Bree finds silver lining after injury
BREE Masters couldn’t even break 30 seconds for 50 metres, eight weeks later she ran two personal best times to claim silver in the 100m at her first ever Australian Track and Field Championships.
The Bond University Bachelor of Communications student ran a scorching 11.47 in the semi-finals and backed it up with an equally impressive
11.51 to claim silver behind Hana Basic.
An incredible feat considering Masters suffered a grade-two hamstring tear just two months ago.
“Coming back from the hamstring tear, I didn’t know what to expect after the last eight weeks,” Masters said.
“The first day I felt a bit wobbly and needed to brush the cobwebs off.
“I felt a lot stronger and
like myself on the second day, my semi-final run felt really good.
“The PB was a sense of relief, I’ve been trying to crack 11.50 for a long time now, so when I saw it on the board 11.47, I punched my fists in the air and screamed ‘Yes’.
“To come second behind Hana Basic who has been putting down some ridiculous times, I was so pleased.”
Masters will take a week
off training before setting her sights on her next competition in Queensland in June.
She hopes her silver medal at nationals will help her claim a berth in the women’s 4x100m relay at the Tokyo Olympics.
“We have some meets in June to help people qualify for the Olympics,” she said.
“The relay team has to be qualified, at the moment the girls are sitting 13th in the
world, so the teams get to go.
“We can’t go to the world relays in a couple of weeks, because there are too many complications for obvious reasons.
“I’m definitely hoping my second at nationals does better my chances of selection. There are a lot of girls running fast and gunning for those spots. Fingers crossed I get to go to the Olympics.” top 16 relay