Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Shakes-Drayton ta lashe tseren mita 400 a gasar wasannin Olympics ta 2008 GB, amma an zabi Tasha Danvers ta wakilci Burtaniya a maimakon haka, ta ci gaba da lashe lambar tagulla. Duk da rashin zaɓen, an yi la'akari da Shakes-Drayton a matsayin damar samun lambar yabo don wasannin Olympics na gaba a 2012. A Gasar Zakarun Burtaniya ta 2009 a Birmingham, ta gama na biyu a tseren mita 400 a bayan zakaran duniya Christine Ohuruogu, inda ta kafa sabon tarihi. Ƙarin nasara ya zo a kan karamin karamin karamin karamin karamin karamin karamin karamin karamin karamin karamin karamin karamin karami.
Gasar zakarun Turai ta 2009 ta U23, inda ta lashe lambar zinare ta mita 400 tare da gudu na dakika 55.26, wani mafi kyawun sirri. Bayan da ta sami wuri a cikin tawagar Burtaniya, ta sa ido a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2009, tana mai cewa: "Ina son mutane su yi magana game da ni. Hakan na nufin ina yin wasu abubuwa daidai. Yanzu dole ne in yi daidai da abin da aka faɗa domin abin da aka faɗa ba shi da ma'ana idan ba ka yi daidai da shi ba".