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]

Career

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

She ran a U20 world record of 22.33 seconds for the 200m at the High School Championships in Boston, Massachusetts in March 2023. ^[7]

In April 2023 she set a new national junior record for the 100 metres, running 11.12 seconds. ^[8] Shortly after, in that same month, she lowered it again, running 11.11 seconds in Lubbock, Texas. ^[9]

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. ^{[10] [11]}

In November 2023, she signed a letter of intent to run for the University of Georgia. ^[12]

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