Who are some of our SEQ junior sport high achievers of 2021 - so far?
How’s this for a list of elite south east Queensland sporting junior achievers of 2021 - so far?
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Who are some of our south east Queensland junior sport high achievers of 2021 - so far?
We realise 2021 still has a bit to run, but for the moment we give you a snapshot of some of our best sporting rookies aged from under 20.
But if you have a suggestion, you are welcome to nominate a person by emailing andrew.dawson@news.com.au (Brisbane wide), david.lems.com.au (Ipswich region) or seam.teuma@news.com.au (Toowoomba district) and can add them to this story, or to our end of year story.
Earlier in the year we featured an Easter Sporting Rookie Achievers story, which featured the likes of Sophie Malcolm (rowing) and Isabelle Carnes (cycling) and more. CLICK HERE here to see that story.
Jennia Forrester, Liz Dekkers and Sam Short
Swimmers Jenna Forrester (St Peters Western) and Liz Dekkers (Newmarket Racers) were so close to Olympic selection, it wasn’t funny.
Forrester, an outstanding 400m IM competitor, and All Hallows’ School butterfly whiz Dekkers now have the 2022 Commonwealth Games to aim for, while Dekkers will also be eligible for the world juniors which she first represented as a 15-year-old in 2019.
Schoolboy Sam Short (Centenary Rackley) also swam a 1500m Olympic Games qualifying time at the national titles without making the Dolphins, which highlights the expertise of this elite schoolboy from Prince of Peace Lutheran College.
He is also an elite Maroochydore SLSC member who was a part of the under-19 Taplin relay at the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships on the Sunshine Coast. His teammates were Adam Palmer and Oliver Monaghan.
Mollie O’Callaghan, Tom Neill, Isaac Cooper and Cassiel Rousseau
St Peters Lutheran College Springfield year 12 swimmer Mollie O’Callaghan (St Peters Western), Meg Harris (St Peters Western), fellow swimmer Tom Neill, his Rackley Centenary club mate Isaac Cooper and diver Cassiel Rousseau of course did make their Olympic debuts.
Harris and O’Callaghan claimed gold medals in the 4x100m freestyle relay, with Harris a starting member.
O’Callaghan did not start in either the 4x100m or the 4x200m relays (bronze), but she announced herself on the world stage with elite times in both heat swims.
Neill, a Terrace old boy, swam Australia into a bronze medal with his 4x200m last leg effort, while Rousseau finished eighth in the 10m diving, an outstanding performance which sets him up ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
Nikita Moore and Tyla Lumley
Nikita Moore and Tyla Lumley
Both girls are elite long distance runners or steeplechase prospects and have earned University scholarships in the USA to further develop their skills.
Moore is off to Northern Arizona University and Lumley the Drake University in Iowa
Moore is a former Australian world junior cross country championship representative from the famed Brookfield State School running club while Lumley, a St Peters Lutheran College product, was a renowned state and national distance talent.
Harriet Lloyd-Jones (Athletics)
At just 15 years old, Lloyd-Jones ran out of her skin to claim gold in the U17 2000m steeplechase final at the Australian Track and Field Championships.
The Downlands College student ran a time of 6:50.41 to finish over the top of her rivals.
Qualification for the U20s world championships in a few years time is the main focus for the talented hurdler.
Jude Thomas (athletics)
Record-breaking runner Jude is the current national under-20 1500m and U20 5km titleholder on the track.
His times qualified him for the World Junior Games, which unfortunately were postponed due to Covid.
He has also set electrifying times this year over 3km, often racing against older athletes.
Jude continues to set new standards at Park 5km and 10km runs, including recently at Kedron and Ipswich.
Rated a “world class’’ athlete by his veteran coach Peter Reeves, Jude is considered a future Commonwealth Games and Olympic competitor.
Such is his growing reputation, the Ipswich achiever has signed with the Melbourne track club, working under Nick Bideau and Collis Birmingham while continuing his training with Reeves.
Zac Profke (hockey)
Having made junior state sides in past years, Zac accomplished a breakthrough reward being selected in this year’s Australian under-21 squad.
His Burras selection was looking towards the next Junior World Cup, should that be able to go ahead.
Possessing a lethal penalty corner drag flick, Zac recently attended a high performance national squad camp at the Gold Coast.
