The Sunshine Coast Triathlon Academy along with it's Gold Sponsor Hybrid Concepts Australia, would like to announce the 2015-16 Junior Scholarship recipients in Jake Hynes and Savannah Wayner. Jake and Savannah have been an integral part of the SCTA / HCAUS junior program in the past season which saw Savannah named in the Australian ITU Junior team for the World Duathlon Championships in Adelaide later this year in October and Jake being named in the Queensland School Triathlon Championships last April.

Jake said "It is extremely humbling and quite daunting to be associated with past recipients of this Scholarship and hope to live up to the objective that lies ahead."

"Receiving this scholarship means a lot to me. Being a part of the SCTA / HCAUS Junior Scholarship tradition and looking forward to the season ahead" said Savannah.

Jake and savannah will follow on from 2014-15 Junior Scholarship recipients Lucy Evans and Will Gersekowski.

Lucy had this to say "Receiving the Sunshine Coast Triathlon Academy (SCTA) / Hybrid Concepts Australia junior scholarship has been a huge help with my junior triathlon racing this past season. The support of all of the fantastic sponsors over the past year has been helpful not only financially but both mentally and physically as well.

Being a senior student in High School is stressful and with the assistance of the scholarship it has taken the pressure off my study and training. It has allowed me to concentrate on my training, racing and study as race entries, places to stay and fantastic products from SCTA/HCAUS were provided for me. The financial support provided by the scholarship was an enormous help as triathlon is not exactly the cheapest sport to do. So, having the support from Head Coach Toby Coote, Jason Brown from Hybrid Concepts Australia and the fantastic sponsors was great to have.

The training is tailored to suit everyone whether you are an ironman, Olympic distance, sprint distance triathlete or you are in the junior series like me. Having a training program which is tailored specifically for everyone and is based around important races is amazing and takes the pressure and stress off the athletes.

The SCTA/HCAUS scholarship isn’t about the fastest, fittest or strongest, it is about the junior who is looking to improve and may even need financial support. If this is you I would most definitely recommend applying for the junior scholarship!