Hathaway captures two gold, two silver at CNU Winter Frolic track meet

By Andre Jones | December 11, 2021 5:57 pm

New Kent’s Julia Hathaway emerged as a double-event winner at the Christopher Newport University Winter Frolic Indoor Track & Field meet held Dec. 10-11 in Newport News.

Hathaway claimed titles in the girls’ triple jump with a leap of 34’6½ and captured the girls’ 300-meter dash with a time of 42.56. She also finished as a runner-up in the girls’ long jump (15’8”) and the 55-meter dash (7.47).

Along with Hathaway, Lady Trojan teammates Ara Buchman and Makenzie Loveland finished in second and third place, respectively, in the girls’ triple jump with marks of 31’4¼” and 29’7¾.” Amy Rudolph earned a second-place finish in the girls’ pole vault with a clearance of 8’6”.

In the boys’ competition, Ellis Branch captured the triple jump gold and long jump silver for the Trojans.
Branch emerged on top with a leap of 42’0” to win the triple jump. Branch was able to accumulate a mark of 19’5½” to earn a silver medal in the long jump. He teamed with Aaron Sweeney, Brandon Heffinger, and Andrew Wallace to win the boys’ 4×200 meter relay in a time of 1:38.18.

Charles City’s Justin Post-Parada (34’5½”) and Walter Dickerson (30’6¼”) finished the triple jump event in fourth and fifth, respectively, to highlight the Panthers’ successes at the meet.

No team scores were recorded at the meet.

Other results (CC/NK only):

Girls: 55 dash- 18. Buchman (NK) 8.25, 19. Washington (CC) 8.27, 29. Greenwalt (NK) 9.57, 33. D. Jones (CC) 10.36, 34. Chavis (CC) 11.16. 300- 5. Butler (NK) 45.58, 20. Washington (CC) 50.14, 25. Coney (CC) 51.61, 34. S. Jones (CC) 57.56. 500- 27. Cornelius (NK) 1:49.88, 30. Coney (CC) 2:16.46. 1000- 4. Johnson (NK) 5:49.72, 5. Vick (NK) 5:50.35. 55 hurdles- 4. Murray (NK) 9.88, 13. Ortiz (NK) 12.52. High jump- 6. Walker (NK) 4’4”. Long jump- 12. Buchman (NK) 12’11”, 13. Carter (NK) 12’2”, 17. Coney (CC) 11’3”, 22. S. Jones (CC) 9’1¼”. Shot- 18. S. Jones (CC) 18’7”, 18. Chavis (CC) 18’7”. 4×200 relay- 8. NK (Buchman, Carter, Felts, Butler) 2:07.86. 4×400 relay- 5. NK (Vick, Walker, Murray, Gill) 4:43.10. 4×800 relay- 4. NK (Johnson, Butler, Gill, Vick) 11:06.37.

Boys: 55 dash- 10. Branch (NK) 6.95, 14. Heffinger (NK) 7.07, 23. Campbell (NK) 7.43, 32. Post-Parada (CC) 7.97, 34. Fitzgerald (CC) 8.01, 37. Bulheller (CC) 9.38. 300- 8. Sweeney (NK) 39.97, 17. Post-Parada (CC) 42.91, 27. Diggs (NK) 45.44, 29. Wallace (NK) 46.16, 34. Bulheller (CC) 56.00. 500- 6. Branch (NK) 1:13.17, 11. Heffinger (NK) 1:15.23, 16. Campbell (NK) 1:18.07, 32. Post-Parada (CC) 1:25.67, 38. Dickerson (CC) 1:34.81, 39. Brinkley (CC) 1:35.40. 1000- 15. Holloway (NK) 3:04.73. 1600- 24. Holloway (NK) 5:22.86. Pole vault- 5. Holloway (NK) 8’0”. Long jump- 15. Campbell (NK) 16’3”, 18. Heffinger (NK) 15’10½”, 19. Post-Parada (CC) 14’6”. Shot- 12. Wallace (NK) 32’2”, 13. Diggs (NK) 32’1”, 21. Sweeney (NK) 26’11”, 27. Smith (CC) 21’7½”, 31. Bulheller (CC) 17’8½”. 4×400 relay- 6. NK (Campbell, Branch, Heffinger, Holloway) 3:54.77.