UPDATE: Adaejah T. Hodge, 16, smashes World U18 & U20 Records in 200m
![[British] Virgin Islands teenage sprint sensation Adaejah T. Hodge crushed the US National High School Record in the Girls 200m at the New Balance Nationals Indoor (NBNI) in Boston, Massachusetts on Saturday, March 11, 2023.Photo: Cara Mooney/MileSplit](https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/cache/images/800x_a_ATH.PNG)
The high school junior from Montverde Academy -- just 16 years old, her 17th birthday arriving in 10 days – achieved the world standard with her time of 22.33 seconds.
Hodge, who a year ago competed for the [British] Virgin Islands at the CARIFTA Games and picked up wins in the 100m, 200m and long jump, had run 23.39 prior to this weekend.
She posted a time of 22.77 in the prelims, which broke the high school national record of 22.89, which was set in February by Mia Brahe-Pedersen (also a junior).
"I just came off the curve and just let everything on the track," Hodge said.
See previous article published March 12, 2023
VI’s Adaejah T. Hodge smashes US National High School 200m Record
- clocks 22.77 @ New Balance Nationals Indoor
[British] Virgin Islands teenage sprint sensation Adaejah T. Hodge has again demanded the world’s attention, as she crushed the National High School Record in the Girls 200m at the New Balance Nationals Indoor (NBNI) in Boston, Massachusetts on Saturday, March 11, 2023.
The Montverde Acadmey (FL) junior crossed the finish line in her 200m prelim in a time of 22.77 seconds, smashing the previous all-time mark of 22.89, which was set just weeks ago by fellow junior Mia Brahe-Pedersen of Lake Oswego (OR) in Spokane, Washington.
According to MileSplit USA, prior to 2023, the long-time 200m best of 22.97 held by Bianca Knight seemed nearly impossible to beat.
‘shocked’
"I was more shocked than anything," Hodge said.
Hodge will enter Sunday's [today] final as a favourite and will be coming up against 60m and 300m national record holder Shawnti Jackson, who ran 22.96.
The Virgin Islander Hodge was a triple-gold medallist at the 49th CARIFTA Games in Kingston, Jamaica in April 2022.
Hodge blew away the field in the 100m and 200m events and also won the Long Jump in the Girls U17 Division.
She was then given the most prestigious award of the Carifta Games 2022, the Austin Sealy Award.
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22 Responses to “UPDATE: Adaejah T. Hodge, 16, smashes World U18 & U20 Records in 200m”
@She is a Beast, hush your r@&&. Why you want to rain on the young ladies parade. You imbecile. It is better to stay silent and thought of as a fool, than to open mouth and remove all doubt—Abe Lincoln. Go crawl back under the rock you came from under.
It's a sigh of relief from all the negativity our.politicians has thrown at us.
Keep reaching for the.stars young lady the God above is with you don't mind the shallow minded.
Stop saying the youth is the future. They cannot have a future unless they first have a present. The future begins now. Look at the waste of money that has been revealed in the many reports from the Auditor General. A mere fraction of that could have gone into a worthwhile investment in sports and recreation in this Territory. Shame! Shame! Shame!
When they are successful at meets and return home there are all kinds of motorcades (which is good) but after that what? Come one man. We must do better.
By the way, Jamaica did not become a hot bed of world class athletes overnight. The government of Jamaica made sports a part of its National Development back in the 60’s. They built stadiums and other sporting facilities and invested heavily in the young people. That is why there is such keen competition and inter school rivalries. That is where it begins. Take a hint.
support and promote their own and good friends youths , and as usual said when someone else who nis mot in their league excels beyond expectations all of them trying to take credit for it by putting on a good show to fool the people , what a set of pretenders