MONTEGO BAY, St James — Young Jamaican sprinter Dexter Lee will hope to take another step closer to creating history this weekend when he lines up in the boys 100m event at this weekend’s Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association’s (JAAA) National Junior Trials to be held at GC Foster, Saturday and Sunday.

Lee, who became the first Jamaican male sprinter to win a global 100m gold medal when he took the IAAF World Youth Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, in 2007, added to his legacy a year later when he became the fourth man in history to win consecutive WYC and World Junior Championship gold in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Later this summer in Moncton, Canada, Lee — who turned 19 in January — will seek to become the first male to win consecutive 100m titles at the World Junior level.

So far the former Herbert Morrison High student who skipped his final year at Boys’ Champs to turn professional, appears well on the way as he leads the IAAF performance list with a personal best 10.20 seconds set two weeks ago at a meet in Ostrava.

Lee, who was running as a pro in Europe for the first time, clocked 10.20 twice that day and was third in the event won by Asafa Powell in a world-leading 9.83 seconds, with yet another Jamaican, Lerone Clarke, placing second.

Despite this Lee, whose intention is to run faster and win this weekend, says he does not pay much attention to the rankings, pointing out that in both 2007 and 2008 he was not tipped to do much, yet won when it mattered most.

They youngster owns the top two times (both 10.20) with Korea’s Gook-Young Kim next with 10.23 and American Charles Silmon who ran 10.24 and 10.25 — both at altitude in Albuquerque, New Mexico, next.

Lee, who dominated at the schoolboy level, winning in all three classes at Champs, and also at the CARIFTA Games, says the season so far has been a good one.

“So far things have been good. I’m just trying to stay injury-free and get to the World Juniors,” he said.

Lee, who has been in the island since last week and is training with his high school coach Claude Grant in Montego Bay, told the Observer last week he was happy to be making progress and his time in Ostrava was pleasing.

“It felt good to run my PR, but I still felt I could go faster,” he said, adding that he had “fond memories there” as that was where he won his first global gold medal.

Then season has not been completely smooth, however, as a week after Ostrava he could only manage a pedestrian 10.48 in the 100m heats at the Hengelo Invitational in Holland.

“It was very cold and raining and I did not warm up properly or as much as I wanted to,” Lee explained.

This weekend, however, he says all precaution will be taken to ensure there are no slip-ups as he and new coach Anthony Carpenter in Atlanta, Georgia, have been working hard all season.

“The goal is to run faster than the 10.20 seconds this year,” he told the Observer, adding that while “winning is the primary aim… running fast times is also on the agenda.”