In the form of his life, sprint star Jack Hale is confident the planets will finally align when he chases the Commonwealth Games 100m qualifying mark in Canberra on Friday.
The 19-year-old Hale has copped a couple of tough breaks in Perth in recent weeks.
Firstly a run of 10.10 seconds, which would have smashed his PB of 10.21 and the Games qualifying standard, was deemed ineligible as the tailwind of 2.1m per second was just outside the legal mark of 2.0.
The following weekend, an officiating error at the WA state championships meant no time was recorded in another win by the Tasmanian which was hand-timed at approximately 10.1.
Rather than dwell on the recent past, a buoyant Hale is looking forward to squaring off against countrymen Josh Clarke, Trae Williams and Rohan Browning and Kiwi Joseph Millar on Friday in Canberra - a field worthy of a national final.
"In the last nine months my training has just gone through the roof," Hale told AAP.
"It's not about luck.
"I'm not interested about coming into events and just hoping for a good wind anymore.
"I'm fit enough to run Commonwealth Games qualifiers with very little or no wind."
Hale reckons there are several runners in the field for Canberra capable of going under 10.15, which bodes well for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in the individual blue-riband sprint and the 4x100m relay.
"It's just the perfect timing," he said.
"We are only three weeks out from nationals and running on potentially the quickest track in Australia with what should be really good, hot conditions.
"You can't not run fast in those conditions against that level of competition."
The heats of the men's 100m are at 1600 (AEDT) on Friday with the final at 2000 and Hale has pledged to go flat-out in both races at the Australian Institute of Sport track.
World and Olympic champion Sally Pearson will square off against Michelle Jenneke and Brianna Beahan in the 100m hurdles on Sunday.
The women's 400m on Friday has a solid field including three-time national champ Morgan Mitchell, Anneliese Rubie and two-time Commonwealth Youth gold medallist Bendere Oboya .
The lineup is even deeper for the men's 800m on Saturday, including Peter Bol, Josh Ralph and Luke Mathews, all of whom have already bettered the Commonwealth Games A standard, along with national record holder Alex Rowe and the ever-green Jeff Riseley.
