14 year-old sprinter Charlotte Ehioghae runs unofficial quickest 200m ever by a WA women

There is a new fastest woman over 200m in WA history — and she is still years away from completing high school.

But for the second time in 18 months, an illegal tailwind has sabotaged teenage sprint sensation Charlotte Ehioghae’s official entry into the record books.

18 months after clocking a 100m time so quick it would have been an under-13 world record had it not been for a non-legal tailwind, Ehioghae was again foiled by the wind on Sunday.

This time, the 14 year-old Ehioghae has clocked an unofficial quickest 200m ever by a WA woman after a scintillating run at the WA All Schools Championships.

Ehioghae’s run of 22.81sec will not count as an official record due to a wind of +2.3 (which has to be under 2.0 to count) but will stand as an ‘all conditions’ record.

For contrast, Florence Griffith-Joyner’s world record stands at 21.34, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor’s Australian record is 22.23 and current sprint star Torrie Lewis’ personal best is 22.62.

It comes after she ran a sensational 11.36 in the 100m in April last year which cleared the under-13 world record held by American Melanie Doggett by 0.17 seconds — only for the time to also not count due to a tailwind of +2.5.

Since turning 14 at the back-end of last year, Ehioghae has continued to put up eye-catching numbers in the 100m, running an unofficial best of 11.22 at February’s Perth Track Classic, followed by an official best of 11.47 a week later.

Ehioghae’s good form follows the exploits of fellow West Aussie Leah O’Brien, who broke Raelene Boyle’s 57 year-old under-18 100m record last year with a run of 11.14.