The 2014 winner produced an impressive heat win off the testing mark of 3.75m in the last of 10 heats in Saturday’s first day of the Ballarat Athletic Club Carnival.

Although there were quicker times than his 12.64 seconds, the Yallambie sprinter appeared to have plenty in hand as he overwhelmed his rivals.

He has drawn the first semi-final.

Noddy Angelakos (11.5m) ran the fastest heat-winning time of 12.39.

Ballarat will have three representatives in Sunday’s semi-finals after qualifying with fastest losing times.

Liam Procaccino (7.25m), Shane Woodrow (9.5m) and Rob Lehmann (11.00) will all meet Angelakos in the last of four semi-finals, in which first and second advance to the $12,500 Freight Bar Ballarat Gift final, 120m

How they line up:

SEMI-FINAL 1 – 11.50am

Nathan Riali 3.75

Isaac Dunmall 5.75

Paul Tancredi 6.00

Ryan McNamara 6.75

Jasper Nettefold 7.25

Daniel Steinhauser 8.25

Dale Lyons 9.75

Dean Dobric 10.25

SEMI-FINAL 2 – 11.53am

Khan Marr 3.25

Matthew Hargreaves 6.00

Kevin Brittain 6.65

Matthew Rizzo 7.25

Cam Dunbar 8.00

Rhys Parkinson 9.00

Michael Voumard 9.75

Darren Whittaker 12.00

SEMI-FINAL 3 –  11.56am

Andrew Robinson 4.00

Carle Morehouse 6.25

Daniel Sonsini 7.00

Edward Ware 7.50

Dion Paull 8.25

Steven Blacker 9.25

David Gross 9.50

Lachlan Taylor 10.00

SEMI-FINAL 4 – 11.59am

Luke Houlihan 4.25

Damian Horan 6.50

Liam Procaccino 7.25

Joshua Tiu 8.25

Shane Woodrow 9.50

Matthew Harvey 10.25

Rob Lehmann 11.00

Noddy Angelakos 11.50

HEAT WINNERS

Darren Whittaker (12.00) 12.487

Edward Ware (7.50) 12.832

Josh Tiu (8.25) 12.670

Noddy Angelakos (11.50) 12.392

David Gross (9.50) 12.597

Matthew Harvey (10.25) 12.650

Jasper Nettlefold (7.25) 12.764

Dean Dobric (10.25) 12.525

Ryan McNamara (6.75) 12.645

Nathan Riali (3.75) 12.640