Aged 20, he is an elite performer with Norths in the Ipswich competition and Pine Rivers-St Andrews in the Brisbane league.
ELLA RAMSAY and co.
Just as year 12 students Sam Short and Liz Dekkers were close to Olympic selection and will now strive for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, so too will an elite band of Queensland swimming rookies who are also on the rise.
For the second successive year there were no world junior swimming championships for Queensland’s swimming young guns, but while they may remain dormant to the world, they are still churning away in club pools around Brisbane and the south east.
St Peters Western’s Ella Ramsay leads the charge, but around her, Dekkers and Short are whiz kids being monitored by national junior and senior selectors.
Also jot down the names Flynn Southam (Bond), Kai Taylor (St Peters Western), TSS Aquatic’s Grayson Bell and Lani Pallister (Griffith University).
Aside from this group, another crop of young Queensland achievers were in the state side selected for the New Zealand Short Course championships. They were. Olivia Collins, Bailey Day, Lucy Dring, Hannah Fredericks, Charlotte Hansen, Eliza King, Rebecca St Vincent, Tahlia Thornton, Sally Vagg, Amelia Weber, Dylan Andrea, Ben Armbruster, Troy Carlson, Conor Daff, Zac George, Alexander Grant, Lucas Humeniuk, Jamie Jack, Bailey Lello, Matthew Magnussen, Zach Maher, Thomas Nowakowski, Harrison Turner and
Yannik Zwolsman.
Aside from that crew, keep a close eye on country kids like Taryn Roberts and Ike Martinez, Bond’s Mikayla Bird and Hannah Casey (Ashgrove).
Kaylin van Greunen
A goal shooting netballer for the Panthers, van Greunen’s consistency has helped the Downs to its first ever Ruby Series finals appearance. Earlier in the year she was also chosen for Queensland U17s for the state titles at just 15-years-old.
Audrey Fuller (basketball)
The All Hallows School alumni, 18, has been playing for the NBL1 Brisbane Capital Women’s team and last month against South West Metro Pirates she scored 21 points including three from five long range and 10 rebounds. A Queensland under 20s representative, Fuller has accepted a Division 1 (NCAA) basketball scholarship at Campbell University in North Carolina. This follows in her sisters footsteps (Adelaide Fuller) who is currently on scholarship at NCAA division 1, Davidson College. Audrey is trained by Derrick Rucker former Davidson College player and American/Australian Professional Basketballer.
Holly McQueen (soccer)
From the age of five, Springfield footballer Holly wanted to play for the Australian Matildas.
After securing a W-League contract with the Brisbane Roar this year, she is on a path to achieving that goal.
Holly, 18, previously played with Western Pride in the National Premier Leagues (NPL) junior competition before progressing to the Roar youth and senior program.
She is currently a consistent performer for NPL competition leaders Lions.
After completing her current commitments in September, she will return to Brisbane Roar for the next W-League season.
The accomplished defender is also a member of the junior Matildas squad, having been recognised at national under-17 and Matildas camps.
Charlize Goody (athletics)
Australian under-16 titleholder Charlize is a heptathlete of the future.
Her 5041 point haul at this year’s national titles was a personal best performance.
The Ipswich and District Athletic Club “Achiever of the Year’’ impressed earlier in the year by blossoming in a range of athletic pursuits.
Having turned 16 in January, Charlize displayed her commitment winning gold medals at four major state or national competitions, culminating in her success at the Australian individual titles in Melbourne.
She is regarded as a role model at her club and at Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School because of her ability to adapt quickly to different competition demands, especially given the Covid challenges.
Charlotte Hegvold (basketball)
Multi-talented Ipswich teenager Charlotte is currently living her basketball dream in the United States.
She is training, studying and preparing to play for Weber State University in the NCAA Women’s Division 1 season starting in November.
The former Ipswich Force and St Peter Claver College captain is already enjoying some new basketball highlights as she develops her career under a four-year scholarship.
As the youngest player aged 18 in the College side, Charlotte has already received some valuable game time against Northern Colorado after scoring her first points against Montana State.
Another highlight was being part of the Weber State side that won the second game against Sacramento State to secure their first series clean sweep since 2018.
Toby Stolberg (athletics)
Toby, 14, won her first state heptathlon silver medal at this year’s Queensland Combined Events Championships.
