Adaejah Hodge

British Virgin Islands athlete
Adaejah Hodge
Personal information
NationalityBritish Virgin Islands
Born (2006-05-13) 13 May 2006 (age 18)
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests100m: 11.11 (Lubbock, 2023)
200m: 22.33 (Boston, 2023) WU20R

Adaejah Hodge (born 13 May 2006) is a track and field athlete from the British Virgin Islands who competes as a sprinter.[1]

Early life

From Douglasville, Georgia, Hodge attended school at Montverde Academy.[2][3] In 2022, she was named the Georgia High Schools Association Track and Field Athlete of the Year.[4] In November 2023, she signed a letter of intent to run for the University of Georgia.[5]

Career

In April 2022, she won the girls’ Under-17 100m, 200m and long jump at the Carifta Games in Jamaica.[6][7]

She ran a U20 world record of 22.33 seconds for the 200m at the High School Championships in Boston, Massachusetts in March 2023.[8]

In April 2023, she set a new national junior record for the 100 metres, running 11.12 seconds.[9] Shortly after, in that same month, she lowered it again, running 11.11 seconds in Lubbock, Texas.[10]

Selected for the 200 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, she ran a time of 22.82 seconds and qualified for the semi-finals. She became only the third-ever women athlete from the British Virgin Islands to achieve this feat.[11][12]

She qualified for the final at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the women's 100 metres, running 11.59 seconds.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Adaejah Hodge". World Athletics. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  2. ^ Woods, David (March 13, 2022). "ADAEJAH HODGE, ISSAM ASINGA SMASH 200M RECORDS AT NEW BALANCE NATIONALS INDOOR". Runnerspace. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  3. ^ "A.Hodge". mvasports.com. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  4. ^ "BVI: Adaejah Hodge named Georgia's best JR track & field athlete". Loopnews. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  5. ^ Levy, Leighton (November 24, 2023). "BVI sprint sensation Adaejah Hodge returns 'home' to University of Georgia". SportsMax. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  6. ^ Cowan, Sherdon (April 20, 2022). "A STAR IS BORN!". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Hodge lines up third gold with 200 final qualification". Jamaica Gleaner. April 17, 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  8. ^ Levy, Leighton (March 12, 2023). "BVI's Adaejah Hodge storms to 200m U18/U20 world record 22.33 at New Balance Indoor High School Championships". Sports Max. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  9. ^ "BVI's Adaejah Hodge sets new national 100m JR record". Loop Sports. April 24, 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Adaejah T. Hodge lowers her own National Record in 100m". Virginidlandnewsonline. April 30, 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Women's 200m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 23 August 2023.
  12. ^ De Shong, Dillon (23 August 2023). "BVI's Adaejah Hodge makes history, qualifies for World 200m semi-final". Caribbean Loopnews. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  13. ^ Graham, Raymond (28 August 2024). "Lukewarm start for Jamaica's U20s on chilly Peru day". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
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