Each state’s top athletes at this weekend’s Australia All Schools Championships
From big names to breakout stars, we’ve got every state’s top athletes to watch during this week’s Australia All Schools Track and Field Championships. See the 15 names which made the cut.
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The Australian All Schools Track and Field Championships have returned after a hiatus during Covid and will begin this Friday in Adelaide.
A range of young gun competitors will take to the newly renovated SA Athletics Stadium in Adelaide to compete in a wide variety of events from December 9-12.
The All Schools is one of the major events for up and coming athletes in Australia and has previously worked as a pathway to the Commonwealth and Olympic Games for names such as Jess Stenson and Cathy Freeman.
Ahead of the big meet, we’ve named every state’s top athletes to watch as they too attempt to form a successful career in track and field.
Here is our list by state.
MARLEY RAIKIWASA – Throw
(Team South Australia)
Raikiwasa is fresh off of representing Australia in discus at the World Athletics U20 Championships and should be set for a successful weekend.
The 16-year-old star won U20 and U18 discus gold at the 2022 Australian Track and Field Championships and currently holds state records for U18 women’s shot put and U20, U18 and U16 women’s discus.
ANGUS HINCKSMAN T38 – Para distance
(Team South Australia)
Hincksman is one of the most promising young stars in Australian athletics, the 16-year-old para distance phenom dominating at a national level for multiple years now.
He has already had a spectacular start to his 2022-23 season by breaking the U20 men’s T38 state and national records for the 1500m and 800m and should win further medals this weekend.
LACHLAN O’KEEFE – High jump
(Team Victoria)
The boy from Ballarat, O’Keefe has had an outstanding 2022 in high jumping, reaching an international standard and representing Australia.
With a personal best of 2.15m, the 17-year-old represented the country at the World U20 Championships in Colombia this year and is set for more standout performances at the championships this weekend.
MARCUS WAKIM – Race walk
(Team Victoria)
Wakim will compete in the U17 men’s 5000m race walk after making his international debut this year at the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships.
His personal best sits at 21.40.60, over 30 seconds faster than the current meet record.
GOUT GOUT – Sprints
(Team Queensland)
Gout Gout became the fastest Australian U16 boy in history during this year’s Australian Track and Field Championships, running the 100m in an incredible 10.57 seconds.
He continues to carve time off of the personal best time, meaning we may witness more broken records at the Australian All School Championships.
TOBY STOLBERG – High jump
(Team Queensland)
Stolberg has improved her 1.82m personal best in high jump by 11cm this year and will topple the Aus All Schools Championships meet record of 1.81m in current form.
The 17-year-old has also earned selection in the Australian team for the World U20 Championships this year.
ZAVIER MITCHELL - Multi event
(Team Northern Territory)
One of just three athletes from the NT, Mitchell competes in high jump, javelin, long jump and triple jump.
He only recently got involved in athletics at a serious level during Covid but he has developed drastically in a short amount of time.
Mitchell broke the NT Championships record in high jump last November and will be looking to continue his success story this weekend.
OLIVIA DODDS – Sprint
(Team Western Australia)
Dodds is one of the highest seeded Western Australians in this year’s championships and has her sights set on a gold medal in the 100m event.
At 16 years old she boasts an impressive personal best of 11.77 seconds and will medal if she runs close to that mark.
ARIELLE CANNELL – Throw
(Team Tasmania)
Cannell has only been competing in hammer throw for two years but has broken multiple state records in that time and has her sights set on more this week in Adelaide.
Competing in the U15 event, Cannell’s personal best of 58.34m is 10m better than the current meet record.
OWEN TOYNE – Race walk
(Team ACT)
Toyne won gold in the U18 men’s 5000m race walk during this year’s Oceania Championships and achieved World U20 10,000m race walk qualifying time at just 15 years old.
He is currently 20 seconds faster in the U16 men’s 3000m race walk than his fastest competitor and should take out the gold this weekend.
INDIANA COOPER – Para sprint
(Team New South Wales)
Cooper is a major rising star in para athletics and was selected to represent Australia at the Commonwealth Games this year, competing in the T38 100m sprint.
She finished fourth in her heat with a time of 13.77, making the final as a result, and is hoping to cap off her 2022 with a gold medal.
MALI LOVELL – Para sprint
(Team New South Wales)
Up against Cooper will be 17-year-old Lovell who competes in the T36 category and has a personal best of 15.50.
Lovell has been earmarked for the Paralympic Games and will be using the All Schools Championships as an opportunity to get some runs on the board ahead of qualification for the World Para Athletics Championshops.
SEBASTIAN SULTANA – Sprint
(Team New South Wales)
Sultana has been hailed as the next Rohan Browning and it comes as no surprise after he recently demolished the national U18 men’s 100m record last month with a 10.27 second run.
He heads in as heavy favourite to win gold in the event this weekend.
IVY BOOTHROYD – Distance
(Team New South Wales)
Boothroyd wins almost everything she competes in whether it be at a school, zone, regional, state or national level, with multiple titles falling to the 400m and 800m runner this year.
The 15-year-old is one to watch for Brisbane 2032 and recently broke the NSW All Schools 800m record with a 2.07.08 run.
She has since shaved three seconds off of that time.
OLIVIA ROSE INKSTER – Sprint
(Team New South Wales)
At just 17 years old, Inkster has already competed in the 2022 World U20 Championships in the 100m and 200m sprints and is knocking on the door of Riley Day’s All Schools Championships 200m record of 23.52.
Her personal bests in 100m and 200m currently sit at 11.70 and 23.82.
DELTA AMIDZOVSKI – Hurdles
(Team New South Wales)
Amidzovski was the youngest athlete to compete for the Australian team at the World U20 Championships this year at just 15 years old.
She has run 13.49 in the U17 hurdles and is predicted to break the meet record of 13.58 this week.
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