Breen ran a Commonwealth Games A-qualifier of 11.32 seconds in a low-profile ACT meet at a wet AIS track on Friday night.

Training mate Lauren Wells (nee Boden) also made a strong start to her season, running a B-qualifier 56.95 seconds in her first 400m hurdles since last year's world championships.

Australia's sole female sprint representative at the 2012 London Olympics, Breen now only needs to finish top two at the national championships in March to guarantee her spot for Glasgow. But the 23-year-old has much bigger ambitions, aiming to break her personal best of 11.25 this season, to qualify for the Commonwealth Games final and to push closer to Gainsford-Taylor's milestone 11.12 set in 1994.

''I would love to break the Australian record,'' said Breen, who surprised herself with such a quick time on Friday while in heavy training.

''I remember when I was younger I was always looking up to Mel Gainsford-Taylor and seeing that 11.12 she ran, always hoping I'd be good enough to do that one day. Hopefully this season is it for me.''

Breen has had to battle since setting her personal best 11.25 in March last year.

She tore her calf, which sidelined her for six weeks, before suffering food poisoning in Asia, leading to kidney and liver infections. Breen also lost Athletics Australia funding.

But she was upbeat after such a promising start to the year.

''After the struggles I had last year with my sickness, it was a matter of getting home in October, getting healthy and starting my training from scratch because the body wasn't in a great place.

''But the last few months have been awesome. It injects you with so much confidence, it shows me I'm on the right path.''

Wells was also encouraged by her B-qualifier, her fastest time to begin any summer season.

Wells only introduced hurdles to her training for the first time this week since her semi-final performance at Moscow's world championships in August.

''A lot of flat speed work and fitness work is paying off,'' Wells said.