Maribyrnong Sports Academy athletes are set to shine at the coming IAAF World Youth Athletics Championships in Columbia.
Maribyrnong academy track and field stars Amelia Mazza-Downie and Celeste Mucci have been selected to compete for Australia at the peak athletics event in Cali, Columbia, in July.
This trip will top off an amazing year for the girls.
Amelia, a 3000-metre specialist, won the state championships over her distance and a gold medal at the 2014 cross-country national championships. This is the third consecutive year she has won gold at cross-country nationals.
Celeste is a heptathlete, specialising in seven events (100 metres hurdles, high jump, shot-put, 200 metres, long jump, javelin, and 800 metres). She won both the 2014 and 2015 Australian Heptathlon Championships and earlier this year gained automatic selection into the Australian team following an outstanding performance at the Australian Athletics Championships in Brisbane.
Amelia and Celeste also recently travelled to the USA as part of a team from Maribyrnong Sports Academy representing Australia at the Simplot Games.
Simplot Games is the largest high school indoor track and field event in the USA, with about 2000 athletes competing during three days of events.
Amelia had great success winning gold in the 3200 metres.
She was also interviewed by US athletics legend Andre Phillips and delivered a post-race video interview to US College Track and Field website
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Maribyrnong Sports Academy was founded in 2006 with 62 athletes across five sports. That has now expanded to 540 athletes representing 12 sports and the academy runs a strong associate athlete program.
Applications for next year are now open for years 8-12 students.
Closing date is Monday, July 20.
Parent tours are held every Monday, 9.30-10.30am. Register on 9091 8100.
Maribyrnong Sports Academy,
River Street, Maribyrnong.
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