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New Kent Trojans finish third at Group 3A Region A indoor track and field championship meet

By Andre Jones | February 19, 2023 6:11 pm

New Kent’s Damari Brown (left) tries his best to keep up with I.C. Norcom’s JaRon Gamble (right) in his preliminary heat of the boys’ 55-meter dash.

Robb Johnson photo

New Kent’s boys amassed 80 points, good enough for third at the Group 3A indoor state track and field championships held Feb. 17-18 at the Boo Williams Complex in Hampton.

Ellis Branch’s leap of 44’2” propelled him to the top spot in the triple jump competition, winning by more than two feet. He cleared 5’10” in the high jump, good enough to capture silver in that event. Teammate Isaac Lamprecht captured the top spot in the 3200-meter run, accumulating a time of 10:07.22.
Bay Rivers District rivals Tabb (137) and Lafayette (102.5) finished ahead of the Trojans.

On the girls’ side, the Lady Trojans scored 16 points, good enough to finish in seventh place at the regional track championships.

Gabrielle Butler emerged with the top performance for the Lady Trojans. She ran a time of 43.30 in the 300-meter dash, good enough for a third-place finish in the event.

Tabb’s girls emerged as the victors at the regional championship competition.

Other results (NK only):

Girls: Long Jump- 15. Butler 13’0”. Triple Jump- 5. Butler 31’2”. Shot- 5. Byrd 29’3¼”. 13. Miller 22’7”. 55 hurdles- 8. Thompson 10.48. 55 dash- 16. Walker 8.16, 26. Miller 8.61. 500- 8. Walker 1:28.40, 14. Petran 1:48.34. 1000- 9. Thompson 3:52.79. 14. Walker 46.81, 23. Petran 55.79.

Boys: Triple Jump- 15. Christian IV 35’11”. Shot- 20. Wallace 34’6”, 23. Branch 30’10”, 24. Schrader 29’11¼”. Shot- 2. Wright 12’6”, 4. Soto 9’0”, 6. Holloway 8’0”. Long Jump- 4. Branch 19’10½”, 12. Wright 18’1½”, 25. Elam 12’11½”. 4×800 Relay- 5. NK (Ashley, Crooms, Mills-Hall, Macia Fernandez Deba) 9:22.86. 55 Dash- 15. Brown 6.95, 28. Mills-Hall 7.63. 4×200 Relay- 9. NK (Brown, Macia Fernandez Deba, Whatley, Wright) 1:43.22. 1600- 2. Lamprecht 4:31.92, 9. Ashley 5:03.00, 11. Crooms 5:14.68. 500- 5. Branch 1:11.14, 17. Macia Fernandez DeBa 1:17.44, 19. Mills-Hall 1:21.65. 1000- 13. Rooks 3:10.94, 14. Mills-Hall 3:12.42. 300- 6. Branch 37.09, 20. Whatley 40.32, 28. Mills-Hall 42.69. 3200- 3. Ashley 10:10.10, 10. Crooms 11:41.10. 4×400 Relay- 6. NK (Macia Fernandez Deba, Wright, Whatley, Branch) 3:46.05.