Massey, Hathaway wins highlight Lady Trojans placing third at home track meet

New Kent’s Kori Massey (left) battles Warhill’s Nyomi Rhodes in the second heat of the girls’ 100-meter hurdles. Massey emerged as the overall winner of the event.

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New Kent’s Lady Trojans got individual wins from Kori Massey and Julia Hathaway en route to finishing third at their May 12 Bay Rivers home contest.

Massey claimed first in the girls’ 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.84. Hathaway clocked a blistering 1:00.87 in the girls’ 400-meter dash to capture gold in the race.

New Kent’s 4×800 meter relay team clocked a time of 11:13.16 to win the opening race on their home track, while their 4×400 meter relay team also finished in the top position with a time of 4:21.20.

Tabb’s Lady Tigers won the meet with 144 points, followed by Jamestown’s 116 points. New Kent’s Lady Trojans strung together 103 points, good enough for third.

On the boys’ side, New Kent mustered up 52 points, good enough for a seventh-place finish on their home track.

Isaac Barber emerged as the top performer for the Trojans, placing second in the triple jump (39’8”) and third in the long jump (18’10”).
Grafton (144.5), Smithfield (90), and Tabb (79.5) rounded out the top three spots in the boys’ competition.

Other results (NK only):

Girls: High Jump- 3. Massey 4’6”, 4. Walker 4’4”. Pole Vault- 7. Rudolph 7’0”. Long Jump- 5. Hathaway 15’1½”, 7. Spangler 14’9½”. Triple Jump- 4. Spangler 31’4”, 5. Hathaway 29’3”, 6. Buchman 27’9½”. Discus- 3. Brandon 74’8”. Shot- 5. Brandon 26’9½”. 100 hurdles- 6. Buchman 20.39. 4×100 relay- 3. NK 53.02. 300 hurdles- 3. Massey 53.30, 7. Buchman 55.83, 8. Powell 56.45. 800- 5. Gill 2:47.10.

Boys: High Jump- 2. Branch 5’4”, 7. Brooks 5’0”. Pole Vault- 3. Sydnor 9’6”. Triple Jump- 3. Walker 37’10”. Shot- 8. Tall 34’5”. 100 dash- 7. Walker 11.75. 400- 8. Heffinger 55.56. 200- 5. Walker 24.10. 3200- 6. Lamprecht 10:43.45. 4×400 relay- 4. NK 3:41.66.