Local Athlete Off to Australia
Noella Klawitter, a Carleton Place local, is off and running again this year as she headed to Australia a couple of weeks ago to train and compete.
Klawitter headed to Sydney, Australia last Jan. 6 together with a team of athletes from Canada to get on with training and start competing.
The track athlete has been setting records in her sport last year as a visually impaired runner. As part of the T12 group, Noella Klawitter has established herself in her sport by holding new records for the 80, 100, 200, and 400 meter categories in Canada.
Last year, she traveled to participate in numerous events outside the country. In July, she competed at Colorado Springs, Colorado for the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Pan-American Games where she won 1st place in the 100, 400, and 800m run categories — breaking a national record in the 100m class. And in August last year, she traveled to the Czech Republic to compete in the Czech Open where she gathered two silvers and a bronze.
Noella owns a location both in Carleton Place and Smith Falls, and she has gathered support from family, friends, and staff from each locale. She has also gained support from Perth as well.
To satisfy the interests of the citizens from different communities who follow her pursuits, the track athlete has created a blog which she is dedicated to update every few days. The URL is www.noellarunning.blogspot.com
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