KURRAJONG-Bilpin Little Athletics Club’s Darcy Bell did his club proud at the State Road Walking Championships on July 10.
Bell, competing in his first championships, took out a bronze medal in the under-10 boys 1200-metre walk.
Bell has only started training for walking this season and finished in just under seven minutes.
Paige Nash finished ninth in the under-10 girls event.
Meanwhile, at the State Cross Country Championships, Caitlyn Ferrier came away with a gold medal.
Ferrier competed with a team of under-16 girls from western Sydney to win a gold medal.
Ferrier also competed as an individual and finished 13th in the under-15 girls four-kilometre run.
Maisie Mitchell finished sixth in the under-seven girls 800-metre run.
It was Mitchell’s first championships and she ran a time of five mintues and 23 seconds.
