Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakawhiwhia ia ki tetahi karahipi i te tau 2012 ki te haere ki te IAAF's Regional High Performance Training Centre i Jamaica ka tiimata te ako ki Kingston College. I muri tata mai i tana whai wāhitanga ki te whakangungu ki te kaipupuri rekoata o te ao a Usain Bolt. I haere tonu a Hughes ki te ahu whakamua i te tau 2013, i toa i te 100 mita koura i nga 2013 CARIFTA Games me te
Ko te 2013 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. I puta hoki ia i tana whakaaturanga tuatahi i te whakataetae a-ao matua i te 2013 Central American me Caribbean Championships in Athletics, ka eke ki te whakamutunga ka tuhi i tetahi rekoata whaiaro 10.23 hēkona i roto i nga werawera.