VI’s Adaejah T. Hodge smashes US National High School 200m Record
[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.
The Virgin Islander Hodge was a
triple-gold medallist at the 49th CARIFTA Games in Kingston, Jamaica in
April 2022, 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. ‘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.
