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TEESSIDE'S star teenage sprinter Richard Kilty has set himself a double record-breaking target in this weekend's North-East Track and Field Championships at Gateshead International Stadium.

The 18-year-old Gateshead Harrier will try to improve his own under-20 100m mark of 10.79 secs, set last year, before going on to challenge the 200m record, which stands at 21.62 secs.

Kilty made his seasonal debut in sensational style this week when he unofficially became the UK's fastest-ever junior 150m runner, clocking 15.8 secs in the opening Start Fitness North-East Athletics League at Jarrow's Monkton Stadium.

The only listed UK under-20 to run quicker than 16 seconds for the rarely-raced distance was World Junior Championships sprint silver-medallist Jason Gardner, who recorded a time of 15.99 secs in 1994 and later went on to win an Olympic relay gold medal.

Gardner's time, however, will remain top of the rankings because there was no wind gauge or electronic timing at the Monkton meeting. Now Kilty must wait until later in the season to try to get into the record books.

Kilty said: "It doesn't bother me too much there was no electronic timing at Monkton - I'm happy with my performance."

Kilty, trained by former Great Britain star Jared Deacon, will be one of nearly 600 athletes at this weekend's meeting.

9:24am Saturday 10th May 2008

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