 14-year-old also ran sixth and 14th overall in the 100 metres the following day. Her final times for the two events were 26.64 and 13.12.
The duo were also in relays with Watson's under 16s team was disqualified while Kelly's under 14s just missed third place.
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Sean Hardeman
I'm a sports journalist for the Warrnambool Standard who covers a number of different sports across the south-west of Victoria. I enjoy watching cycling, surfing, football, soccer and Formula 1.
I'm a sports journalist for the Warrnambool Standard who covers a number of different sports across the south-west of Victoria. I enjoy watching cycling, surfing, football, soccer and Formula 1.