The Ipswich and District Athletic Club competitor impressed in the seven-event under-15 program with a personal best total of 3668 points.
In a highly competitive field, Toby secured personal bests in the 200m, shot put and 800m.
She also won the under-16 high jump with a leap of 1.71m at the Queensland championships.
Toby finished second in her age group at the Athletics Australia National Championships, closing on a qualifying standard for the World Junior titles.
Toby is also displaying some fine skills in other sports like basketball and indoor netball.
The St Peters Lutheran Springfield College student captained the Brisbane Capitals under-16 side that came third at the state titles.
Toby made the 13-15 Met West School Girls basketball team.
In netball, Toby is a goal shooter/goal attack in the U16 Brisbane West Indoor Netball Super League team.
TEAM ACHIEVEMENTS
St John Fisher College netball
The St John Fisher College’s junior and senior netball teams competed in the
Vicki Wilson series held at Brisbane Netball Association, Bradbury Park, winning both competitions and earning a place in the Queensland State Finals which were unfortunately impacted by a COVID-19 lockdown.
At the Wilson Series, St John Fisher College Junior team finished the preliminary competition undefeated, while the senior team showed plenty of heart and spirit to beat Wavell State High School in extra time in a thrilling final.
“It is an amazing achievement to have one team perform at such a high standard, but to have both our juniors and seniors teams make it to state final is something as coaches, you only dream about,’’ coaches Bernie Toohey and Jacqui Bell said.
College captain Holly Megaw, who played in the senior netball team, said the teams “displayed spirit and determination’’
Craigslea SHS beach volleyball
Craigslea State High School’s extraordinary success in the sport of volleyball and beach volleyball continued at pace earlier in the year, with teams winning the Volleyball Australia Beach Schools Cup title by accumulating 1758 points.
Dylan McAteer (cricket)
The teenage talent was named in the Queensland under-19 squad this year.
He has scored 2845 runs and taken 235 wickets from his 261 matches for the Ipswich Hornets.
The spinner’s best haul was 7/38.
The former St Edmund’s College student and First XI captain is rated a Queensland Premier Grade player of the future.
Molly Sewell
Back to back 1500m triumphs have confirmed Sewell is a middle distance runner on the rise.
In the last 12 months the rookie has twice had significant victories at state titles, winning the 1500m event both late last year and again in March this year.
Rhythmic gymnastics
Moreton Bay College provided an array of athletes to the rhythmic gymnastic competition at the Tokyo Olympics.
These included captain Alannah Mathews, who was renowned for her skilful leaps through a hoop in a single bound, Alexia Aristoteli who dazzled with memorising with movement and elegance, the diligent Emily Abbot, Felicity White who exudes brilliance, pocket rocket Himeka Onoda and Alexandra Eedle.
Lidiia Iakovleva
In a divine family sporting moment to cherish, the mother-daughter, coach-athlete team of Iuliia and Lidiia Iakovleva were on the Australian Rhythmic Gymnastics team bound for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Noah McFadyen
The Norths allrounder from St Joseph’s Nudgee College is a freakishly talented youngster.
Playing for the Cricket Australia XI in the Northern Territory, he has so far struck 266 runs in 12 games, while taking 21 wickets at an average of 19.29.
And likewise Dylan Kritzinger (Redlands) – captained the CA XI up in Darwin and scored a half century in the last game.
Lucy Hamilton
From Bundaberg, 15-year-old Hamilton shone for Sunshine Coast Scorchers in their Katherine Raymont Shield victory. She produced a match-winning knock of 57 not out and received the Julia Price Medal as the player of the final.
Our world junior athletics representatives
St Peters Lutheran College sprint sensation Torrie Lewis heads a list of 12 Queenslanders selected in the Australian under 20 athletics team.
Lewis, former Balmoral LA junior Reece Holder (400m), St Edmund’s College old boy Jude Thomas (mentioned earlier), Morayfield SHS student Caleb Law (100mm 200m), Commonwealth Games representative Ellie Beer (400m) and Marsden SHS alumni Lyvante Su-emai (field athlete) all produced world junior qualifying times.
Churchie old boy Ky Robinson, decathlete Liam Gilbert, Olivia Matzer and sprint powerhouses Ashley Wong and Jai Gordon were also in the team alongside the Mark Ladbrook-coached Tyson Bonney (200m and 400m).
