Complex sentence: She placed 17th in the all-around junior division at her first U.S. National Championships in 1988,and in 1989, at the age of 12, she was sent to Australia to compete in her first international meet, the Konica Grand Prix.
Split into simpler sentences: She placed 17th in the all-around junior division at her first U.S. National Championships in 1988. In 1989, at the age of 12, she was sent to Australia to compete in her first international meet, the Konica Grand Prix.