Candace Hill has grabbed world attention with her breathtaking speed.

The 16-year-old Georgian set the world youth record (age 17 and under) for the 100-meter dash last month with a historic 10.98 seconds.

That makes her the fastest high school sprinter of all time and also the fastest female in history worldwide under age 18. The 11 second barrier had never been broken.

A rising junior at Rockdale, Ga., Magnet School, Hill ran her jaw-dropping foot race at the Brooks PR Invitational in Seattle.

Next up for the 5-foot-8 Hill is the IAAF World Championships July 15-19 in Cali, Colombia, where she will be favored in both the 100- and 200-meter races.

The previous world youth 100-meter record was 11.1, set by Floridian Kaylin Whitney last year. Prior to Whitney, the record was 11.13, held by Jacksonville, Fla., native Chandra Cheeseborough since 1976.

Whitney, now 18, has since turned pro, forfeiting her final year of eligibility at East Ridge High School in Clermont, Fla. 

Hill’s 10.98 time makes her the fourth fastest female of any age in the United States this year, and the ninth fastest in the world.

The fastest 100-meter clocking this year by any woman was 10.79 seconds by Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce last month in Kingston, Jamaica. Fraser-Pryce won the Olympic gold medal for the event in London in 2012.

The women’s world record of 10.49 seconds in the 100-meter event was set by the late Florence “Flo-Jo” Griffith Joyner at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Hill, a straight-A student, set the Georgia 6A high school record for both 100 meters and 200 meters as a freshman, then broke her own marks in May 2014 as a sophomore. 

By comparison, Milestat.com lists the fastest Virginia schoolgirl on record as Keilah Tyson of Western Branch High School in Chesapeake, who ran the 100-meter dash in 11.39 seconds in 2011.

The fastest Virginia schoolgirl in spring 2015 was Lauryn Ghee of Grassfield High School in Chesapeake, who won the 6A title in 11.62.