Blayney High School student Thomas Dale has never been outside of Australia, but in June the 16-year-old will be heading to Canada for 19 days to compete against a swathe of international athletes just like him.
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Following in the footsteps of fellow Blayney Little Athletics star Cleo Dickie, the medium to long distance runner is keen to take on his competition.
“I race in events like the 800 metres to three kilometre races and Cleo said that it’s a pretty good competition,” he said.
What I’m really looking forward to is racing against other athletes that are at a similar level as me.
- Thomas Dale
Selected from state athletics and combined high school competitions, Thomas is pumped more about the competition than he is the sight-seeing.
“We get to tour around the US before going to Canada and seeing a few sites, but what I’m really looking forward to is racing against other athletes that are at a similar level as me,” he said.
To help fund the trip to Canada, Blayney Little Athletics will be holding a trivia night on Saturday May 5 at the Blayney Community Centre. Contact Julie on 0423 097 851 to book a table.
Mark Logan
Started working in newspapers in the 1990's in the darkroom of the Pastoral Times in Deniliquin before moving to Millthorpe in 2003. Soon after arriving I started as a photographer at the CWD. Now a journalist at the Blayney Chronicle.
Started working in newspapers in the 1990's in the darkroom of the Pastoral Times in Deniliquin before moving to Millthorpe in 2003. Soon after arriving I started as a photographer at the CWD. Now a journalist at the Blayney Chronicle.
