CONWAY — In weather that felt more like August, the prestigious Meet of Champions at Derryfield Park in Manchester was run on one of the warmest days ever in November on Saturday.
The Queen City reported a record temperature of 78-degrees, which made for slower than predicted times for more than 25 percent of the boys and girls from Division I, II and III and IV, in the state championship meet. Among those to lace up their running shoes was Kennett High’s talented junior Amy Burton, who finished 68th overall in a field of 120 athletes.
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