Australia’s champion thrower Alex Hulley could nail a medal at the IAAF World Junior Championships

If ROUSE HILL star Alex Hulley can maintain her career best form, a medal is within reach for Australia’s top hammer thrower at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Australian hammer throwing champion Alex Hulley is aiming for medals at the World Junior Championships. Pictures: Phil Rogers

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If ROUSE HILL star Alex Hulley can maintain her career best form, a medal is within reach for Australia’s top hammer thrower at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

During a competition at Campbelltown last month, the two-time Rouse Hill Times Junior Sports Star winner smashed her own Australian record by nearly two metres, taking it to 65.75m. The qualifying mark for world juniors is 57.50m.

Then during a national training event at Townsville last weekend, Hulley, 18, threw another massive throw of 65.28m, catapulting her into fourth on the world ranking. It was also an all-comers record.

Alex Hulley is the only one to have won the Rouse Hill Times Junior Sports Star award twice.

She has been rated as the “finest junior hammer thrower in Australian history,” by the NSW Institute of Sports and scooped up silver medal at the 2014 Youth Olympics in China with a huge throw of 68.35 metres, just missing the gold.

“I am really happy with where I am at, with everything going to plan,” Hulley said.

“I am throwing the most consistent I have done in a long time with my heavy training sessions in April and May really starting to take impact.”

Alex Hulley is taking one step at a time for the world juniors.

However, the modest Hulley is not getting carried away regarding any world medals, though the former netballer does have a serious chance this time.

“My first job is to get through to the final which is a top 12 from about 50 competitors,” she said.

Alex Hulley celebrates after winning the silver medal at the 2014 Youth Olympics in Janjing, China.

“This will be best field of under 20 throwers in the world so I will need to be at my very best.

“I just need to concentrate on myself and what I can do and not others.

“I would dearly love to medal but this is the best field of under 20 throwers in the world so I will need to be at her very best.”

The winner of the hammer throw at the 2014 world junior championships, Ukraine’s Alyona Shamotina threw 66.05 while the silver medallist Réka Gyuratz of Hungry threw 64.68m and bronze medallist Ilíana Korosídou of Greece had 63.67m.

Rouse Hill's Alex Hulley medalling at the 2014 Youth Olympics.

The world juniors will be held from July 19-24 and Hulley and the team will leave on June 22 for training and competitions in Germany and Poland.

Hulley will compete in Mannheim on June 25 and 26 and then travel to Suwalki, Poland to take on the locals at the Polish Junior Championships from July 1-3.

Hulley will join the Australian team for 10 days of training at the world renowned Olympic Training Preparation Centre at Spala before they all travel to Bydgoszcz on July 14, where the Junior World Champs are held.

Hulley will be cheered on by her family, Matthew, Louise and Gerogie, who try to be there for all her major events.