Trio of Lady Panthers bring home silver as Charles City places fifth at home meet

By Noah Kennedy | May 3, 2025 10:18 pm

Charles City's Jaida Braxton sprints out the block en route to finishing second in the girls' 100-meter dash.

A successful May 1 afternoon track meet resulted in Charles City’s Lady Panthers finishing in fifth place among 12 teams at the home meet.

It was a special day for Jaida Braxton who took home silver in the girls’ 100-meter dash (13.01), with her time qualifying for the Group 1A state meet. She also finished fourth in the high jump (4’4”) and fifth in the 200-meter dash (28.59).

Teammate Derequa Johnson earned silver in the girls’ 100-meter dash (15.94) and fourth in the 400-meter dash (1:08.06). Ke’Asia Meekins placed second in the girls’ triple jump (28’4”), while Madison Bradby earned bronze in the 300-meter hurdles (1:00.29).

Charles City scored 57.5 points to place fifth in the competition. Lancaster’s girls team won the meet with 101.5 points. Charles City’s boys’ team did not score in the meet.

Other results (CC only):

Girls: 100 Dash- 14. Meekins 14.52. 200 Dash- 17. Bradby 33.11. 400 Dash- 6. Braxton 1:11.47. 100 Hurdles- 6. Bradby 22.09. High Jump- 9. Meekins 4’0”. Long Jump- 6. Bradby 13’8”, 8. Meekins 13’6”. Shot Put- 11. Johnson 17’10”, 12. Meekins 17’9”. Discus- 5. Bradby 63’8”, 10. Braxton 50’8”, 13. Meekins 43’5”.

Boys: 100 Dash- 27. Babb 13.42, 31. Barbour Jr. 16.82. 400 Dash- 20. Barbour Jr. 1:42.04. 800 Run- 13. Babb 2:45.12. Shot- 17. Babb 25’0”, 20. Barbour Jr. 21’6”. Discus- 19. Barbour Jr. 56’4”.