World U20 silver medallists Gout Gout and Izobelle Louison-Roe have been named on Australia’s team for the World Athletics U20 Championships Oregon 26 on 5-9 August.
With 75 athletes selected, it is set to be Australia’s biggest team in the history of the global U20 event.
Gout secured 200m silver in Lima in 2024 and has gone on to become a world U20 record-breaker in the discipline, clocking 19.67 in Sydney in April.
The 18-year-old is entered for the 200m and the 4x400m in Oregon.
“I’m really excited to get out there at World Athletics U20s in Eugene, Oregon,” Gout told Australian Athletics.
“I know it’s a great stadium and place to run fast, and I feel confident I’ll be ready to step up and make Australia proud. I’ll be competing in the 200m but I’m also excited to join in the 4x400m on the last day.”
Louison-Roe also claimed silver in Lima, in the high jump. The 18-year-old, who cleared a PB of 1.95m in January and matched that mark in March, is entered for both the high jump and the triple jump and will decide which event she will contest closer to the competition.
Mason McGroder claimed long jump bronze in Lima and the 17-year-old also returns to the global stage.
Isaac Beacroft is another major medallist on the team. The 18-year-old won the U20 10km race walk at the World Race Walking Team Championships in Antalya in 2024 and finished second in this year’s event in Brasília. He also has experience of competing at the World U20 Championships as he finished fourth in the 10,000m race walk in Lima two years ago. In Oregon he will contest the 5000m race walk.
Australian team for Oregon:
WOMEN
100m: Zara Hagan, Maya Taber
200m: Zara Hagan, Amaya Mearns
400m: Alice Hill, Shari Hurdman
800m: Ivy Boothroyd, Emma Fryga
1500m: Mia Gray, Milla Roberts
3000m: Imogen Baker, Eliza Lawton
5000m: Imogen Baker, Libby Mantay
3000m steeplechase: Helena Butler, Tessa Ebert
100m hurdles: Jamison Harding, Tammin Lampret
400m hurdles: Shakira Harding, Maiya Hewitt
5000m race walk: Sophie Polkinghorne, Zoe Woods
High jump: Izobelle Louison-Roe
Pole vault: Jamison Harding, Rangi Khushnoor
Long jump: Geena Davy
Triple jump: Izobelle Louison-Roe
Shot put: Manaia Coulter, Lauren Kelly
Discus: Riley-Jay Henry-Purcell, Chelsy Wayne
Heptathlon: Bailey Van Den Broek, Isabella Wing
4x100m: Grace Crowe, Mackenzie Estlick, Zara Hagan, Amaya Mearns, Leah O’Brien, Thewbelle Philp, Emilia Reed, Maya Taber
4x400m: Samara Bond, Alice Hill, Shari Hurdman, Naomi Krajancic, Xanthee Watts, Charlotte McAuliffe
MEN
100m: Uwezo Lubenda, Zavier Peacock
200m: Gout Gout, Zavier Peacock
400m: Chase Grant, Seth Kennedy
800m: Harry Halleen, Daniel Williams
1500m: Alexander Cameron-Smith, Kieran Shepherd
3000m: Charles Barrett, Matthew McLachlan
5000m: Charles Barrett, Lucas Chis
3000m steeplechase: Jonathan Neethling
110m hurdles: Oliver Facer, Harrison Purcell
400m hurdles: Will Tait, Ethan Williams
5000m race walk: Isaac Beacroft, Owen Toyne
Long jump: Mason McGroder, Luke Vrataric
Triple jump: Lian Anagnostopoulos, Daniel Okerenyang
Discus: Elijah Wilson
Hammer: Connor Hopgood, Xavier Leauma
Decathlon: Xavier Davie, Wyatt Hill
4x100m: Paul Ehioghae, Kelechi Ekwomadu, Dylan Hall, Josiah John, Hugh Kabengele, Uwezo Lubenda, Zavier Peacock
4x400m: Gout Gout, Chase Grant, Fred Hamblin, Seth Kennedy, Dashiell Muir, Dylan Ruming, Terrell Thorne