Walsgott siblings win selection
Two young Horsham siblings will mix it with some of the state’s brightest emerging multi-disciplinary athletes this year, winning selection in representative School Sports Victoria squads.
Sienna Walsgott, 15, and younger brother Henry, 12, will represent the college and Victoria in the state’s 2022 aquathlon-triathlon teams at Australian Schools Triathlon Championships in Hervey Bay, Queensland, in September.
Sienna, a previous state-team qualifier, won selection as an emergency in the intermediate 15 to 16 year-old girls triathlon squad, while Henry won selection in the 11 to 12 year-old boys and girls aquathlon squad.
Henry, a keen tennis, basketball and football player and first-time aquathlon qualifier said he was ‘excited’ to head to Queensland for the competition.
An aquathlon, a junior alternative of a triathlon, can either be a runswim-run or a swim-run event.
The bicycle leg of a regular triathlon is removed until athletes are 13 years old.