Su’emai, a discus, hammer shot put exponent, is the second young athlete from working class Logan to earn Australian representation this year following the selection of Tokyo Games bronze medallist, decathlete Ashley Moloney. onto the Olympic team.
In 2018 Moloney, now aged 20, used Australian under 20 selection as a springboard to the world and competing at the highest level of also an ambition of Su’emai.
Ruth Johnston
Teenager Ruth Johnston claimed the Kath Smith Medal as the best player in the Katherine Raymont Shield Women’s Premier Cricket competition, capping off a memorable summer that saw her join her cousin Ellie in the Queensland Fire squad for the latter stages of the team’s successful Women’s National Cricket League campaign.
She is a product of Dalby and follows in the footsteps of another elite Darling Downs talent, Georgia Voll.
Voll, a year 12 student at BSHS is already aWBBL Brisbane Heat player and shone for the Queensland Fire in the domestic one-day competition with some important innings
Doug Weaver (swimming)
Even with a broken toe, Doug displayed why he is a swimmer of the future.
The 11-year-old Waterworx Swimming Club competitor finished top 10 in all his strokes at the Queensland Sprint Championships at Chandler. That all-round effort included a silver medal success in the 50m breaststroke, where he just missed out on gold.
Recovering from a sore foot, the Woodcrest College student swam personal bests in all his heats and finals.
Sadie Ridgway, Alex Rooney, Sophie Gerber and co,
Queensland supplied a number of elite young rowers to the under 21 World Rowing Cup Simulation Regattas in June.
They included Women’s Coxed Eight Coxswain Sadie Ridgway (Toowong Rowing Club), Quadruple Scull pair Alexandra Rooney (University of Queensland Boat Club) and Danica Free (Griffith University Surfers Paradise Rowing Club), Sophie Gerber (Toowong Rowing Club), Jarrod Lord (KAND Rowing Club), Mitch Salisbury (KAND Rowing Club) and Alexandra Nothdurft (Commercial rowing).
Kelvin Grove State College volleyball
Kelvin Grove SC students excelled at the Australian Volleyball Beach Schools Cup earlier this year. This included podium finishes in senior boys pairs, senior boys fours, intermediate boys pairs and intermediate girls pairs.
Kelvin Grove State College students also excelled in the Qld State School 13-19 years boys championships, winning by four shots.
Queensland All Schools Cross Country Championships 2021
Queensland’s proud record in producing elite middle distance athletes was emphasised at the national school cross country championships. Those who finished atop the podium were:
6 Years Boys: Azaiah Ogilvie - Wishart State School
7 Years Boys: Harvey Murray – Brookfield State School
8 Years Boys: Luke Dogan NSW for Qld George Chandler – Brookfield State School
9 Years Boys: Lachlan King – St Columbas
10 Years Boys: Conor Matheson – Amberley District CC
11 Years Boys: Samuel Newsham – St Andrews Anglican College
12 Years Boys: Alexander Wain – Jubilee Public School
13 Years Boys: Caiden Macfarlane – Rivermount College
14 Years Boys: Willain Freese – Carmel College
15 Years Boys: Seth Mahony – Brisbane Boys College
16 Years Boys: Archie Ridgway – Anglican Church Grammar School
17 Years Boys: Jack Crome – Brisbane State High School
18/19 Years Boys: Chalie Sprott – Brisbane Grammar School
6 Years Girls: Katherine Huang – Ascot State School
7 Years Girls: Eden Borksch – Highlands Christian College
8 Years Girls: Tia Oglivie – Wishart State School
9 Years Girls Lucinda Barnes – Ramsay State School
10 Years Girls: Mya Heath – Seven Hills State School
11 Years Girls: Piper Anderson – Currumbin State School
12 Years Girls: Saffron Jenkinson – Brisbane State High School
13 Years Girls: Zoe Mc Elwaine – Brisbane Girls Grammar School
14 Years Girls: Kyah Anderson – Kings Christian College
15 Years Girls: Aspen Anderson – Somerset College
16 Years Girls: Isabella Harte – St Margaret’s AGS
17 Years Girls: Keira Moore – Brisbane State High School
18/19 Years Girls: India Secombe – Somerset College
Zak Huntingdon
Narangba Valley High School in Year 12 student Zak Huntingdon was named both player of the tournament and coaches player during the Queensland School Sport 17-19 years boys football state championships held at Toowoomba.
