Adaejah Hodge

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

Adaejah Hodge
Personal information
NationalityBritish Virgin Islands
Born (2006-05-13) 13 May 2006
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100m: 11.11 (Lubbock, 2023)
200m:22.82 (Budapest, 2023)

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]

Career

In April 2022, she won the girls’ Under-17 100m, 200m and long jump at the Carifta Games in Jamaica.[5][6]

In April 2023 she set a new national junior record for the 100 metres, running 11.12 seconds. [7] Shortly after, in that same month, she lowered it again, running 11.11 seconds in Lubbock, Texas.[8]

Selected for the 200 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, she ran a personal best time of 22.82 seconds. She qualified for the semi-finals. She became only the third ever women athlete from the British Virgin Islands to achieve this feat.[9][10]

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. Cowan, Sherdon (April 20, 2022). "A STAR IS BORN!". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  6. "Hodge lines up third gold with 200 final qualification". Jamaica Gleaner. April 17, 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  7. "BVI's Adaejah Hodge sets new national 100m JR record". Loop Sports. April 24, 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  8. "Adaejah T. Hodge lowers her own National Record in 100m". Virginidlandnewsonline. April 30, 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  9. "Women's 200m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 23 August 2023.
  10. De Shong, Dillon (23 August 2023). "BVI's Adaejah Hodge makes history, qualifies for World 200m semi-final". Caribbean Loopnews. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
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