Jack Hale lights up the track with sizzling 100m time

Tasmania’s Jack Hale has held off New Zealand’s Ed Nketia to win a thrilling men’s 100 metres final at the Sydney Track Classic.

Hale clocked 10.35 seconds in a 1.3 metre tailwind to shade the 17-year-old Nketia in Saturday night’s final at Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre.

It wasn’t Hale’s fastest time of the year, but continued his remarkable 10-race winning streak in 2019.

Hale said it was always going to be tricky making the 10.10 World Championship qualifying time given the windy conditions.

“We’ve put in the work, we had a great off-season and so much work went into it, so it’s nice to see it paying off,” Hale said.

“It’s the top of my mind and top of the list of things I want to do.

“It’s about racing every week and trying to get those good conditions.

“We get so many races a year, we’ll get a good win eventually. Hopefully Perth in three weeks’ time will be the best one.

“If everyone rocks up for that it should be a quick one.”

Meanwhile, Victorian Melissa Duncan won the national women’s 5000 metre final, while Portia Bing set a New Zealand record of 56.04 seconds to win the women’s 400 metres hurdles.

Ryan Gregson won the men’s 1500m, while Jordan Gusman won the 5000m.

with AAP