Young athletes book tickets to state championships in Melbourne

The Kyabram Little Athletics club’s participants cleaned up at the recent Northern Country Region Little Athletics Carnival.

The club enjoyed a terrific haul of medals at the event, which was held in Albury on February 12 and 13.

The efforts of eight youngsters at the regional carnival booked them a ticket to tackle the 2022 State Track and Field Championships next month.

The following juniors will descend on Albert Park’s Lakeside Stadium on March 12 and 13.

State Track and Field Championships qualifiers:

Grace Kilpatrick: Triple Jump

Lily Taylor: 1500m Walk

Jayden Taylor: High Jump,

Triple Jump

Makore Dickinson: Shot Put, Discus, Javelin

Zac Wakenshaw: 800m

Keplar Cleveland: Shot Put

Mia Kilpatrick: Long Jump

Marley Vernon: 60m Hurdles

Northern Country Region Little Athletics Carnival results Grace Kilpatrick

100m 14.49 (3rd) PB, 200m 29.91 (3rd) PB, 80m Hurdles 16.12 (2nd) PB, Triple Jump 8.93m (1st)

Mia Kilpatrick

100m 15.25 (5th) PB, 200m 32.91 (6th) PB, 80m Hurdles 16.80 (3rd)

PB, Long Jump 3.94m (2nd), Triple Jump 8.05m (6th)

Lily Taylor

100m 15.75 (8th) PB, 1500m Walk 10:49.69 (4th), Long Jump 3.61m (4th) PB, Triple Jump 8.13m (5th) PB Immogen Buntine

100m 16.19 (7th) PB, 400m 79.06 (4th) PB, 800m 5:02.00 (4th)

Zanna Chapman

200m 38.29 (7th) PB, 400m 86.17 (5th) PB, Discus 8.86m (7th), Long Jump 2.78m (13th) PB, Shot Put 4.17m (6th)

Meila Dickinson

70m 14.67 (7th), 100m 21.12 (14th) PB, Shot Put 4.13m (2nd)

Marley Vernon

100m 18.07 (9th) PB, 400m 1:36.71 (4th) PB, 60m Hurdles 12.33 (4th)

PB, Discus 7.78m (5th), Long Jump 2.48m (9th) PB

Jayden Taylor

100m 13.43 (3rd) PB, 200m 28.84 (4th) PB, High Jump 1.48m (1st), Long Jump 4.64m (3rd) PB, Triple Jump 9.84m (2nd)

Keplar Cleveland

Discus 14.50m (5th), Javelin 15.86m (3rd), Shot Put 6.85m (2nd) PB, Triple Jump 6.67m (4th) PB

Byron Chapman

100m 16.44 (5th) PB, 400m 80.51 (6th) PB, Triple Jump 7.27m (3rd) PB

Makore Dickinson

Discus 23.70m (3rd) PB, Javelin 18.72m (2nd) PB, Shot Put 9.65m (1st) PB

Cruz Cleveland

70m: 12.91 (6th) PBP, 60m Hurdles 13.74 (8th) PB, Discus 12.72m (9th) PB, Long Jump 2.94m (8th) PB

Tarkyn Cleveland

70m 12.98 (7th) PB, 100m 18.73 (11th), Long Jump 2.25m (10th), Shot Put 4.95m (8th) PB

Zac Wakenshaw

100m 15.95 (4th) PB, 400m 79.80 (2nd) PB, 800m 2:56.00 (1st) PB, 60m Hurdles 12.71 (3rd) PB, High Jump 1.06m (3rd) PB

Curtis Wickham

800m 3:28.20 (9th), 60m Hurdles 13.97 (10th), Discus 13.40m (8th), High Jump 1.02m (4th) PB

Mason Kilpatrick

70m 11.89 (4th) PB, 200m 35.18 (5th) PB, 60m Hurdles 12.34 (3rd), Long Jump 3.06m (4th) PB