HANOVER — Kennett High junior Aida Wheat is a state champion. Wheat broke the school record and won the 55-meter dash at the NHIAA Division II Indoor State Championships in the Leverone Field House at Dartmouth College on Sunday.
Kennett High indoor track team also turned in a couple of stellar performances in the relay races it competed in.
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