BVI Adaejah Hodge Will Not Compete in Carifta U20 100M Today

Reports from the BVI camp are that Hodge withdrew due to some discomfort felt during her warm up routine this morning.

The 16-year-old 200m U20 world recold holder was scheduled to run her first race – 100m – today in the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium.
She was up against another outstanding young runner – Alana Reid of Jamaica.

Hodge proudly wore the colours of the territory during Friday’s official march pass alongside her 29 teammates.

She goes into the games just weeks after being named the MileSplit50 Athlete of the Year in the United States.

The teenager has had an impressive season, racing 22.33 and smashing a national record in the 200m that re-set a new World U20 record at New Balance in Boston.

But it was her performance at the 2022 Carifta Games in Jamaicia that gained her regional stardom.

Hodge was named the most outstanding athlete, winning the 100m in 11.29, the 200m in 23.42, and gold in the long jump with a distance of 6.20 metres. She proudly took home the Austin Sealy Award.

The Carifta Games were inaugurated by Austin Sealy, then president of the Amateur Athletic Association of Barbados in 1972.

The main goal behind the well known junior regional competition ( Under 17 and Under 20) is to improve relations between Caribbean countries using sports.

A total of 28 countries are participating in this year’s games which concludes on April 10.