Taste of gold for Isabel

The Year 8 Sacred Heart College student returned to school last term with gold medals in javelin and the 4×100 team relay.

"Just finding out I could qualify was really exciting, at first we decided against it because I didn't think I was up to the standard of everyone else," she said.

"Then my friend convinced me to go for the experience."

Not even bad weather conditions and fierce competition stood in her way.

"I honestly couldn't believe it (winning gold), a lot of the girls were bigger and stronger than me."

"We had a full head wind and it came down to technique in the end."

She threw 34.96m, 3m shy of her personal best.

The Joondalup Little Athletics competitor trains six times a week with dreams of qualifying for the Olympics.

"I am not a very confident person, I usually second guess myself," she said.

"Winning this has opened more doors for the future."

She named her mother and father and Cathy Freeman as her inspiration but has become a role model herself for brother Noah (8) who qualified for the hurdles state championship competition.