Youth championships kick off in France

NSWIS athletes are strongly poised after day one of the 2011 IAAF Youth Championships in Lille, France, with Jake Stein leading the way in the men’s octathlon.

Stein recorded personal bests in the men’s long jump, 400m and shot put to post 3296 points after the first day. It was almost a clean sweep of personal best results, however the youngster missed out recording a new personal best in the men’s 100m by a mere 0.01 seconds.

Stein’s fellow NSWIS athlete Filoi Aokuso finished eighth in the women’s shot put with a throw of 13.68 metres.