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Subscriber only WHEN you break two 40 year records just weeks apart, you have every right to savour both. However, Ipswich s unstoppable athlete Jude Thomas was most delighted with his latest achievement - a massive personal best and World Junior qualifying run. Thomas continued his exceptional progress by breaking a 42-year-old state under-20 record at Saturday night s Queensland 3km championships. Competing in the open event at Runaway Bay, Thomas ran 8:00:07, finishing second and bettering his previous best by 19 seconds. That came after he broke the state under-20 1500 record on January 23. That record had stood since 1980. Heading to USQ Ipswich for orientation this morning, the Karalee sensation was thrilled with his record-breaking double.