It was another summer of success for Elias Kahsay.
After a successful season the year before with Sunbury Little Athletics, Kahsay looked to progress and run faster.
He won a second straight 800-metre title at the Little Athletics Victoria State Championships, this year taking out the under-14 title.
As well as competing in the 800 metres, he added the 1500 metres to his program and finished second in the Little Athletic State Championships 1500 metres, taking almost five seconds off his personal best time.
“For me, this year was just trying it out to see how fast I can run the 1500 metres, so I didn’t really know what to expect,” he said. “But since I got a good time, I’m going to start working on it.”
He also won a second straight 800 metre title at the Athletics Victoria State Championships. Representing Keilor
St Bernards and competing in the under-15 boys, he won in a personal best time of 2:07.38.
Kahsay said he thought this season was better than previous years as he was running quicker and that it was amazing to win back-to-back state titles.
On top of his state achievements, Kahsay competed at a second straight national championships.
Hoping to make an 800-metre final for a second straight year, he finished 12th, missing out on the final.
“It was an amazing experience once again,” he said. “But I realised that I really need to work a lot harder to get to the top level by increasing my training program.”
Tara Murray
