At Queensland's state championship, he ran 20.05 – which is the fastest in the world this year by eight hundredths.
But it could have been more for the great talent.
For in the final, the 17-year-old ran under 20 seconds for the first time with a time of 19.98. However, due to too strong a tailwind, +3.6 seconds, it does not count as an official record. It still remains the fastest on the distance by an Australian regardless of conditions, and the sixth fastest regardless of conditions by a sprinter under 20 years old.
I'm glad, shocked, and feel that a weight has fallen off my shoulders, he says to 7News Australia.
The valid time, 20.05, is a hundredth from the sprint phenomenon's personal best. A sprint phenomenon who is compared by many to Usain Bolt, whose best time at the same age was 19.93.
It feels awesome because I've watched Usain Bolt over the years and gotten goosebumps. And to be able to give goosebumps to people in the future would be awesome, says the 17-year-old.
Jamaican Usain Bolt holds the world record on the distance, 19.19, from the World Championship in Berlin 2009.
