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04 at hl e t ic s making tracks
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Nicholas hough
17-year-old Nicholas Hough has had a whirlwind couple of months , winning Australia ’ s first gold medal in athletics at the Youth Olympics in Singapore and demonstrating that he is half a second faster than the quickest men in rugby league at the Athletic All Stars meet . The Kings School athlete set a new NSW U18 record of 13.37 seconds in the 110m hurdles ( 91cm heigh ) at the Youth Olympics and ran 10.62 seconds – one hundredth of a second short of his personal best – in the 100m at the Athletic All Stars . Football ’ s fastest man could only run 11.10 seconds . tessa craig
Diminutive Sandringham Athletics Club member Tessa Craig is a promising distance runner . The Haileybury College student recently won her first Australian title , taking out the national U18 cross country championship in Brisbane , having finished second last year .