Chesna Tomko runs the 300-meter hurdles during Butler's girls track tream victory over North Allergheny Tuesday. Tomko won the hurdle event and the Golden Tornado girls won the meet, 85-65.

The weather will heat up at some point, as will the competition among the WPIAL girls track and field elite.

For now, Butler coach John Williams has no complaints after watching his team improve its record to 5-0.

The Golden Tornado, the defending WPIAL Class AAA champions, used a lopsided edge in field events to pull away from rival North Allegheny on Tuesday, 85-65 at Art Bernardi Stadium.

The Tornado boys suffered their first loss of the season, a 90-60 setback to the Tigers.

Excluding field events, Butler led the Tigers by a modest 45-42 count. But the Tornado's 40-23 advantage off the track helped seal the win going away. The effort was led by Jena Reinheimer's victories in the discus and shot put.

“North Allegheny is always a strong team,” said Williams. “They were second in the WPIAL last season. We could very well meet them at WPIALs again this year. We'll be better in another month and so will they.”

Junior Liz Simms was part of four wins Tuesday for the Tornado. She took first place in the 400 and 800 runs and also was on the top 4x800 and 4x400 relay teams.

Also encouraging to Williams is the performance of several freshmen.

That group included Chesna Tomko, who won the 300 hurdles and contributed to both relay wins. Allison Altman won the high jump and Lucy Link the triple jump. Gabby Boden ran the third leg of the 4x400 relay and Emma Stewart contributed points as well.

Read the full story and see their times in Wednesday's Butler Eagle.