The Otago sprinting sensation was a trifle miffed after hearing the time as he had had a legal following wind.
"I went for a win at all three meetings and I'm happy with my current form," he said. "I was not happy with the 100m start.
"I think my reaction time is not too good as I'm thinking about it too much. But that will come later in the season."
The athlete of the meet went to Australian pole vaulter Rachel Dacy who set a personal best pole vault of 4.15m, 5cm more than her previous best. The winning performance came after one of her worst warm-ups. Melina Hamilton was second with 3.90m.
Tina Paulino, of Mozambique, was on her own after the first lap in the women's 800m and narrowly missed her cousin Maria Mutola's New Zealand allcomers record with a time of 2m 1.80s.
American Bryan Berryhill had too much strength in the straight for Shaun Farrell in the 800m, winning in 1m 46.98s. Farrell, who had hoped to have gone under 1m 47s, said that he had lost it a bit at the start and had taken him a while to work his way through the field.
Australian, Darren Lynch, won the men's 3000m in 7m 56.89s with World mountain running champion Jonathan Wyatt taking the New Zealand title in 7m 57.33s.
Jason Woolhouse, of Christchurch, claimed the men's under-20 3000m title, just pipping Aucklander Vaughan Craddock at the finish.
Carlo Hunt, of Christchurch, had a smile a mile wide in winning the women's 100m in 11.67s to beat Australia's Sharon Cripps.
Pictured: Otago sprinter Chris Donaldson finishes the 100m. HERALD PICTURE / MARTIN SYKES
