Twelve Central Coast Ninjas have done the region proud at the Ninja World Championships in the USA.
The Championships comprised six events run over five days with some very impressive results from the young Coast athletes.
One of the standouts was Casey McLaren, who came second in the World Ninja Athlete Games (WNAG) Championships, second in the World Ninja League (WNL) Tech Course and fourth overall in the WNL Championships.
Casey also came seventh in the FINA World Finals and ninth in the Ninja World Cup.
Amy Gorton competed in four events and achieved top 10 finishes in them all.
She came third in the Ultimate OCR 3k Championships, fifth in the UNAA World Series Finals, sixth in the FINA World Finals and ninth in the Ninja World Cup.
Hunter Hollingsworth also made the podium with a third place in the FINA World Finals, a sixth in the UNAA World Series Finals and a ninth in the Ultimate OCR 3k Championships.
Ally Rogers was the last Central Coast Ninja to finish on the podium with a third place in the UNAA World Series Finals and eighth in the Ninja World Cup.
Skye Warkotz competed in five events and finished top 10 in all of them, only missing the podium by one spot when she placed fourth in the FINA World Cup.
Skye also came sixth in the Ninja World Cup, WNAG Championships and Ultimate OCR 3k Championships.
Melody O’Donoghue scored a ninth place in the Ninja World Cup and was in the top 20 for two other events.
Oliver Maughan placed 12th in the WNAG Championships and Emilyclaire Bond placed 12th in the Ultimate OCR 3k Championships.
The Coast’s oldest competitor, Shayne Mclaren, 54, had his best result in the FINA World Finals where he placed 20th
Hunter Maughan also saw his best result in the FINA World Finals placing 26th.
Mitchell Townend placed 35th in the UNAA World Series Finals and Spencer O’Donoghue 92nd in the Ninja World Cup.
All athletes train at Obstacle Course Racing School at Tuggerah, run by Season 1 and 2 competitors Michael Gleeson and Gemma Rolfe.
Head coach Gleeson said the athletes had put in a huge amount of training and dedication over the past few months and he looks forward to watching them all represent Australia on the world stage again in the future.
Source:
Obstacle Course Racing School
Congratulations to you all. Amazing efforts and results. 👏👏👏