It was all about the experience for Port Macquarie's Lleyton Wall.

The 17-year-old had his first taste of overseas competition after qualifying with three top 10 finishes in Australia throughout the year.

Wall competed against 90 other under-19 athletes from across 14 countries aiming to improve on his 26^th place finish which he achieved in his first ITU race at the Oceania Championships.

"They take your three best results over a six month period so it's up to you how many you go in; you can go in as many or as few as you'd like," the teenager said before he departed.

"I chose the closer races to home because there's not as much travel; I went to Canberra, Gold Coast and then Kurnell and Forster."

Wall won in Forster before a second-place finish in Kurnell was followed with a third in Canberra and eighth on the Gold Coast.

"There was a lot of people in the one at the Gold Coast because it was worth double points," he said.

"Representing my country was never anything I dreamed of, but I started four years ago as something different to swimming and I got on a bike and liked it and continued."

Port Macquarie Triathlon Club president Andrew Lister said it was encouraging for the club to have one of their own competing on the world stage.

"The really exciting thing about someone Lleyton's age is that he is doing this sort of distance which feeds into potential Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games selection in a few years time," he said.

"Doing this well and competing at this age means there's a big ceiling there.

"It's the best of the best territory in that age group, so Lleyton will see potential opponents he might come up against if he's looking at Commonwealth Games in the future or even going into the pro ranks."

Wall could become at least the third junior from the Port Macquarie club to pursue a pro career once he finishes school.

"Harry Jones is a pro at the moment and we've had Sam Lewis in the past so that's could be something Lleyton will think about in the next year or two," Lister said.

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