Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I wikitoria a Shakes-Drayton i te 400 m huringa i nga Whakamatau o te 2008 Olympic Games GB, engari ko te toa a Tasha Danvers i tohua hei tohu mo Great Britain, ka haere ki te wikitoria i te mētara parahi. Ahakoa te kore whiriwhiri, i whakaarohia a Shakes-Drayton hei tumanakohanga mo te Olympics e whai ake nei i te tau 2012. I te 2009 British Championships i Birmingham, i mutu ia i te tuarua i roto i te 400 mita i muri i te toa o te ao Christine Ohuruogu, e whakatakoto ana i tetahi rekoata hou. I whai angitu anō ia i te raupapa rangatahi i te
Ko te 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships, i reira i wikitoria ai a Set i te mētara koura 400 m hurdles me te rere o 55.26 hēkona, tetahi atu rekoata whaiaro. I te mea kua whakauruhia ia ki te kapa Great Britain, ka aro atu ia ki te 2009 World Championships in Athletics, e kii ana: "He pai ki ahau te korero a te iwi mo au. Ko te tikanga pea kei te tika aku mahi i ētahi mea. Inaianei me noho au ki runga i te whakahiato, no te mea he kore noa iho te whakahiato, ki te kore koe e noho ki runga ki a ia".