MORNINGTON student Geena Davy has jumped her way to a gold medal at the Oceania Athletics Championships in Fiji. The 17-year-old, who attends Balcombe Grammar School, has now been crowned the under 18 Oceania long jump champion.Geena had to overcome challenging conditions and ill health to triumph over Adelaide’s Lilly Smart, coming out on top with a jump of 5.95 metres. “At this level of competition, there are no easy jumps,” said Geena’s coach Jason Hodson. “There was just a few centimetres separating the top competitors and each athlete had to push the boundaries to get the best results in…
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MORNINGTON teenager Geena Davy won the under-18 women’s long jump championships with a 6.11 metre jump at the Australian Athletics Championships in Adelaide in April. It was a consecutive win for the 17-year-old Balcombe Grammar School VCE student who won the under-17 event in Brisbane last year and has been competing in athletics since she was 10.The Mornington Peninsula Athletics Club member has been winning medals at a national level since she was 13 and juggles her year 12 studies with three track sessions a week, and gym, daily stretching and recovery sessions.This schedule saw her fly in and out…