Torrie Lewis, Ebony Lane, Bree Masters and Ella Connolly break national record in 4x100m and secure Olympic spot for Australia

A team including Australia’s fastest woman, Torrie Lewis, has broken the national record in the 4×100 meters for the second time this year, automatically securing a place at the Olympic Games in Paris.

At the World Relays event in the Bahamas, Ebony Lane, Bree Masters, Ella Connolly and Lewis clocked 42.83 seconds to finish second in their heat behind Germany.

It was the fifth fastest time overall, with the top two in each heat advancing to the final and guaranteeing their places for the Olympic Games in early August.

“I think we all had a lot of confidence in each other, so we said you know what, let’s just relax, we’ve done the work and we’ve done this a million times,” Connolly said.

“Let’s just do this and qualify for the Olympics together.”

The same quartet had indicated they were destined for big things by running 42.94 at the Sydney Track Classic in late March, breaking an Australian standard that had stood for 24 years.

Lewis, 19, is also well placed to contest the individual 100 meters or 200 meters in Paris.

The American women were the fastest in the qualifying round of the Bahamas in 42.21.

The Australian men in the 4×100 meters also managed to claim an automatic Olympic slot in no time on day one of the World Relays.

The young team of Sebastian Sultana, Jacob Despard, Calab Law and Joshua Azzopardi clocked 38.50, but were pipped to second place by Jamaica in a photo finish.