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Prep report: Northland track athletes overcome first hurdle
Northland athletes advanced in the state preliminaries, with several posting personal bests and top-3 finishes to move into Friday and Saturday finals.
The Northland’s top hurdlers got up and over their first significant test on Thursday as the Minnesota state track meet began at St. Michael-Albertville High School. Classes AAA and A held their preliminaries on Thursday, with Class A finals taking place on Friday afternoon and AAA on Saturday afternoon. Esko junior Ben Schmitz and Two Harbors senior Tommy DeChantal will find themselves separated by just one late in Friday’s 110-meter hurdles fi…