Charles City girls, boys claim fourth at home track meet

Charles City's Steven Williams Jr. gets airborne during a long jump attempt.

Andre' Jones photo

Charles City’s Lady Panthers garnered individual wins from Aysia Wallace and Alexis Williams on their way to a fourth-place finish at their Apr. 18 home track meet.

Wallace accumulated a time of 1:08.70 in the girls’ 400-meter dash, winning the event and earning an automatic berth in the 1A Region A meet in May. Williams claimed the gold in the girls’ long jump, leaping 14’5½” for the win, while also auto-qualifying in the girls’ 100-meter dash for regional competition with a time of 13.64.

The Lady Panthers scored 54.5 points at the meet. The Lady Panthers finished behind Hampton Roads Academy (185), Lancaster (111), and King William (100), while finishing ahead of Richmond Christian (4.5).

On the boys’ side, Charles City scored 39 points to earn fourth place at the meet. The Panthers’ highlight performance came from Ha’ji Jackson, who tossed 117’5” to earn an automatic berth in the 1A Region A competition.

King William won the boys’ competition with 167 points and were followed by Hampton Roads Academy (144), and Carver Academy (73) respectively. Rounding out the scoring were Grove Christian’s 38, Richmond Christian’s 11, and Lancaster’s 7.

Other results (CC only):

Girls: 100- 2. Williams 13.64, 7. Brown 14.27. 200- 6. Brown 32.15. 400- 3. Williams 1:12.81, 7. Machado Saldanha 1:20.13. Long jump- 4. Wallace 12’9”, 5. Machado Saldanha 9’7½”. Triple jump- 2. Williams 29’8½”, 3. Wallace 28’3½.”

Boys: 200- 5. Williams 24.13, 6. Vaden 24.50. 4×100 relay- 2. CC (Vaden, Williams, Jackson, Banks). Long jump- 2. Vaden 18’8”, 4. Williams 18’0”. Triple jump- 5. Williams 32’5½.” Shot- 5. Jackson 34’10”. Discus- 2. Jackson 117’5”.