Wanganui kayakers Max Brown and Aiden Nossiter have completed their campaign on Penrith's Nepean River outside of the medals this week.
The 17-year-olds were competing for New Zealand at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival. Making the final of the Canoe/Kayak Sprint K2 1000m, the pair finished sixth with a time of three minutes, 43.80 seconds.
Their countrymen Jarrod Fitzgerald (17, Gisborne) and Zac Quickenden (18, Christchurch) took silver, while the Australian crew were the clear gold medal winners with a time of 3:25.02.
In the K1 1000m, Nossiter again made the final and finished seventh with a time of 3:54.98.
Quickenden took bronze. His Wanganui coach, Brian Scott, said gold medallist Bill Bain (Australia) was the world marathon champion in 2011 and his time of 3:39.45 would have been good enough to win an open senior event.