For a number of the state’s elite junior athletes, waking up at 6am for his or her HSC consequence was a sleep-in.
“Through the HSC I continued to coach 5 days every week, so I used to be getting up at 4.30am each day to go to the health club earlier than faculty,” mentioned Chloe Holmes, a Healthcote Excessive Faculty graduate who’s a part of the Jillaroos under-18s growth squad.
Underneath-18s nationwide hockey participant Chloe Holmes will examine criminology as she works in direction of the 2032 Olympic Video games in Brisbane.
Wenona pupil Lily Dunn, 18, a nationwide junior water polo participant, was additionally up earlier than 6am for her outcomes.“It’s simply physique clock. It’s not by selection,” she laughed.
The pair, each on scholarship with the NSW Institute of Sport, have balanced elite sport with examine of their HSC 12 months, taking durations of day off faculty to coach and compete interstate. The expertise has been difficult, but in addition taught classes of resilience.
After coaching with the Australian under-20s group, Dunn acquired the decision that she wouldn’t be on the aspect throughout her trial exams.
“I used to be the final individual dropped. It was actually arduous throughout my exams: you place in lots of of hours of labor [and] you miss a lot faculty,” she mentioned.
Dunn is now again on the squad and dealing in direction of the subsequent under-20s world championships in 2025.
With 4 89s and one 85 in her topics, she expects to enrol in a double diploma combining a Bachelor of Enterprise with a Bachelor of Sports activities and Train Science at UTS, though her dream is a profession in paramedicine.
“However it’s arduous to do this whereas doing sport as a result of it’s shift work,” she mentioned.
Holmes shall be enrolling in a Bachelor of Criminology and Felony Justice at ACU North Sydney, whereas hoping to proceed her journey on the nationwide hockey aspect.
“I’m actually specializing in the 2032 Brisbane Olympics,” she mentioned.