Ontario sprinter becomes Canada’s fastest-ever high schooler – Canadian Running Magazine
Ontario sprinter becomes Canada’s fastest-ever high schooler – Canadian Running Magazine
Canada has produced its share of sprinting stars, but its fastest high schooler hasn’t even finished Grade 11.
Over the weekend at the 2025 Ontario high school track and field championships (OFSAA), Wyatt Lee of Frontenac Secondary School in Kingston, Ont., clocked 10.38 seconds in the senior boys’ 100m final to become the fastest high school sprinter in Canadian history.
In doing so, Lee broke a 31-year-old Canadian interscholastic record of 10.41 seconds set by 1996 Olympic gold medallist Carlton Chambers.
Lee also lowered his own Canadian U18 national record of 10.42, which he had set a week earlier.
(Both times are pending ratification by Athletics Canada.)
OFSAA marked the third time Lee has broken the U18 national 100m record this season.
He first dipped under the previous mark of 10.46 (set by three-time Olympic medallist Aaron Brown in 2009) with a 10.44 run at a meet in New York City in early May.
Lee is ranked third in the world among U18 sprinters.
The Grade 11 sprinter won the senior boys’ OFSAA 100m final by a commanding three-tenths of a second—a large margin for the event. And his dominance didn’t stop there.
The following day, he added another gold medal in the 200m, clocking a personal best of 21.07 in the prelims and 21.09 in the final.
Lee’s rise has been meteoric. Just over a year ago, in May 2024, he made his high school debut in the 100m with a time of 11.51. In 12 months, he has shaved more than a full second off that mark.
His historic rise has even caught the attention of Canadian sprint legends Brown, Donovan Bailey and Andre De Grasse.
De Grasse attended OFSAA on Saturday to provide commentary and witness Lee’s 200m final race firsthand.
Like Canada’s seven-time Olympic medallist, Lee’s sprinting talents were also recognized at a high school track meet.
He joined Toronto’s Flying Angels sprint program before the 2025 season and has continued to improve, dropping his 60m best to 6.71 and his 100m best to 10.38.
With one year of high school left, who knows how much faster Lee will go—but for now, Canada’s fastest high schooler is an unbeatable gym class nickname.
