Holly Campbell never dreamed, when she was running around the family farm at Warren two decades ago, that she would one day be wearing the green-and-gold and representing Australia in cross-country at Tallahassee, Florida in the United States.<\/p>\n
Holly and her twin sister were at that time pursuing shorter distances, at one stage post her HSC, moving to Dubbo to train at Barden Park.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was more of an 800-metre\/1500-metre competitor in those days but, when we moved to Sydney to study, I found myself extending the distance and now it\u2019s 10km for Cross Country.\u201d<\/p>\n
Holly\u2019s invite to America came following recently qualified as the second fastest in Australia at the 2026 World Cross Country Championships Selection Trials at Stromlo Forest Park in Canberra recently.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was such a relief to gain automatic qualification and not be depending on the discretion of selectors,\u201d the young businesswoman smiled with excitement.<\/p>\n
Holly\u2019s twin is now a physiotherapist in Sydney, and her younger sister is a trainee doctor at Dubbo Base so she has \u201cfamily care\u201d to treat any niggles.<\/p>\n
She says this is not the first time she has been selected for the World Champs, with an unfortunately-timed accident cruelling her chances on the big stage.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo years ago, I was in the team to run in Bathurst, but I broke my foot a week out from the event,\u201d Holly recalled. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt would have been special to run out here, but it wasn\u2019t meant to be, so I just reset my goals and now I\u2019m flying off to Florida,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Holly\u2019s training program is a mixture of gym, running, and some hill training.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we were in Warren, our State coaches asked us to fit in some hill training. I said, \u2018have you been to Warren\u2019? Hills certainly are not a part of the landscape!\u201d<\/p>\n
Holly say she is also now more aware of diet and hydration in her regimen.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not a big body, but I know how important it is to have the right nutrition and ensure the organs are fully hydrated so I can maximise my performance.\u201d<\/p>\n
In fact, Holly says while she has worked in the corporate sector and is now with a representative with one of the large fitness brands.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I am looking ahead to maybe studying dietetics,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Holly Campbell joins the likes of Wallaby Ben McCalman, Olympic Rower Jack O\u2019Brien and NRL cult hero Fletcher Hunt, in the Warren Sporting Hall of Fame. <\/p>\n
It is a huge reward for years of intense concentration, the desire to be the best you can be and the fulfillment of a dream hatched on the flat unsealed roads at \u201cMundoole\u201d in Warren.<\/p>\n
Holly, we\u2019ll be watching eagerly in mid-January when you test yourself against the world\u2019s best in Tallahassee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Holly Campbell never dreamed, when she was running around the family farm at Warren two decades ago, that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-83738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}