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thriving on.

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“I always go into a competition thinking that the girls are always going to jump their personal bests. By me thinking that it also pushes me a little bit harder and higher as well,” she said after the Sydney Track Classic.

“It was a phenonmenal competition – I think that there are five of us now who have qualifiers. It is going to be a great trial.”

Global high jumping is dominantated by Eastern Europeans, none of whom contest the Commonwealth Games. So for Price the goal of winning her Xth national title is no anywhere as alluring as the real possibility of Commonwealth gold for the Wollongong based athlete. She was ranked second in the Commonwealth last year behind Spencer Lavern from St Lucia, who cleared 1.95m. It is little wonder then that the same mark is one of her primary goals.

“The first goal is 1.95m,” she said before lowering her voice to an almost hushed tone. “The goal after that... it’s a secret.”

AMY PEJKOVIC AGE: 17

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