The Illawarra's junior athletes have matched it with the best of the best at the Australian Junior Championships in Sydney.
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Emerging stars Delta Amidzovski and Chelsea Ezeoke were among the top performers, with Amidzovski claiming gold in the under 14 long jump, high jump and 80 metre hurdles and silver in the under 15 200m hurdles. She also set new meet records in the long jump and high jump events.
Ezeoke set a new meet record in winning the under 14 400m final and claimed gold by 0.01 seconds in the 200m. The pair then combined forces to lead NSW to victory in the under 14 4x100m relay.
Kembla Joggers' Tayissa Buchanan was not far behind Ezeoke, claiming bronze in the 400m final before backing up to secure silver in the 800m.
Karlee Symonds also claimed three gold medals in the para-events while Rosie Tozer took out the under 18 girls high jump and James Gorham finished second in the under 18 boys pole vault.
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Cameron Mee
Sports reporter at the Canberra Times
Sports reporter at the Canberra Times