A midfielder from Peninsula Power, he captained the Sunshine Coast zone representative side.
Thomas Waddingham
Waddingham joined the Kelvin Grove State College Football School of Excellence program this year from Cairns to pursue his footballing career in Brisbane.
He is a current member of the under 18 Brisbane Roar Academy team and has played a number of games in the under 23’s.
Thomas has been earmarked by the Australia U17 coach Trevor Morgan as a player to watch for the future.
Kaiden and Landen Smales
South east Queensland surfers Kaiden and Landen Smales attended the Australian indigenous Surfing Titles at Bells Beach.
The boys were ranked 1 and 2 respectively in Queensland in the under 18 longboard, while Landen was also No. 2 on the shortboard after last year winning the Australian champion under 18 logger category. He was the youngest to win an Australian title when aged 12.
The pair also shone in local conditions, winning at the Noosa Festival of Surfing in their age divisions.
Rugby league
Queensland’s best young rugby league players came to the surface during the state schoolboy trials earlier in the year.
Merit teams in the 14-15 years and 16-18 years age groups were announced.
The Queensland team, 14-15 years: 1. Mark Nosa (Marsden SHS), 2. Sunny Kama (PBC SHS), 3, Robertson Tusi-Tofu (Wavell SHS), 4. Tom Morcom (Shalom College), 5. Izayah Petricevich (Coombabah SHS), Javon Andrews (Marsden SHS), Zan Harrison (PBC SHS), 8. Ben Uini (Wavell SHS), 9. Tyrus Salanoa (Keebra Park SHS), 10. Oliva Laulualo (Ipswich SHS), 11. Riley Buchanan (PBC), 12. Prestyn Laine-Sietu (Wavell SHS, 13. Kaiden Lahrs (Kirwan SHS). Interchange: Zac Herdegen (Redcliffe SHS), Kane Self (Ipswich SHS), Tevita Penaia (St Brendan’s), Jett Bryce (Keebra Park), David Leota (IGS), Zac Garton (Caloundra SHS).
The player of the carnival 14-15 years age group was Metro North Prestyn Laine-Sietu of Wavell SHS who later met Queensland State of Origin stars Harry Grant and Christian Welch.
Queensland merit team, 16-18 years: 1. Leon Te Hau (Met East), 2. Prinston Esera (Met North), 3. Dudley Dotoi (Northern), 4. Deine Mariner (south coast), 5. Xavier Chatfield (Northern), 6. Tom Duffy (Northern), 7. Tom Weaver (south coast), 8. Felix Faatili (Met North), 9. Blake Mozer (south coast), 10. Jack Cullen (south coast). 11. Ryan Foran (south coast), 12. Kuli Finefeuiaki (Met West), 13. Luke Jack (Northern). Interchange: Oskar Bryant (Southern), Nathaniel Tangimatataiti (Met East), Jayden Wright (south coast), Herman Tofaeono (south coast), Jye Grey (south coast).
The player of the carnival was PBC’s Deine Mariner.
Special mention should be made of Met West prop DJ Talaepa (Forest Lake SHS) who almost single-handedly dragging his side back into the 14-15 years grand final.
Josh Pratt
The 18-year-old shooter earlier in the year competed at the NQRA Queens Prize Competition, a three day competition over ranges varying from 500m to 900m.
He had some tough competition including previous Queens winners and the current world champion, but he used his skill and calm temperament to overcome and win the A grade competition.
He is still a member of the Natives Rifle Club at Belmont where the club issued this statement following his success.
“Josh’s shooting has gone from strength to strength ... he has not yet found a plateau.....what impresses most is not the upward trajectory of his fine shooting, but the hard work, good humour and steely resolve that has underpinned these results.”
Josh Flook, Mac Grealy, Kalani Thomas
Queensland Reds ushered some exciting new blood into its ranks during its outstanding domestic season.
Downlands College sensation, Mac Grealy, 19, was named in his first Super Rugby squad while Brothers rugby club’s Josh Flook and Ipswich Grammar School old boy and halfback Kalani Thomas were among others to be blooded.
Floyd Aubrey
This prodigenous aboriginal talent from the GPS club was the youngest member of the junior Wallabies squad.
