A true all round sporting star

XAVIER Pitt is one of those rare talents who can shine in virtually any sporting discipline. So it's no surprise that he is well-suited to the multi-discipline challenges of the heptathlon. The Cathedral College year 9 student finished second in the Australian under 16 boys heptathlon which consisted of seven events over two days on March 24 and 25 at Lakeside Stadium, Albert Park. He was Victoria’s sole entrant in the event that includes long jump, high jump, shot put, 100 metre hurdles, 200 metre, 1500 metre and javelin. Pitt won both the javelin and 1500 metre legs, came second in hurdles, and gained two PBs in 100 metre hurdles and 1500 metres. He also climbed back from last position at the start of day two to finish second overall with a PB in Combined Entry points. The rising track star said the result was a reflection of the sheer hard work he had put in on the training track in the lead up to the event and the support from his coach and family. "For the last four to five months I've had my first personal coach in Kilmore for my events," he said. "I was going down almost every day and that was to train for the heptathlon. "The first day of the competitions weren't my strong events, so I was sitting pretty rough coming into day two. "It was good to get my stronger events through because that's what ended up placing me second." Xavier said he started training in athletics when he was six. "I was already playing soccer in the winter, so it was a summer sport to play (athletics)," he said. "That kind of took off and I did training for a few years and got pretty heavily involved into athletic throwing, mainly javelin and discus." Xavier had been ranked number one in Australia for his age for javelin, but was now sitting third and is looking to regain his title at the Sydney Nationals next week. "It's always a bit of pressure that you put on yourself to perform well," he said "But it'll be good to finally get to a national camp after it was cancelled last year. "It will also be good to compete against some of the best athletes in the country." He said while the COVID lockdowns and restrictions had been a "hard pillow to swallow" last year, he still strived to keep himself in shape. "It wasn't too bad I guess, I still got out and trained which was good because I don’t think without that training I would have been throwing what I'm throwing now," he said. While he also still enjoys playing soccer, training and competing for javelin is his favourite activity. "It's one of the events I'm better at and I find it more fun than some of the others," he said. "It would be good to continue (athletics) at least until the end of high school and see what will happen." He plans to focus on decathlons (10 events) as of next year which includes discus and 400 metre events and will also learn pole vault.

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