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Sprint star Rohan Browning has gone within a whisker of becoming just the second Australian to break the magical 10-second barrier with his flying 100m victory in 10.02 seconds at the national titles in Brisbane.
The 25-year-old reckons it's now only a matter of time before he joins countryman Patrick Johnson in the exclusive 10-second club.
For now he will have to settle for clocking the fastest 100m by an Australian on home soil and the third-fastest ever - behind only Johnson's national record of 9.93 set back in 2003 in Japan and his own personal best of 10.01 at the Tokyo Olympics.
"It felt clean, it felt smooth and there's a lot more there," Browning said.
"It's got me hungry for the rest of the year on the international circuit."
It was Browning's best sequence of times at a single meet, having won his opening-round heat in 10.18 and his semi earlier on Saturday at the Queensland Sports and Athletics Centre in 10.17.
"In the past I would have really struggled to have run three rounds," he said.
"I'm a lot more robust now; just a little bit older and more mature.
"I understand my body a lot better and I want to be a threat on the global scene.
"So I've got to go sub-10.
"It's bittersweet today but it's not far off."
Former Stawell Gift winner Dhruv Rodrigues Chico was a distant second in 10.21.
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Matt Denny (63.20m) claimed a sixth national discus title in commanding style, guaranteeing him a spot on the team for the world championships in Budapest in August.
