Asked to put this season's track and field accomplishments into perspective, Southeast Raleigh junior Gabby Mayo flashed a half-smile, one that was certain not to reveal her true feelings.

But then, prompted by a reminder of those accomplishments, she let go. There was plenty to grin about.

Mayo, 17, won seven N.C. High School Athletic Association state titles during the indoor and outdoor seasons. She was undefeated in every outdoor state high school event she entered and helped her team win two state titles.

At the NCHSAA 4-A state championships in Greensboro, Mayo turned N.C. A&T's blue colored track into a red hot zone. She won the preliminaries and finals of the 100- and 200-meter dashes and the 100- and 300-meter hurdles. She set records in the 100 hurdles (13.60) and 200 dash (23.51).

She ran the 100 dash in 11.14, which would have counted as a new state record if it had not been wind-aided. "I didn't think I was going that fast," she said. "I put it all together."

Mayo also set a personal record in every race.

"That's the greatest performance I've seen on that level," said Dave Simpson, who has coached track for 20 years at New Bern. He has seen Mayo perform before as part of the Track Eastern Carolina club team. He was impressed that she progressively ran faster in each race.

"That's just unheard of," he said. He has seen athletes win five or six races but not eight in a 10-hour period. Not, he said, in that dominating fashion.

Mayo also won three first-place medals in the state indoor meet, shattering three state records.

She has what coaches call a sprinter's confidence. She believes there is no female sprinter in the Triangle or state who can keep up with her.

"I did what I was supposed to do," she said. "I had my goals set and I reached them.

"I knew I was training weekly and I could tell that I was gradually getting faster."

That's what drives Mayo -- getting faster. As her next goal, she wants to set national high school records. And she wants to become an Olympian.

First, she would like to take her 4.0 GPA and compete in college, at a school that will help prepare her for the world's largest track and field stage.

"I think I can make the 2008 Olympics," Mayo said. "I'm going to keep working and getting faster and faster. ... If I have my mind focused on something, I'll get it."

She has run some of the nation's top five times, but hasn't dethroned the best runners in her events. She will have a chance to outrun top-tier talent this week at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in Greensboro.

Treshell Mayo-Herndon, Mayo's aunt and private coach, said her niece needs to add strength to her growing frame and sharpen her technique. More importantly, though, she wants her niece to maintain her teenage exuberance and not take herself too seriously.

"She committed to doing things for the team," Southeast coach Eddie Harden said. "Not just for herself. Some athletes say 'I can't do that, it's too much.' That's because they are thinking of the individual. She was motivated to win a state championship."

And that gets a full-fledged smile.