Yohan "The Beast" Blake like a true star ended his track and field season with fans begging for more. He saved his best for last, completing the 200 meters in a blazing time of 19.26 seconds, making him the second fastest person in the history of this event.

"I knew I could do something crazy... but to be honest I was surprised when I saw the clock at the finishing line," Blake told reporters.

This run has fans talking, but Blake had been prepared to cope with the expected scrutiny.

"My coach (Glen Mills) has taught me how to deal with that, just block them out, don't listen to that," says Blake. "Just keep looking forward and show them that I'm young and talented from high school."

Blake will be in contention with fellow countryman and training partner Usain Bolt for IAAF male athlete of the year award.

To the average track and field fan, his recent performance comes as a shock. But for those familiar with Jamaica's school boys' athletics, Blake's record performance merely fulfills his early promise.

In 2006, at age 16, under the guidance of Coach Danny Hawthorne, Blake finished third at the IAAF World Junior Championship in Beijing, China, recording a time of 10.42 seconds. He returned the following year in 2007 to establish a new Jamaican High School 100 meters record, 10.21 seconds. He then also broke the 23-year-old Caribbean Free Trade Association CARIFTA games 100 meters record of 10.19 seconds, (held then by Raymond Stewart of Jamaica), running an astonishing 10.11 seconds and completed the double by taking the 200 meters in 20.62 seconds.

During this burst of skill, fans dubbed Blake the next Asafa Powell. Yet the year 2008 saw Blake struggling with injury and he never reached the heights previously attained, which led critics to begin writing off Blake as a burn-out.

Wanting to resurrect his career in 2009, Blake made a bold, unpopular move to leave high school and part company with his then coach, *** Hawthorne. "The Beast" headed to the Racers Track Club to join world record holder Usain Bolt under the guidance of Coach Glen Mills, the master of sprinting.

During his first six month training with Mills, Blake had already noted his improved form. "Coach Mills has been working on my technique, because it was poor earlier and now, getting it right, I am running a lot faster"

The buzz was again increasing and expectations were high among local track fans, but some regarded his admission disrespectful to his former coach Hawthorne.

In his defense, Coach Mills stated the massive difference between high school and senior competition, and his own dedication to grooming the youngster for the international stage.

"If (Blake) makes the World Championship team, it would be a bonus," Mills then noted. "He is just 19 and has many World Championships ahead of him."

As fate would have it, Blake missed out on the world championship, testing positive for Methylxanthine, a drug often found in cough medicine and can be bought without a prescription over the pharmacy counter, which added to the potential confusion for athletes. A type of bronchodilator, the drug is commonly used to treat non-sports related chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He received a three month ban.

Blake's efforts were renewed and especially groomed for the 2011 World Championship, as sources close to the Racers Track club declared. This prediction has come through and yet again Glen Mills has taken a faltering young phenom to the top of a world podium.

Will 2012 be the year that "The Beast" will devour all? What shall he do for an encore? Let's wait and see.