Little Athletics Australia would like to congratulate former Little Athlete Melissa Breen on her incredible new 100m record.

The Canberra sprinter rewrote the record books with an incredible run of 11.11 seconds in the heats of the women’s 100 metres at the ACT championships on Sunday.

It was the fastest time by an Australian woman in 20 years, beating the long-standing mark of former Little Athlete Melinda Gainsford-Taylor of 11.12 seconds set in 1994.

Barely two hours later, Breen backed up her dazzling performance with an equally impressive showing in the final, stopping the clock in 11.15 to beat London Olympic Games gold medallist Sally Pearson (11.27) for the first time in 30 meetings between the pair.

She now has two A-qualifiers for this year’s Commonwealth Games and will be aiming for the national titles in April.

Getting under the elusive 11-second barrier is the next milestone on her radar.

We are looking forward to seeing what Melissa will do next!