Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An ba shi tallafin karatu a shekarar 2012 don halartar Cibiyar Horar da Highungiyar IAAF ta Yanki a Jamaica kuma ya fara karatu a Kwalejin Kingston. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan ya sami damar horar da mai riƙe da rikodin duniya Usain Bolt. Hughes ya ci gaba da ci gaba a kakar wasa ta 2013, inda ya lashe zinare na mita 100 a duka wasannin CARIFTA na 2013 da kuma
2013 Gasar Wasanni ta Amurka ta Junior. Ya kuma fara fitowa a gasar zakarun kasa da kasa a gasar zakarun Amurka ta tsakiya da Caribbean a shekarar 2013, inda ya kai wasan karshe kuma ya yi rikodin mafi kyau na 10.23 seconds a cikin zafi.