Advance Article on State Meet Features Photo of Colin

The Advance has a nice story about the state championship. It features a picture of a kid from Allendale and Colin near the finish of the 2007 finals.

Even Splits … the Mantra of WC XC

State Meet 2007 Girls:
Olivia Sydow,T,11,6:24,6:07,6:18,19:31.6,Grand Rapids West Catholic
Monica Kinney,T,12,6:24,6:29,6:49,20:14.8,Grand Rapids West Catholic
Kelsey Carpenter,T,10,6:33,6:40,6:34,20:21.7,Grand Rapids West Catholic
Olivia Quam,T,10,6:33,6:39,6:35,20:22.8,Grand Rapids West Catholic
Megan Debri,T,10,6:44,6:57,6:48,21:03.2,Grand Rapids West Catholic
Amy Russo,T,11,6:45,6:57,6:49,21:04.6,Grand Rapids West Catholic
Erika Buczkowski,T,9,6:45,6:57,6:53,21:09.6,Grand Rapids West Catholic
State Meet 2007 Boys:
Mike Gravelyn,T,12,4:54,5:09,5:05,15:32.1,Grand Rapids West Catholic
Antonio Schafer,T,11,4:55,5:15,5:20,16:02.9,Grand Rapids West Catholic
Ryan Scott,T,12,5:07,5:28,5:21,16:24.0,Grand Rapids West Catholic
Colin Valliere,T,12,5:16,5:27,5:22,16:32.9,Grand Rapids West Catholic
Ian Quam,T,12,5:19,5:32,5:28,16:46.2,Grand Rapids West Catholic
Matt […]

GR Press Article on Boys and Girls

Mike Gravelyn is quoted heavily in the article. What a great run for “his” team of seniors, one championship (Mike did not run his freshman year when the team won) and three runners-up’s. The glass is definitely half full and placing that high three years in a row is a tremendous accomplishment. […]

Blog Write-up of Todays GR Area Teams in D3 State Meet

The press featured Devon John of Allendale. It also mentions our girls who finished 9th and our boys who were runners up.
The girls achieved their goal of finishing in the top ten.
Complete results are on the MHSAA Site:
Girls — Boys
I was very proud of all ten of our ladies today. All were ready […]

Up and At it In Jackson

We had a good night and look ready to go. See you all for the 10:30 girls start and the 11:30 boys start. Remember bring cash as they don’t take visa, american express or anything else. You want to be in the infield. Take the tram to get there. We […]