Oceania athletics championships: NSW U18, U20 stars earmarked for success, full Australian team list

There are rising stars, brothers and sisters and a rugby league playing young gun heading to the Oceania championships in June. The teens from NSW earmarked for athletics success.

Sydney sprinters Aleksandra Stoilova, Gabriella Taylor, Sebastian Sultana and Rashid Kabba are on a fast-track to success after all making the cut for the Australian U18 team to race at the upcoming Oceania championships in Queensland.

The quartet have been named for the 100m racing with fellow U18 NSW athletes Emma Lee, Taylor and Sultana selected for 200m events.

Rashid Kabba from the Holroyd Club after taking the U17 110m hurdles at the NSW Little Athletics.

Pymble’s Connor Bond has been chosen for 100m and 200m duties and relays in the U20 team with fellow NSW athlete Olivia Inkster cracking the 200m. The majority of their sprinting teammates hail form Queenslander.

Bond’s little sister Sienna has also made the U18 team for long jump and triple jump with his good mates Jasmin and Bella Guthrie also in the U20 Australian team for the Oceania titles and slated to race an assortment of events.

Uchena Egbu from the Canterbury club in action at the NSW Little Athletics State Championships.

Australian and NSW junior decathlon champion Uchena Egbu, who stands 194cm and also plays football and basketball, has also been named.

The NSW guns are among 200 juniors named to represent Australia at the Oceania athletics championships.

Many will use the championships as vital racing ahead of the world U20 championships in Colombia including Mitchell Lightfoot and Haley Kitching.

The Oceania Championships are being held in Mackay, Queensland, from June 7-11.

Allegra McGivern from Tamarama at the NSW championships.

Australian U18 Oceania championships team

100m: Aleksandra Stoilova N Olivia Dodds Q Gabriella Taylor N Sebastian Sultana N Rashid Kabba N Toshi Butlin Q

200m: Emma Lee N Olivia Dodds Q Gabrielle Taylor N Sebastian Sultana N Toshi Butlin Q Max Berry A

4x100: Aleksandra Stoilova N Olivia Dodds Q Gabriella Taylor N Emma Lee N Talarah Henseleit Q Sebastian Sultana N Rashid Kabba N Toshi Butlin Q Frankleen Newah-Jarfoi V Max Berry A

400m: Paige Campbell N Alesha Bennetts N Jemma Pollard N Luke Gough V Caleb Kilpatrick V Jett Grundy Q

4x400m Relays: Paige Campbell N Alesha Bennetts N Jemma Pollard N Ivy Boothroyd N Luke Gough V Caleb Kilpatrick V Jett Grundy Q Samuel Elvey V

NSW All Schools Championship competitor Emily Malakovski from Hoxton Park High School.

800m: Emma BibleQ Jessica McManus S Ivy Boothroyd N Nicolas Rodgers N Jonathan Harris S Wolfgang Cotra-Nemesi V

1500m: Jessica McManus S Ada Rand N Daisy Sudholz V Cameron Myers A Jonathan Harris S Nicolas Rodgers N

3000m: Isabella Harte Q Daisy Sudholz V Ella Rodwell Q Joseph Saunders Q Josh Shanahan Q Alexander Angus V

100mH/110mH: Leilani Hills Q Siena Farrell V Alexandra Richards N Rashid Kabba N Joshua Kalozi A Nathan Taverner Q

400mH: Alesha Bennetts N Leilani Hills Q Siena Farrell V Xander Byrne V Uchena Egbu N Samuel Elvey V

2000mS: Allegra McGivern N Ella Rodwell Q Harriet Lloyd-Jones Q Joseph Saunders Q Tom Millard W Mitchell Rieck Q

5000mW: Alexandra Griffin W Zoe Woods N Nellie Langford S Marcus Wakim V Owen Toyne A Riley Coughlan V

HJ: Tryphena Hewett S Toby Stolberg Q Emily Malakovski N Lachlan O’Keefe V Bradley Carruthers A Jordan Cox Q Leila Barker W Tryphena Hewett S Jack Whiteside W Tom Coghlan V Noah Burns V

LJ: Sienna Bond N Clara Nourdine N Brianna Leung Q Harrison Weil Q Joshua Sullivan V Joshua Kalozi A

TJ: Sienna Bond N Zoe Chester Q Raphaila Idris N Uchena Egbu N Nathan Taverner Q Harrison Weil Q

Some of the young guns representing NSW at the Oceania championships.

