A Year 5 student from Morayfield has returned from Canberra with two national medals after competing at the 2025 School Sport Track and Field National Championships.
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Bella Samson, aged 10 and a student at Carmichael College, represented Queensland at the national competition held in late 2025. She finished second in the 10-12 years girls’ discus and third in the shot put, earning silver and bronze medals for Queensland.
Bella began participating in athletics two years ago. Since then, she has won state titles in both the discus and shot put through Little Athletics Queensland.
At the national championships, Bella competed against other top junior athletes from around Australia and achieved podium finishes in her age category. Her performance contributed to Queensland’s team at the event.
Bella’s participation in the national championships followed her results at the Queensland School Sport state titles in Townsville. There, she recorded a discus throw of 35.18 metres, and she won the shot put with a personal best of 10.32 metres on her final attempt.
In addition to her success in throwing events, Bella has also competed in race walking with Deception Bay Little Athletics, winning at the state level in both the 1100-metre and 2-kilometre race walk events.
Earlier in her athletics involvement, Bella won every event she competed in at her school sports carnival. She collected multiple first-place ribbons and the age champion award at that event, which led to her joining Deception Bay Little Athletics.
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While training with Deception Bay Little Athletics, Bella was noticed by throwing coaches and invited to join a specialised training squad. She continues to compete in shot put, discus and race walk events.
Bella’s medals at the 2025 national championships represent her first national podium finishes in inter-school competition.
Featured image credit: Facebook/Carmichael College
Published 22-December-2025
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