Grizzlies Have Big Day At Highland Gold Baton Relays

The Grizzly track team took part in the unique Gold Baton Relays last Friday.  Many of the athletes were limited on events at this meet but the events that they did take part in the Grizzlies saw great improvements.  Several athletes saw individual success but the big stories on the day were some of the Grace relay teams.  The distance medley relay is not a race that is run often however the Lady Grizzlies did run it on Friday.  Oh did they ever run it.  The team which consisted of Lilly Gilbert, Breanna Heer, Tessica Jorgensen and Brooklyn Porter set a new school record taking almost two minutes off of the previous best time.  Not to be outdone, the boys 4x800 relay would also set a new school record.  Again this relay isn’t one that is commonly run but on that day the team of Adrian Mejia, Landon Moss, Jonah Wilkerson, and Brock Johnson would knock an impressive fifty-six seconds off of the previous record.  Finally perhaps the most impressive relay for the Grizzlies came from the most unlikely team.  The throwers 4x100 relay is typically run for nothing more than pure entertainment for the spectators.  In many cases throwers don’t usually run competitively.  That is not the case for the Grizzlies.  The members of the Grizzly throwers relay are good all around athletes and don’t look like your traditional throwers.  When the race began it is not likely that anyone in attendance knew what they were about to witness.  Not even the runners themselves could have ever imagined what was about to happen.  The fact that the Grizzly men flew around the track and blazed to an impressive first place finish was not that surprising to the four man team.  What did catch most off guard was when it was announced that the Grizzly throwers relay had just finished with the second fastest time in the nation this season.  Again it is not a race that is typically run or trained for but for Trevor Mathews, Carson Reeves, Carson Welch, and Bryant Moss can take pride in knowing that they are in the tops of the nation in their event.  That is something that a whole community can take pride in.

The nationally ranked throwers relay will defend their ranking along with the rest of the Grace track and field team at the Direct.Com meet in Pocatello on Friday.