sentences:  The efforts of Norman and Preston paid off, as several women's athletics clubs formed in WA, resulting in the state sending a women's team for the first time to the 1937 National Athletics Championships in Melbourne.Norman's performance in Melbourne qualified her to compete in the 1938 British Empire Games, to be held in Sydney.Norman was the first Australian to win a gold medal in Sydney, with an 11.1 second time in the 100 yard sprint.