ELLY Graf, 24, is having a golden run in athletics and in surf lifesaving club competition.
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The Elouera speedster won her won her fifth open women’s beach sprint title on Saturday at the 2015 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships at North Kirra, Queensland.
She was named in the Australian team on Friday for the IAAF World Relays in the Bahamas next month.
A top-eight place at the World Relays could put Graf on a path to the Rio Olympics and victory in the beach dash has her well on the path to becoming surf lifesaving’s greatest female sprinter.
Title number five drew Graf level with Veronica Lee, of Terrigal, who dominated beach sprinting in the 1990s, as the sport’s most successful sprinter.
“Considering I haven’t been at Aussies for the past two years, I’m very happy with how it went today,” she said.
In the under-19 women’s event, New Zealander Zoe Hobbs (Fitzroy, NZ) finished ahead of Renee Stortenbecker (Elouera) and Kaitlin Mott (Helensburgh-Stanwell Park).
Stortenbecker earned the gold medal being the first Australian home.
Detailed coverage in the Leader Thursday and click here to see highlights and results.
