Charles City Lady Panthers win 4×100 relay, finish fourth in regional competition

By Andre Jones | May 23, 2024 2:41 pm

Charles City's Zaniyah Chavis releases a powerful throw in the girls' shot.

Robb Johnson photo

Charles City’s Lady Panthers 4×100 Meter relay team won gold as they finished fourth at the Group 1A Region A Track and Field Championships held May 22 at Charles City High School.

The quartet of Jaida Braxton, Taniyah Williams, Jaela Smith, and Derequa Johnson ran a time of 51.77 to win the event.

The Lady Panthers put together a 62-point performance at the regional competition, which is their best finish since 2021. Overall, Charles City garnered eight state qualifiers who will participate in the Group 1A State Championships May 31-June 1 at James Madison University.

Middlesex girls’ won 126 points to win the meet, followed by Rappahannock who scored 105.5, and Northampton who earned 77 points to finish in the top three.

Lancaster captured the boys’ title with 133 points, followed by Middlesex with 111.5, and Mathews with 105.5. Charles City did not have any participants on the boys’ side.

Other results (CC only):

100 Dash- 6. Braxton 13.24. 200 Dash- 4. Braxton 27.32. 400 Dash- 11. Meekins 1:16.89, 12. Bradby 1:23.33. 100 Hurdles- 3. Johnson 16.95, 7. Williams 19.59. 300 Hurdles- 5. Johnson 52.12. 4×400 Relay- 6. CC (Stewart, Bradby, Smith, Williams) 5:11.27. 4×800 Relay- 4. CC (Meekins, Bradby, Jackson, Stewart) 13:58.29. Pole Vault- 3. Johnson 6’6”. Long Jump- 4. Johnson 16’1½”, 11. Meekins 13’7”. Triple Jump- 4. Smith 32’2”, 5. Johnson 32’0”. Shot- 9. Chavis 27’3½”. Discus- 5. Chavis 87’8”.