A 16-year-old schoolboy who broke a host of sprint records to claim the title of Tasmania's fastest runner has set his sights on Olympic gold.

St Virgil's student Jack Hale broke the Tasmanian men's open 100 metres record and four underage records at an interschool meet at Hobart's Domain.

His time of 10:44 seconds also smashed the Australian under-18 record.

Until recently he was a long jump specialist, but he has now set his sights high in the sprinting arena.

"At the moment I'm not extremely serious about it, but in the future if I keep improving I'll definitely want to take it to the Olympics with a gold medal," he said.

His secret? Box jumps, he said.

"I've started doing them about three months ago and I've been doing them three times a week, weighted box jumps I think they have really helped me," he said.

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"Also, I've stopped doing heavy weights training and stuck to a bit of power exercises."

Athletics Tasmania's Brian Rowe described the teenager's performance as sensational.

"A young fellow, 16-year-old, comes out of the winter, does a bit of winter training for the first time, already very talented, and is more than capable, although 10:44 is a bit beyond what everyone was expecting," he said.

"To achieve that so early in the season, at what many would say were the school sports, is absolutely astounding, and an outstanding performance by a young man who has only been known as a long jumper.

"All the interschool carnivals here are permit meets and today's meet was run with fully electronic timing with a fully accredited national official with a wind gauge in operation."

Mr Rowe said Hale was part of a new crop of talent, some of whom recently returned from the world junior championships in Oregon.

He said the Tasmanian Institute of Sport had supported young athletes who were able to access training tracks around the clock.

"We've got a really talented group of young sprinters at the moment and these things are cyclical, but... if you are talented here you've really got the springboard to go ahead," Mr Rowe added.