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Golden start for WA at Australian Age Championships

Published Mon 10 Apr 2017

Day 1 of the 2017 Australian Age Championships in Adelaide has kicked off with a bang, with the WA athletes claiming 4 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze medals.

15 athletes featured across 7 events on a busy opening day of competition. A high quality of diving was seen throughout the day and sets up a fantastic few more days of competition. A full list of the WA results are below. Congratulations to all athletes on today’s performances.

Yesterday also saw another great result in the State Team Challenge, with Tianna Furness, Sam Tulk and Eloise Miller teaming up to take out 3^rd. This was a fantastic achievement with the team only being able to field 3 of the 4 age groups.

The action continues tomorrow and can be followed live via diverecorder.

Event	Athlete	Result
Mens 19-24 Years 3m	Ben Ward	SILVER – 284.00
Womens 19-24 Years 3m	Kathleen Sullivan	GOLD – 235.40
	Mercedes Carnevali	BRONZE – 229.40
	Emma Lynch	7th – 183.70
Womens 35-49 Years 3m	Melanie McCoy	GOLD – 167.90
Girls 14-15 Years 1m	Caitlin Dunlop	21^st – 208.05
	Abbie Perin	26^th – 197.85
	Olivia Keet	34^th – 165.15
Girls 16-18 Years Platform	Tianna Furness	GOLD – 289.65
	Sally Cream	4^th – 258.40
	Sophie Debenham	8^th – 230.50
Girls 13/U Years Synchro	Sophie Vassileff and Eloise Miller	GOLD – 153.66
Mixed 14-18 Years Synchro	Sophie Debenham and Sam Talk	BRONZE – 162.54
Mixed 14-18 Years Synchro	Caitlin Dunlop and Michael Mayne	7^th – 140.82