Aubrey, in his first season out of school, also made his Premier rugby debut with the Galloping Greens.
He is an incentive, ball playing fullback with a bright future.
Others with a bright future include these schoolboys who made the Queensland No. 1 side
1. K Golding (south coast), 2. N Herlihy (Cap), 3. T King (Darling Downs), 4. T Twaddell (Met East), 5. S Tualima (Met East), 6. S Sekona (Met East), 7. Flynn Carson (south coast), 8. S Smallacombe (Cap), 9. T Segger (ME), 10. S Howlett (south coast), 11. J Bensen (Met East 12. J Radliffe (south coast), No. 13 G Godwin (Met East), J Bierton (Met East), T Dowling (south coast).
HOCKEY FUTURES
Queensland’s proud hockey future looks in safe hands following the selection of these locals in the national futures squad: Jordan Bliss, Claire Colwell, Hannah Cullum-Sanders, Madeline Kenny, Kyra Livermore, Georgie West, Ryley Bobart, Diarmid Chappell, Zac McCoombes, Zan Wilcox.
HOCKEY
Australian hockey was basking in the glory of a silver medal winning effort by the men’s side at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Those deeds will no doubt inspire the next generation of player, which includes these Queensland rookies who competed in the under 15 representative teams which competed at the state titles.
Boys Cutters: Dylan Belanyi (Toowoomba), Kyle Bullen (Townsville), Ben Eggleton (Mackay), Daniel Evans (Gold Coast), Cody Hale (Brisbane), Luke Helmstedt (Fraser Coast), Brock Hess (Toowoomba), Adrian Leighton (Cairns), Hayden Macready (Toowoomba), Charlie Murphy (Mackay), Finn O’Neill (Townsville), Aston Paganoni (Mackay), Darius Rossow (Rockhampton), Cooper Simpson (Ipswich), Cameron Strickland (Brisbane), Owen Taylor (Fraser Coast).
Boys Sabres: Preston Andrews (Gold Coast), Finlay Bartell (Gold Coast), Luke Bartolo (Mt Isa), Egan Cass (Rockhampton), Cody Fitzpatrick (Gympie), Stanley Hambling (Brisbane)
Rhys Harris (Brisbane), Trey Jelacic (Gold Coast), Ethan Kenny (Bundaberg), Eli Landsberg (Rockhampton) Henry Moore (Brisbane), Luke Morris (Ipswich), Thomas Quine (Brisbane), Philip Scougall (Fraser Coast), Kiran Walpole (Mackay), Finn Williams (Townsville).
Girls Embers: Elke Cooper (Brisbane), Kyra Crick (Fraser Coast), Abbey Croke (Gold Coast), Bless Daly (Brisbane), Samantha Dyson (Brisbane), Eliza Fahy (Tweed), Mackenzie Hale (Brisbane), Caitlyn Halliday (Tweed), Ruby Horsfield (Gold Coast), Charlotte Jones (Gold Coast), Rihanna Newman (Fraser Coast), Ashley Plane (Gold Coast), Lily Punch (Brisbane)
Scarlett Rampton (Fraser Coast), Lainey Walker (Mackay), Dakota Wenzel-Stephan (Ipswich)
Girls Cinders: Aryel Bisseling (Brisbane), Chloe Bourke (Townsville), Leela Christie (Brisbane), Chloe D’hage (Brisbane), Belle Jackson (Sunshine Coast), Aurora Kovacevich (Gold Coast), Grace Lloyd-Jones (Rockhampton), Kiera McDonnell (Fraser Coast), Ruby Price (Brisbane), Kate Roper (Toowoomba), Sarah Smith (Mackay), Stella Suey (Toowoomba), Madison Tolson (Sunshine Coast), Charlie Vidler (Rockhampton), Hailey Warhurst (Toowoomba), Amy Woods (Rockhampton).
