At the Little Athletics NSW State Championships held at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre in March four talented athletes were announced as McDonald’s scholarship winners and presented with $500.

A total of four scholarships are awarded each year:

One for an athlete from Regions 1 & 2

One for an athlete from Regions 3 & 4

Two for athletes from within the Sydney Metroploitan area

To be eligible for the scholarship program athletes had to be of a State Championship standard and be in the U13 age group or above - Zone Co-ordinators from each of the 23 Zones are asked to nominate one candidate to LANSW. Ashlyn Blackstock was nominated by Lake Macquarie Zone and was awarded the scholarship for Regions 1 & 2.

When asked how she felt about the scholarship win she said “It felt good to be named a finalist, just nominated really, and be there with some really talented athletes. The win was unexpected and cool.”

Congratulations Ashlyn!