Grizzlies Save Their Best For State

The Grace Grizzlies sent seven boys and one girl to the state cross country meet in Lewiston last weekend.  The lone Lady Grizzly to qualify for state was Lily Coleman.  Lily finished her sophomore season placing sixteenth out of sixty-eight runners in the state meet.  Lily also ran a season best time in the race.  Lily will no doubt be returning next season to make another run at qualifying for state.

The Grizzly boys team had a little different road to state.  Only two of the seven runners automatically qualified for the state meet.  Colt Coleman and Adrian Mejia were the two Grizzlies that qualified.  Colt has led the team all season long putting up some of his best times during his senior campaign.  Adrian, called AJ by his friends, suffered an unfortunate injury early in the season and missed most of the year but recovered just in time to compete in districts and qualify for state.  The other five members of the boys team had to wait and see if the state would allow their petition to qualify for the state meet.  Based on their times the petition was granted and the Grizzly men got to take a full team to the meet.  The team as a whole performed very well in the meet with each and every runner setting either a new season or personal record.  The Grizzlies came up just short of earning a trophy as they finished fifth out of the twelve teams in attendance proving it was justified to have them at the meet.  The other five members of the boys team included veteran runners Brock Johnson and Jonah Wilkerson as well as a trio of sophomores in Cutler Andersen, Carter Mecham and Treyson King.  The Grizzlies will lose a lot of experience with four seniors graduating this year but have enough youth to put together another run next season.

Boys Team Results

Victory Charter 65 pts

Rockland 104 pts

Liberty Charter 162pts

Logos 166 pts

Grace 196 pts

Grace Individual Results: Colt Coleman 17:15.7, Adrian Mejia 17:42.2, Jonah Wilkerson 17:55.3, Brock Johnson 18:06.0, Carter Mecham 18:08.2, Treyson King 18:35.5, Cutler Andersen 19:38.3, (Girls) Lily Coleman 20:05.94