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Teen lands sprint double at Australia's Commonwealth trials

Riley Day of Australia carved out a personal best time of 22.93sec to win the 200m

Teenager Riley Day won the sprint double at the Australian Athletics Championships on Sunday to clinch automatic selection in the 200 metres event at the Commonwealth Games. Day, 17, carved out a personal best time of 22.93sec to win the 200m event on the last day of the selection trials for the April 4-15 Gold Coast Games. The youngster is expected to race in the 200m and 4x100m relay at the Commonwealth Games but may need to be a discretionary selection for the 100m because she does not have a qualifying time after winning in 11.56sec. "It's the icing on the cake -- national champion, A-qualifier, a PB (personal best). I couldn't ask for anything more," Day told reporters. "My PB was 23.26 (for the 200m), so it's a fairly big drop for a sprinter. "It's definitely a big competition (the Games) but I have to keep reminding myself I am only 17. I have hopefully a long way to way towards my best." Alex Hartmann grabbed automatic selection for the 200m at the Commonwealth Games after claiming a fourth national title in the event. The win leaves him only one behind the late Peter Norman's record in the event nationally, and his time in the final of 20.57sec landed a Games B-qualification. Hartmann, 24, has a 20.45sec personal best as he eyes Norman's 1968 national record of 20.06. "It's the best run of my life into that headwind," said Hartmann, who will also run in Australia's 4x100m relay team. "That's a massive confidence booster. If the wind would have turned out, the time could have been incredible -- I've said before that Peter Norman's record is something I have my eye on."