Ava shines with heavy medal haul
ALONG with sore muscles, Ava Usher will probably wake up today with a sore neck from sporting an impressive medal collection after an incredible performance at the Queensland Youth Surf Life Saving Championships.
The Currumbin product, 11, announced herself as the future of the sport after claiming 10 medals from her 11 under-12 events at Burleigh across the weekend, including six gold.
In doing so, she bettered her nine medals from last year.
“I did pretty well,” the humble champion said.
The young gun also revealed her secret, which saw her dominate the three-day event.
“I had steak and broccoli for dinner last night,” she said. “It’s definitely my secret.” Despite performing strongly in every event, Usher said that the ironwoman race, which she won, stands out. “It’s really fun when you win because you’ve got the whole crowd cheering,” she said.
Usher, who hopes to one day compete as a professional ironwoman, also counts Aussie rules, swimming and basketball among her sporting exploits.
“It’s really hard to fit training in for surf lifesaving because I play five sports,” she said. “I do board training three times a week, swimming three times a week and basketball two times a week.”
Aside from her personal results, the Viking said that she was excited to be part of Currumbin’s back-to-back titles.
“We’re all one big family at Currumbin,” she said.