 She also won a bronze medal in the Women's 800 mm T54 behind gold medallist Madison de Rozario.At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, England, she won the silver medals in the Women's 100 m and 200 m T53 events and finished fourth in the Women's 400 m T53 and sixth in the Women's 800 m T53 .In the inaugural Paralympic World Cup in Manchester in 2005, Ballard placed third in the Women's T53 100 m.

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, she finished sixth in the Women's 800m T54.