The last time Andre De Grasse ran a 60-metre sprint here, he was just another kid competing at the National Junior College Athletic Association championships. For all but the deepest of track insiders, he was an unknown Canadian in one of America’s lower tiers of collegiate competition.

That was two years ago.

Now the 21-year-old from Markham, Ont., is a headliner at the Millrose Games, one of the world’s most prestigious indoor meets.

That’s what a spectacular season of blistering fast 100- and 200-metre races, two world championship bronze medals and an $11-million (U.S.) contract with Puma can do.