The 14-year-old taking the athletics world by storm

She returned to Pittsworth with the hope of defending her Postle gift crown but internally this gun didn’t believe she could do it again.

SHE returned to Pittsworth with the hope of defending her Postle Gift crown but internally, Dianne Waight didn’t believe she could do it again.

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The 14-year-old this month successfully defended her women’s “Crimson Flash” gift title named after running great Arthur Postle, finishing the 75-yard (68.6m) race in a blistering time of 8.25 seconds despite a 2.75m initial mark.

Dianne Waight won the Postle Gift on the weekend. Picture supplied.

Just a few months after breaking Sally Pearson’s longstanding Ashmore Little Athletics under-15 200m record, Waight beat out opponents years her senior and banked $2500 in the process.

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“I’ve been training around three days a week and working hard and building my fitness but I wasn’t at my peak,” she said.

“I’ve only been training for four weeks but I usually need eight weeks to reach my peak so I have a lot of improvement left in me.

“It was a bit of a struggle (the short distance) because I usually peak at the end of a race but I’ve been trying to work on getting faster over the first few steps.

“The girls were all great competition and pushed me really hard but I wasn’t expecting to win at all.

“I just thought it would be a fun little race to take part in!”

Now a two-time winner of the professional running race after winning the 2018 contest as a 13-year-old, Waight has her eyes set on a third crown.

“I’ll definitely be back next year,” she said.

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Waight hopes that her latest achievement isn’t her last, the teenage sensation hoping to one day represent her country.

“My ultimate goal is to become an elite athlete and race at the Commonwealth Games,” she said.

“I want to be at the top one day.”