Class AAA Track and Field Day 1 Highlights
The state track and field meet started Thursday morning with class AAA prelims and a handful of finals.
Athletes from the northwest suburbs fared well in the early finals.
Abbey Nechanicky of Wayzata and Noah Breker of Armstrong each won 3,200 meter titles.
Cooper’s Jaxon Howard placed second in the boys shot put.
Adison Kapitzke of Champlin Park was third in the girls discus.
Jack Helmich of Wayzata placed third in the boys pole vault after winning it last year.
The class AAA meet continues Saturday at 4:00 p.m. at St. Michael-Albertville High School.
This is the first season with three classes for track and field in Minnesota.
Class AAA is the largest schools.
