4th May 2021 3:27 PM
A Lockyer schoolgirl is hot on the heels of Olympic swimming greats having secured two Olympic trial qualifying times.
Jordan Webster, a Year 12 at Lockyer District State High School, will race against the best backstrokers in the country in June as she vies for a position on the Australian Olympic team.
The 17-year-old secured her position in the Olympic Trials with a 1.02.62 swim in the 100m backstroke, and a 2.15.96 in the 200m backstroke at the Queensland School Swimming carnival.
She also came home with a third in the 100m freestyle, second in the 50m freestyle and gold in the 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke and set multiple new Queensland records on the day.
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A Lockyer Valley year 12 student will represent her school at Rockhampton’s Beef Australia after earning a position as an official associate judge.
Yasmin Carley has shown Lockyer District State High School’s Australian lowline cattle for the past year and was selected by the breed society to attend Beef Week.
The 17-year-old, who doesn’t live on a farm, will also compete in the junior judging and junior paraders while at the week-long event. Lockyer District State High School student Yasmin Carley in the cattle show ring. Photo: Contributed
With a passion for cattle and everything animal, Yasmin is eager to showcase her cattle experience while representing the school.
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Have you hired a tradie, had your haircut or even played golf in the past week? It’s highly likely there was an apprentice on the team that assisted you. The
Gatton Star chats with rising apprentices in the Lockyer to find out why they wanted to do their apprenticeships, and what makes them so great.
KASEY BOSEL – LOCKYER AUTOMOTIVE – MECHANIC Lockyer Automotive third-year apprentice Kasey Bosel. PHOTO: Ali Kuchel
An apprentice female mechanic in a male-dominated industry doesn’t mind proving judging eyes wrong – especially when it comes to diagnosing a car problem.
Kasey Bosel is in her third-year mechanic apprenticeship at Lockyer Automotive and is the only woman on the team.
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Subscriber only It wasn t the year that Holly Ilka was expecting, but despite a global pandemic and suffering from post-concussion syndrome, the Lockyer High student achieved all three of her goals. But her dedication to studying and ensuring she enjoyed the year culminated in receiving the 2020 Dux award at Lockyer District State High School. Holly, 17, wanted to take out what she called the trio - school captain, a high ATAR score and a sporting achievement. In 2019, Holly was named the 2019-2020 school captain, she took out age champion cross country at school and received an ATAR of 98.51. Lockyer District High School principal Darren Cook, with high ATAR students Gabrielle Kajewski, Laura Steinhardt, Dux recipient Holly Ilka, Amelie Ryan and deputy principal Tony McCormack (absent Liam Scott and Harrison Stibbard). PHOTO: Ali Kuchel