STACKING on an international stage sounds terrifying, but it does not daunt Clyde North’s Molly Hallam.
If anything, she relishes the top-tier competition even more in the rapidly growing sport known as speed stacking.
Squaring off against over 300 competitions from 18 countries around the world, the 12-year-old prodigy Hallam sped through her stack routines and cycles to claim a pair of gold medals in the World Speed Stacking Association’s (WSSA) World Sport Stacking Championships in Joenju, South Korea.
“The competition, being in Asia, was a lot more competitive than last year’s championships in America,” Hallam said.
“The calibre of the stackers was a lot higher I found, than at other worlds.
“I think it’s good, you get better times and the pressure is on a little bit more than when it’s a bit easier.”
Also named captain of the Australian team – known as the Stackaroos – Hallam starred along with team mates Jerome Murillo, Travis Huynh and Lakari Heazlewood to win the timed 363 race and the head-to-head 363 race.
“We did really well our relay team… it’s the best that we’ve ever done overall coming out with two gold medals,” Hallam said.
“In my age group I came out with a fourth place in the 333, sixth place in the 363 and fifth place in the cycle.”
The Stackaroos overturned a very fast Denmark side and beat them two legs to zero in the head to head 363 final.
“We went well we didn’t lose a race in the head to head… unbeaten the whole way through and the relay we came out with a 16.71, so that was great,” Hallam said
“We were really good in the timed relay as well and we came out on top again.”
Hallam also finished sixth overall in the world for female stackers and is the first Australian to have a top 10 finish in the history of the championships. Hallam also won a bronze medal with her father Ty Hallam in the child/parent doubles.
