Bella Pasquali further enhanced her growing reputation by winning gold at the Victorian All Schools Track and Field Championships in Melbourne yesterday.
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The 16-year-old, from Wangaratta, blew the rest of the field away to win the under-17 women's 400m final in a time of 57.15 seconds.
Pasquali quickly made up ground down the back straight at Lakeside Stadium and hit the front with just over 100m to go, with no-one able to get close to her.
The Galen Catholic College student now turns her attention to the Australian All Schools Championships which take place in Adelaide from December 9-11.
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"I'm really pleased," Pasquali said after the race.
"It was a very windy race; for the first 150-200 metres there was so much headwind, so by the final straight I was a bit dead but I had the tailwind which helped me through.
"I think you can always do better but that was pretty good considering the conditions out there."
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