<24.03.07> - Hamish Peacock selected in Australian Team for World Youth Championships
27 Mar 2007
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PEACOCK MAKES AUSSIE WORLD YOUTH TEAM
Javelin thrower, Hamish Peacock, has been selected in a small but talented Australian team for the 2007 World Youth (Under 18) Championships to be held in
The Tasmanian Institute of Sport scholarship holder, who competes for the Eastern Suburbs Club in Hobart has had a outstanding season, winning national youth shot put and junior (under 20) javelin titles and producing a swag of state records.
Athletics
AA said that it had only selected athletes, who in the opinion of selectors, have a realistic chance of achieving a top eight result at the Championships. To be considered for the team, athletes had to achieve two qualifying marks since August 2006.
“World Youth selection is a terrific achievement. The Championships should be the beginning of many long international careers,” AA’s National Youth Performance Manager Sara Mulkearns, said.
The 1999 World Youths was the starting point for Jana (Pittman) Rawlinson when she won the 400m hurdles.
Team members will attend a training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport from 30 April to 2 May before competition-based camps in Sydney in late June and the Gold Coast in July prior to departure for Ostrava (5 July).