Powerhouse sprinter Trae Williams has clocked the fastest 100m by an Australian sprinter in 11 years at the Commonwealth Games track and field trials on the Gold Coast.
Williams, 20, stopped the clock on Friday night at 10.10 seconds - the slickest time by an Australian since Josh Ross ran 10.08 at the 2007 national titles.
The muscle-bound Queenslander, nicknamed Quadzilla, stripped 11 hundredths of a second off his personal best, set 24 hours earlier in the heats.
It earned Williams automatic selection in the Australian team for the Commonwealth Games where he's set to square off against 2011 world champ Yohan Blake from Jamaica and Canadian Andre de Grasse, who won three medals at the Rio Olympics.
Second-placed Rohan Browning (10.20) is also likely to get the nod from selectors to run the individual 100m at the April 4-15 Games.
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But it was a horror night for Jack Hale, who suffered a leg injury midway through the race and failed to finish.
"I ran an awesome race," said Williams, who moved to fourth spot on the Australian all-time list behind Patrick Johnson, Matt Shirvington and Ross.
"Everything felt good and I'm stoked.
"The other guys pushed me towards the line.
"I probably couldn't have run as fast as I did if they weren't there.
"I knew I had it in me - I just had to execute everything right.
"I knew I had a 10.10 in me; just to get it and run the A qualifier was awesome."
Teenager Riley Day won the women's 100m, but the time of 11.56 wasn't quick enough to gain her an individual spot in the Commonwealth Games squad.
National record holder Melissa Breen withdrew after the heats.
Versatile duo Celia Sullohern and Madeline Hills finished one-two in the women's 5000m at Carrara Stadium.
Sullohern clocked a winning 15 minutes 34.42 seconds, having also been automatically selected to run the 10,000m at the Games after winning the national title in December at the Zatopek meet in Melbourne.
Sullohern, 25, has juggled track and field and triathlon in recent years.
Hills was second in 15:35.50.
She recorded top-10 finishes in the 3000m steeplechase and the 5000m at the 2016 Rio Olympics, both in personal best times.
Emmanuel Fakiye will be Australia's first entrant in the Commonwealth Games men's triple jump since 2006 after ending Alywn Jones' six-year winning streak on Friday at the national titles.
The 21-year-old won with a best jump of 16.08m ahead of Jones (15.99m) and Shemaiah Jones (15.92m).
