Photos: Missouri Class 3-5 girls track and field championships (Friday)

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Day 1 of the Missouri Class 3-5 track and field championships provided plenty of highlights on the girls side, including Lafayette's distance runners, Zaya Akins of Raytown South, Skyye Lee of Parkway Central and Maya Anderson of MICDS among the standout performers.
Here's a look at Friday's action from photographer Nate Latsch:
Missouri Class 3-5 girls track and field championships
Photos from Nate Latsch

Nate Latsch is a Regional Editor at SBLive Sports overseeing high school coverage for Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. A veteran sportswriter and multimedia content creator, Latsch has covered high school sports in the St. Louis area and Missouri for 20 years, with a focus on high school football, basketball, baseball and football and basketball recruiting. He has worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, STLhighschoolsports.com, the Associated Press, FOX Sports Midwest, MLB.com and Scout.com. In addition to covering high school sports, Latsch has covered youth, college and professional sports, including covering the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Blues and St. Louis Rams, the University of Missouri and Saint Louis University.
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