The Early Bird Indoor Track and Field Trials were held Saturday at the University of Minnesota Field House, and Minneapolis Edison sisters Jia and Jada Lewis, who paced the Tommies to the girls' Class 1A team championship last June, appear to have picked up right where they left off.

Jia, a freshman and the defending Class 1A state champion in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, won the 60-meter dash in a time of 7.95. Her sister Jada, a sophomore, was third with a time of 8.01, one one-hundredth of a second behind runner-up Sophia Anderson of Holy Angels. Anderson won the 400-meter dash in 1:00.87.

Jada Lewis added a field medal when she took first place in the girls' long jump with a leap of 15 feet, 10½ inches.

Some notable performances in the boys' meet included Armstrong junior Evan McClellon's time of 6.98 in the 60-meter dash, the only sprinter to post a sub-7-second time. Two athletes better known for their exploits on the football field, Minnetonka's Vance Barnes and Park Center's Adam Buirge, finished second and third.

Two impressive early-season marks were set in the boys' field events. Park Center's Terrance Howard threw the shot put 51 feet, 1 inch, and St. Louis Park's Trenton Stafford posted a long jump of 21 feet, 3½ inches.

Coffey on track

Hopkins junior Amir Coffey is recovering well from a torn ACL in his knee suffered in December, according to his father, former Gophers and Timberwolves forward Richard Coffey.

"It's coming along," said Richard Coffey, who provided color commentary for the boys' basketball state tournament telecasts on Ch. 45. "The toughest part is keeping him from playing on it. He wants to play summer [basketball], but right now the plan is to take the summer off and rehab his knee so it will be 100 percent in the fall."

However, Amir Coffey is listed on the roster of the Howard Pulley AAU basketball program's U-17 EYBL team, its top team. He had received multiple Division I offers before injuring his knee. Despite Coffey's absence, Hopkins qualified for the Class 4A state tournament, falling to Shakopee in the quarterfinals.

Scot Davis honored

Eden Prairie wrestling coach Scot Davis was honored by the National Wrestling Coaches Association at last week's NCAA Division I meet in St. Louis. Davis, who just finished his second year coaching at Eden Prairie, was presented with a plaque recognizing his 1,000 career coaching victories. Davis, who is best known for coaching Owatonna for 25 years, has 1,046 career coaching victories, a national high school record.

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