The under 18 representative teams were: Mens Squad - Daniel Burge (Toowoomba), Jesse Folpp (Cairns), Quintyn Laskey-Vella (Gold Coast), Beau Milburn (Ipswich), Brock Philip (Townsville), Benjamin Redmond (Fraser Coast), Dominic Anderson (Sunshine Coast), Ryan Bidgood (Toowoomba), Ryley Bobart (Rockhampton), Tom Burgess (Mackay), Cade Coghlan (Cairns), George Evans (Brisbane), Jack Furness (Tweed), Max Goldman (Fraser Coast), Kaleb Mayfield (Mackay), Kyan Murphy (Gold Coast), Josh Nixon (Gold Coast), Dylan Quinlan (Rockhampton), Lachlan Robertson (Brisbane), Darcy Riley (Brisbane), Rhys Stenzel (Ipswich), Ryan Wilcox (Fraser Coast), Archie Cameron (Ipswich), Tom Campbell (Toowoomba), Brock Christensen (Rockhampton), Geoff Crofton (Brisbane), Jack Hawthorne (Toowoomba), Hayden Mellifont (Mackay), Cooper MacKenzie (Rockhampton), Matthew Miles (Mackay), William Powell (Gold Coast), Connor Ring (Brisbane), Daniel Scott (Townsville), Patrick Sheedy (Mackay), Jacob Anderson (Brisbane), Samuel Aitkenhead (Bundaberg), Bailey Charlesworth (Gold Coast), Kurtis Douma (Fraser Coast), Oliver Harding (Toowoomba), Liam Harrold (Tweed), Robert Hawgood (Brisbane), Connor Innis (Tweed), Ashton Jackwitz (Ipswich), Kye Johnston (Townsville), Jack Kearines (Mackay), Brayden Naess (Cairns), Kyle Overlack (Cairns), Ashton Price (Gold Coast), Riley Profke (Ipswich)
Cooper Punch (Brisbane), Jared Robertson (Brisbane), Liam Van Twest (Gold Coast)
Isaac Wales (Bundaberg), Taj Wright (Fraser Coast).
Womens Squad: Tammin Andrews (Gold Coast), Renee Barber (Cairns), Jade Bartholomeusz (Brisbane), Rebecca Bodkin (Sunshine Coast), Peppa Carter (Brisbane), Elise Condon (Brisbane), Xuan Mai Connor (Toowoomba), Meka Crick (Fraser Coast), Chloe Daly (Sunshine Coast), Brooke Davis (Townsville), Lauren Deldot (Brisbane), Grace Dixon (Sunshine Coast), Sophie Edwards (Brisbane), Grace Ella (Tweed), Trinity Ella (Tweed)
Keeley Elston (Mackay), Dannan Findlay (Cairns), Lucy Fitzpatrick (Tweed), Isabella Ford-Garcia (Gold Coast), Charlotte Fowler (Gold Coast), Andie Griffin (Fraser Coast),
Bobby Hamlet (Rockhampton), Jacinta Harris (Mackay), Freya Horton (Brisbane), Amity (Mimi) Humphreys (Brisbane), Madyson Jones (Brisbane), Madeline Kenny (Fraser Coast), Fiona Laybutt (Tweed), Lile Lenaghan (Ipswich), Talytha MacDonald (Cairns), Camryn Mathison (Gold Coast), Ivy Matthews (Gold Coast), Caitlin McKay (Fraser Coast), Ruby McMenamin (Gold Coast), Mia Morris (Tweed), Samantha Neill (Brisbane), Kacey Nguyen (Ipswich), Hayley Petersen (Ipswich), Alexandria Risetto (Brisbane), Claire Seaton (Tweed), Ashleigh Sievers (Cairns), Jamie Surha (Mackay), Libby Surha (Mackay), Sinead Swartz (Brisbane), Annelyse Tevant (Fraser Coast), Vada Thaggard (Fraser Coast), Savannah Trapp (Toowoomba), Zita Varatharajan (Brisbane), Demi Walker (Mackay), Georgina West (Brisbane), Eliza White (Brisbane), Charli Woosnam (Gold Coast).
AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL
Queensland School Sport merit teams were named following the under 12 and under 14 Queensland School State Champs.
