• Fifteen Groton athletes will be participating in the state track meet beginning tomorrow and ending on Saturday.
• The 109th running of the SDHSAA State Track Meet will take place Friday and Saturday, with preliminary action taking place Friday in Madison (Class A) and Sioux Falls.
• While Howard Wood Field will host Class 'B' preliminaries and all finals on Saturday, Sioux Falls O'Gorman's McEneaney Field will host the Class 'AA' preliminaries for the first time in the history of the facility.

• Each of six defending team champions will return, headlined by Sioux Falls Washington's three-time defending State Champion squad. The Ipswich Tigers girls' squad will be after their own three-peat at the Class 'B' level, while Aberdeen Central (AA Girls), St. Thomas More (A Girls), Custer (A Boys) and Herreid/Selby Area (B Boys) all have opportunities to capture a second straight title.
• Overall, a total of 2,422 individual athletes from 163 South Dakota Schools will be participating in this weekend's meet. A breakdown of athletes by class is as follows:
• Class B: 420 Girls, 413 Boys - 833 Total Athletes
• Class A: 400 Girls, 409 Boys - 809 Total Athletes
• Class AA: 386 Girls, 394 Boys - 780 Total Athletes
• Full tournament information, including meet entries, records, event video and up-to-the minute results can be found online via South Dakota Public Broadcasting (sports.sdpb.org) or through the SDHSAA Website (www.sdhsaa.com).
• They will also be broadcast throughout the day on Friday and Saturday on channel 63.