Browning, the second fastest man in Australian history, comfortably held off Jack Hale to claim the 100-metre sprint at the AIS Track on Saturday afternoon, clocking a time of 10.23 seconds.

Both are yet to run an Olympic qualifier for the Tokyo Games, which has a benchmark of 10.05 seconds for the men's sprint. Otherwise athletes must prevail through the world rankings system.

Browning is well in the frame to secure his first Olympics selection, but is taking a pragmatic approach to times as he looks to peak at April's National Championships.

"It's always nice to win. I think the feel of this race was that all the top-ranked guys in the country were there, it was a nice opportunity to test myself and see how I'm comparing," Browning said.

"One of the takeaways from last year was that you can't take competitions for granted, when there's opportunities you need to take them. Especially now, there's no certainty with state border closures.

"Competition is the best preparation for major championships like the Olympics and trials in April.

"That's going to be a big period because for Australians, we have to double peak. We have to peak for the National Championships and then again for the Olympics."

It comes almost a month after 23-year-old Browning become the second Australian in history to break the 10-second barrier in the 100-metre sprint - albeit with wind resistance.

He clocked 9.96 seconds at the Illawarra Track Challenge, but the tailwind of 3.3 metres per second meant it did not count towards Olympic qualification.

"You know what, it felt underwhelming. It didn't feel like I had this incredible run," Browning admitted.

"Certainly in the past, the best races are very automated. It's very hard to walk through them.

"But that race didn't feel special, I've had races that have felt better but the timing wasn't as good."

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The feat did, however, give Browning the belief he could do it leading into the Olympic trials. He said to be a global threat in sprinting, athletes need to be able to run sub-10 seconds regularly.

"There's a training element to it as well, when your body does something it's never done before there's an adaption to get from that," Browning said.

"You're capable of doing it in the future."

Browning will continue his preparations by racing in Sydney, Canberra and possibly Brisbane leading into the National Championships. From there, he'll look for opportunities to race overseas.

He'll return to the capital next month for the Canberra Track Classic which is scheduled for Thursday, March 11.

"That will be a big one, it's worth really good qualification points for world rankings," Browning said.

"I think the start list will be pretty hot, so I'm looking forward to that one a lot."

The ACT Championships also saw javelin thrower Kelsey-Lee Barber return to action in her first meet since securing the world championship at Doha 500 days ago.

Barber threw 55.93 metres to comfortably see of South Canberra's Jess Bell (50.92 metres), while Cameron McEntyre (75.59 metres) won the men's division.

On Friday, Paralympian Vanessa Low broke her own record in the T61 long jump with 5.09 metres in her first attempt.

However, Low withdrew from the competition after the fourth round because her left prosthetic leg hit the long-jump marker, causing her to fall into the pit.

Lauren Boden clocked 56.65 to hold off Sara Klein in the 400-metres hurdles, while Liz Clay crossed the line at 12.72 to move into second on Australia's 100-metres hurdles alltime list.