The players were - girls 12 years: Isabella Bavage Metropolitan East, Charlie Bucknell Darling Downs, Layla Collins Wide Bay, Sophie Freier Metropolitan North, Cleone Halsall south coast, Kiera Johnston Capricornia, Awhena Kororiko Wide Bay, Mia Misopapas
Metropolitan West, Lilly Moana south coast, Millie Murray Sunshine Coast, Tara Nieass south coast, Indiana Scheffler Metropolitan East, Asia Single south coast, Amelie Smith Metropolitan West, Kiara Tolley Metropolitan East
10-12 years boys: Kai Addinsall south coast, Jude Bannister Sunshine Coast, Elijah Barden Metropolitan East, Max Boothey Metropolitan West, Kingsley Bray Metropolitan East, Jackson Bridge Metropolitan West, Sascha Cleland Sunshine Coast, Tex Copeland Sunshine Coast, Lachlan Ellen Metropolitan East, Connor Faulds Metropolitan West, Joshua Hall south coast, Zavier Kleinschmidt Sunshine Coast, Eli McGrath Metropolitan West, Oliver Morgan Metropolitan North, Taj Murray south coast, Jackson Noble Metropolitan North, Noah Rafter Sunshine Coast, Jasper Rumney Metropolitan North, Addison Stolz Metropolitan West, Kodi Wallace south coast, Xavier Waller Sunshine Coast, Will White Metropolitan East, Archie Wilson Sunshine Coast.
13-15 years girls: Dekota Baron Met West, Zali Bubb Sunshine Coast, Georja Davies south coast, Lauren Davon Peninsula, Jada Delaney Sunshine Coast, Evie Emmett south coast, Tara Harrington south coast, Havana Harris south coast, Zimra Hussein Met North, Alyssa Kennedy Met North, Sunny Lappin south coast, Abi Lunson Met West, Isabella McDonough Sunshine Coast, Nyalli Milne south coast, Ashleigh Moyle Met North, Evy Reeves south coast, Neive Ryan Peninsula, Abby Schumacher south coast, Kaitlyn Smith Met West.
13-15 years boys: Harry Cook Peninsula, Julian Cruice Metropolitan West, Jake Fazldeen Metropolitan East, Mason Field south coast, Ty Fitzgerald Capricornia, Ty Gallop Sunshine Coast, Ryan Gilder Metropolitan West, Finlay Gray south coast, Harrison Grills Sunshine Coast, Max Hudson south coast, Blair Humphreys Sunshine Coast, Maddox Hunt Peninsula, Cooper Hynes south coast, Leonardo Lombard south coast, Max Marsh Capricornia, Sam Marshall Metropolitan West, Fergus McFadyen Metropolitan North, Jai Murray south coast
Lachlan O’Dwyer Metropolitan North.
The Queensland under 17 selectors also named 31 rising stars in its squad. They were Harry Taylor (Morningside), Jack Manly (Wilston Grange), Cody Harrington (Broadbeach), Levi Fyffe (Labrador), Campbell Lake (Labrador), Riley McMillan (Wilston Grange), Jaspa Fletcher (Sherwood), Matthew Hollier (Mt Gravatt), Ravi Schofield (Noosa), Joshua Young (Labrador), Marlin Corbett (Surfers Paradise), Joshua Zanker-Close (Labrador), Bailey Tome (Mt Gravatt),
Cooper Langan (Noosa), Thalayn Ryschka (Morningside), Benjamin McCarthy (Morningside), Jared Eckersley (Broadbeach), Caleb Silva (Maroochydore), Kaleb Baines (Broadbeach), Kye Reynoldson (Broadbeach), Daniel Murtha (Thuringowa), Sam Pettigrew (Wilston Grange), Hunter Moore (Maroochydore), Owen Collins (Sandgate), Bryce Longland (Morningside), Liam McNeill (Moreton Bay), Lawsen Ford (Thuringowa), Taine Dawson (Broadbeach),
Jed Walter (Palm Beach Currumbin), Liam Hude (Morningside), Izak Gejas (Sandgate).
BASEBALL
The Queensland under 16 squad is Beau Allsworth, Mitch Anderson, Billy Barlow, Blake Barlow, Jake Calver, Connor Dunsdon, Damien Feagaiga, Lui Griffiths, Jett Grimmond, Ethan Holland, Oscar Hyde, Luke Johnson, Charlie Jones, Rod Komene, Parker Lovering, Josh Marshall, Jock Millar, Genki Nishimura, Zane Overlack, Josh Paolo, Charlie Pietsch, Will Polidano, Reed Cooper, Jaeden Robertson, Raul Romero, Tyler Sakzewski, Zac Smith, Hayden Sommerville, Max Strickland, Kent Ward, Remmington Watson, Joel Whitson, Sam Wilson.
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