The first major track meet of the season will be held Saturday at West Mifflin Area High School's Titan Stadium.

The Tri-State Track Coaches Association championships will get under way at 9:15 a.m. with field events. Trials in track events will get begin at 9:45 a.m. with finals expected to begin about noon.

The TSTCA championships comes on the heels of the South Hills Classic that took place this past Saturday at Baldwin High School. If the results from the classic are any indication, competition at the meet should be outstanding.

"We had 19 records either set or tied at the classic. That's good for this early in the season," Baldwin track coordinator Ed Helbig said.

More schools and athletes will compete at West Mifflin, which should make for better competition. Helbig will be interested to see Saturday's results.

"I think the fact there were more schools involved in indoor track this year has shown in some of the early results," he said.

At the South Hills Classic, Elizabeth Forward's Tim Dixon was a triple winner and set a pair of meet records. He won the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes. He set records in the 200 (22.63 seconds) and the 400 (50.58).

Baldwin's Dennis Logan and T.J. Hobart also set records as did the Highlanders 3,200-meter relay team with a mark of 8:10.52. Logan won the 800 in 2:00.58 and Hobart took the 3,200 in 9:42.49. Central Catholic's Steve Mitchell won the shot put with a record setting throw of 57 feet, 6 inches.

On the girls' side, Freedom's Ashley Adams was a double winner and record setter. She won the shot put with a record throw of 44-101/4 and the discus with a throw of 136-10.

Mt. Lebanon's Kayleigh Birks set a record in winning the 200 in 25.99 seconds. Teammate Samantha Carl took the 1,600 in a record time of 5:19.77.

Brentwood's Maggie Wissler won the 800 with a record time of 2:22 and Upper St. Clair's Elizabeth Kline set a record in the 100-meter high hurdles with a time of 15.39 seconds. And Mt. Lebanon's 400-meter relay (51.38) and Upper St. Clair's 1,600 relay (4:13.15) set records.

Baldwin's Brittany Edwards won the triple jump with a record leap of 36-73/4 and also won the long jump. Keystone Oaks' Amelia Wren tied the meet's high jump record with a height of 5 feet.