Australia’s premier school-aged athletes are primed for the penultimate day of the 2025 Chemist Warehouse Australian Athletics All Schools Championships, ready and raring to put the record books on notice as the road to the national podium heats up at Lakeside Stadium.
On the track, the middle-distance action will be led by rising talent Emma Fryga (QLD) who toes the line for her favoured two-lap event in the Under 17 Girls 800m, entering with a 2:03.37 personal best at the age of 16.
The Queenslander is no stranger to front-running and will be confident in dictating the race on her own terms, while Nathaniel Clarke (NSW) is a name to watch in the Under 18 Boys 800m with a 1:51.26 best – knocking on the door of the 1:50.00 qualifying standard for the 2026 World Athletics Under 20 Championships to be held in Eugene, Oregon.
A number of stars will take flight as Jamison Harding (VIC) brings 4.10m credentials to the Under 17 Girls Pole Vault to lead the field by almost one metre, while Karla Boras (VIC) returns from last night’s Under 18 Girls Triple Jump triumph to chase a golden double in the long jump.
One of the most competitive Para-athletics events of the championships will arrive in the form of the Under 20 Para Girls 200m, where four World Para Athletics Championships representatives will take to the track in Telaya Blacksmith (NSW), Kirra Wright (VIC), Briseis Brittain (NT) and Layla Sharp (NSW) – with the winner to be determined via the BASELINE system for multi-class events.
A host of sprinters will return for the second leg of the sprint double after Uwezo Lubenda (NQ) and Maya Taber (NSW) were crowned Australia’s fastest schoolboy and schoolgirl over 100m yesterday, hoping to finish the job in the 200m events in the Under 17 ranks along with Under 18 champion Zavier Peacock (NSW).
The long jump runway will see Chloe Munro (QLD) assert her presence in the Under 17 event as the only female at the championships to have jumped over six metres in legal conditions with her 6.05m personal best, while Luca De Burnay Thompson (NSW) looms as the man to beat in the Under 18 Boys contest as a sharp improver at 7.17m.
A pair of standout athletes in the 400m hurdles events will close out the day as Maiya Hewitt (NSW) prepares to fire in the Under 17 Girls showdown, approaching the contest as a sub-60 second performer at 59.28-seconds, while local talent Miller Smith (VIC) has posted the fastest seed time at 52.50-seconds for the Under 18 Boys.
Day Three of the Chemist Warehouse Australian Athletics All Schools Championships begins today at 9am AEDT and can be watched live from 10am AEDT via the Sideline Sport Platform.
By Lachlan Moorhouse, Australian Athletics
Posted 6/12/2025
