Wright earns bronze in pole vault at Group 3A Indoor State Track & Field Championships

New Kent’s Ryan Wright earned bronze in the pole vault at the Group 3A State Indoor Track and Field Championships held Mar. 3-4 at Liberty University.

Wright cleared a height of 14’0” to finish third in the event. Teammate Liam Holloway cleared 11’6”, good enough for a 12th place finish. New Kent’s 4×200 relay team consisting of Dayton Meekins, Cash Brody, Sherman Wynn, and Austin Uzzle finished with a time of 1:34.60, placing 15th at the meet.

New Kent’s boys’ team earned 5.5 points, garnering a 30th place meet at the state competition. Bay Rivers District rival Grafton captured the overall title.
On the girls’ side, Gabrielle Butler and Madison Johnson were top finishers among the Lady Trojans.

Butler ran a time of 1:19.59 in the girls’ 500-meter dash, finishing fourth in the event. She also scored additional points by placing seventh in the girls’ 300-meter dash with a time of 43.04.

Johnson also earned a fourth-place finish at the state meet, posting a time of 3:03.50 in the girls’ 1000-meter run. The quartet of Johnson, Butler, Madison Clements, and Brooklyn Wiles ran a time of 4:14.22 in the girls’ 4×400 meter relay, earning a point by finishing in eighth place.

New Kent’s Lady Trojans scored 13 points, finishing 15th in the state competition. Heritage of Lynchburg captured the girls’ Class 3A championships.