 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Akapihwa bhezari muna 2012 kuti apinde muIAAFs Regional High Performance Training Centre muJamaica ndokutanga kudzidza kuKingston College. Nokukurumidza pashure pokunge awana mukana wokurovedza nomubati wezvinyorwa zvenyika Usain Bolt. Hughes akaramba achifambira mberi mumwaka wa2013, achikunda goridhe pamakwikwi emamita zana mu2013 CARIFTA Games uye 2013 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships. Akaitawo kuonekwa kwake kwekutanga mumakwikwi epamusoro epasi rose pa2013 Central American neCaribbean Championships muAtletics, achisvika kumagumo uye achinyora zvakanakisisa zvake zvemasekondi 10.23 mumasekondi. 