SP: Zoe Beith Q Emma Polikowski N Taylor Larsson S Robert Marchesi-Scott W Ben Stevens N Corey Tearle Q

DT: Hannah Edwards Q Charlize Goody Q Zoe Daniels N Ethan Ayodele A Darcy Giddings V Robert Marchesi-Scott W

HT: Jessica Rowe Q Hannah Edwards Q Natasha Lynch Q Samuel Perkins N Logan Sandland V Robert Marchesi-Scott W

JT: Tiani Hogan Q Chloe Kerswell Q Charlize Goody Q Jack Whiteside W Baxter Kitteringham N Lachlan Buckman Q

Hept/Dec: Kayla Newberry Q Siena Farrell V Charlize Goody Q Angus Clues N Valentino Bertucci V Jack Whiteside W

Australian U20 Team for Oceania Championships

100m: Taylah Cruttenden W Hayley Reynolds Q Georgia Harris Q Jai Gordon Q Calab Law Q Connor Bond N

200m: Georgia Harris Q Olivia Inkster N Olivia Matzer Q Connor Bond N Ryan Tarrant V Lachlan Kennedy Q

4x100m Relay: Taylah Cruttenden W Hayley Reynolds Q Georgia Harris Q Olivia Inkster N Torrie Lewis Q Jai Gordon Q Calab Law Q Connor Bond N Ryan Tarrant V Aidan Murphy S Lachlan Kennedy Q

400m: Jasmin Guthrie N Txai Anglin Q Annie Pfeiffer W Thomas Reynolds V Timothy Sanki N Brodie Hicks V

4x400m Relay Jasmin Guthrie N Txai Anglin Q Annie Pfeiffer W Isabella Guthrie N Thomas Reynolds V Timothy Sanki N Brodie Hicks V Gus Simpfendorfer V

800m: Hayley Kitching N Montana Monk N Sayla Donnelley Q Charlie Jeffreson N Luke Boyes N Hayden Todd A

Isabella and Jasmin Guthrie from Mount Ku-ring-gai.

1500m: Nicola Hogg N Hayley Kitching N Lucinda Rourke V Daniel Kelly N Ethan Wyatt-Smith W Mitchel Langborne V

3000m: Nicola Hogg N Lucinda Rourke V Isabella Harte Q Douglas Buckeridge V Logan Janetzki V Hamish Hart N

5000m: Hannah Anderson N Leyla Liakatos N Logan Janetzki V Rhys Hadfield V Ollie Boltz Q

100mH/110mH: Emelia Surch V Georgia Fichardt N Mitchell Lightfoot N Tayleb Willis V James Kotis N

400mH: Isabella Guthrie N Ashley Spencer W Paige Elvey V Thomas Byrne V Kyle Bennett Q Alex Gordon A

3000mS: Laura McKillop Q Allegra McGivern N Abigail Thomas V Flynn Pumpa Q Alexander Kwa T Harvey Cramb Q

5000mW: Olivia Sandery Alanna Peart Elizabeth McMillen Fraser Saunder V Raven Pyda N Riley Whatman N

Katie Gunn from the Central Coast in the U20 Long Jump at the Australian titles.

10,000mW Olivia Sandery S Alanna Peart V Elizabeth McMillen N Fraser Saunder V Raven Pyda N Riley Whatman N

HJ: Sophie Lillicrap Q Alexandra Harrison N Toby Stolberg Q Zane Paterson Q Lochlan Curry V Lachlan O’Keefe V

PV: Georgia Tayler V James Woods V Liam Georgilopoulos Q Andrew Bull V

LJ: Katie Gunn N Abbie French Q Alyssa Lowe N Blake Shaw S Charlie Carroll Q Bailey Culbert V

TJ: Tiana Boras V Zoe Edwards V Alexandra York N Aiden Hinson V Jay Louison-Roe N Kipchumba Langat N

SP: Kaitlyn Coulter N Isabella Hippel T Tahlee Ferguson V Angus Alberts V Etienne Rousseau W Jason Parmaxidis N

DT: Laylani Va’ai Q Kajsa Shield Q Ashlyn Blackstock N Darcy Miller S Etienne Rousseau W Bryce Nolan N

HT: Lara Roberts Q Renee Hardy N Isabella Hippel T Benjamin Roberts Q Damian Wells A Will Higgins N

JT: Mackenzie Mielczarek V Angelina Tignani Q Phobe Marsh Q Haddi El Shorbagy V Luke Stachowicz Q Jack Greaves N

Hept/Dec: Mia Scerri V Emelia Surch V Noah Oliver V Connor Duggan N Will Jarman V