The 27-year-old, who grew up in Echuca, is flying the flag for her home region and Australia at the garland event in Glasgow, Scotland on her debut appearance at the Games.
Clad in the green and gold, she made an immediate impression in the 100m heats with a promising time of 11.50 (0.9) in that meeting on Monday, July 27 - to set her up for the semis the day after.
Braving the characteristically rainy conditions out at the Scotstoun Stadium, Lane did the land down under proud as she clocked up a time of 11.52 to bow out at the round two stage in the 100m.
Fellow compatriot Georgia Harris also put in a strong showing to make the semi-finals, before posting a time of 11.80 to exit the 100m competition ahead of the final, which took place on July 29.
In the showpiece, New Zealand's Zoe Hobbs eventually took gold - producing an Oceania-best time of 10.93 seconds - as England's Amy Hunt took silver and Australia’s Torrie Lewis claimed bronze.
Now, Lane’s attentions will be fixed on potentially adding to her nation’s growing medal haul in Glasgow’s West End - with the 4 x 100m relay to come on August 1.
The Victorian speedster will join the aforementioned Harris and Lewis, along with Chloe Mannix-Power out on the track with England, Nigeria and Jamaica all expected to put up a major fight for a podium place.
Australian Athletics General Manager of High Performance, Andrew Faichney spoke of the importance of the Commonwealth Games for the country’s leading athletes as they look to continue to compete for medals on the grand stage.
“The Commonwealth Games is an important competition for Australian Athletics,” he said.
“We have had so many of our athletes who have been able to break through at the Commonwealth Games.
“For us it’s that opportunity for our athletes to go into a major championship as one of the favourites and must deal with that pressure that comes with that.
“It’s a great learning curve for our athletes. It’s also something that the Australian sporting public gets behind.
“It’s a fantastic multi-sport event that includes the Para events, and its great Commonwealth Games Australia and the Commonwealth Games are so supportive as well.”
Meanwhile, Australian Athletics CEO, Simon Hollingsworth, spoke of his excitement at the wealth of talent within the green and gold ranks heading into this year’s event in Scotland.
“The team is packed full of both proven world, Olympic and Paralympic champions and medallists and our next crop of junior talent, he said.
“There is amazing depth in the team. There is a real history with Australian athletics and the Commonwealth Games, and the team wants to continue that history.”
