With our new season starting I'm watching the Australian schools championships now in Queensland. It's great to see these fntastic youngsters. I just saw 16yrs 2months
Mason McGroder jump 7.86 (25'9.25"). He had an apparent 8 metre jump but just over the board.
Tiny little 16 year old teenage girl
Thewbelle Philp (indigenous/Filipino lass) ran 11.38 legal to win her 100m yesterday. Commentators were saying they've never seen a faster start on a young athlete - but her team-mate 16 year old
Amaya Mearns who is much taller closes like a train to within a tenth and is the favourite for the 200 coming up.
Queensland is only our 3rd most populous state but with it's all round warm yearly climate are seeming to produce many of the sprinters.
Then Amaya reversed the order in the 200 to run 23.17 legal
Amaya Mearns 23.15 +0.9. Now faster than Torrie Lewis at the same age!!! Coach Andrew Iselin has produced another emerging star! Arms looked strong late
www.facebook.com
Gout Gout won the men's under 18 100m in 10.17 legal. He's not yet 17 for another 3 weeks
Now, watch as we lose athletes like these to football codes in coming years
### that 16 years and 11 months old
GOUT GOUT just won the 200m boys under 18 final with a new Australian 200m record - he broke
Peter Norman's 56 year old record to run 20.04 (1.6). "Just a kid" exclaimed the commentators who are still in shock.
Overtakes
Usain Bolt and 2nd all -time to
Erriyan Knighton.
He won't get a chance at
Knighton's world all-time record even though he had more tha a year to go at still 17 because, like
Browning, his birthday falls end of December. He could still become world all time 17 year old though