The last time the Commonwealth Games were in Glasgow, Auckland sprinter Zoe Hobbs was a high school student watching on from afar, never imagining she would one day compete individually against the world's best.This week Hobbs will line up in a stacked 100 metres field that includes the reigning Olympic champion and the fastest woman in the world this year.The 28-year-old has the podium firmly in her sights after a stellar season, highlighted by a third place finish at the Oslo Diamond League meeting and victory at the Oceania Championships in a time of 11.00 seconds.Back in 2014, a 16-year-old Hobbs was an age-group champion and was thinking the only way she would ever make a Commonwealth Games would be as a part of a relay team."It would be unreal (to win a medal). To now be in a position where I'm competing individually and going for a medal, going for finals and big things like that, it's pretty exciting," Hobbs told reporters in Glasgow."I think if I were to look back on teenager Zoe, I should just be in awe of where I'm at now."Since her sixth-place finish at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham - later upgraded to fifth after one of her rivals was disqualified for a doping violation - Hobbs has become far more accustomed to the spotlight that comes with lining up in the premier event at a major championship.She made the semi-finals at both the 2024 Olympics and 2025 World Championships, and was fourth place in the 60m at this year's World Indoor Championships."I think I've banked enough experience now to be at a major," Hobbs said."I think coming into my second Commonwealth Games, it won't feel like such a big overwhelming deal."Hobbs said a consistent season has reinforced the routines she relies upon to perform at her best."It's just routines really, knowing the things that work for me in the morning of, the day before, the training sequence that we do in the lead up. Then what to do to manage my energy between those rounds because, all going well, I make the final hopefully."How do you manage the nervous system in between those races and bring it back down and then get ready to come back up? It's just about just tapping into the things that I know work for me."The Kiwi sprinter is one of eight women who, by virtue of their ranking, have received a bye through the first round of the 100m on Monday night and will instead advance directly into the semi-finals.That group includes Olympic champion Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia and Adaejah Hodge of the British Virgin Islands who ran a world leading 10.63 seconds last month.But it is the Glasgow weather, rather than the opposition, that has Hobbs most concerned."It's not probably going to be the hottest along with the wind factor, so I think the biggest thing here will be who can manage the conditions the best."I think coming from New Zealand, we're prepared for these kind of conditions."The semifinals and final of the women's 100m will be on Wednesday morning NZT.