Granby’s outdoor track season ended in mid-June when Rohman Knutson and Cal Olsen competed in the CIAC decathlon on June 13.
It was a successful track season with individual state championships, conference championships, meet records, school records, medals, all conference selections, and several historic firsts.
The boys team finished 9-4 while the girls were 6-6. The boys were fourth at the conference meet while the girls were sixth. The boys finished tenth in Class M as a team. The girls finished twentieth in the state. The boys finished tied for 44th at the state open with all the teams from all divisions. The boys had one qualifier for the New England Meet in Bangor, Maine.
At the highly competitive Middletown Invitational with many of the state’s most competitive track schools, Granby won seven medals, the most in recent history.
At the conference meet at Suffield the teams were each led by two conference winners. The girls’ winners were Alayla Bolduc in the high jump with a jump of 5-00 and Mackenzie Janski repeated as conference champion in the pole vault with a vault of 8-06. For the boys, Jacob Shine won the discus with a throw of 142-03 and Aiden Barbee in the pole vault with a vault of 12-06. At the class M state meet, Jacob Shine won the discus with a throw of 156-06, and finished fourth in the shot put. Aiden Barbee finished second in the pole vault. The 4×1 relay finished fifth. Addyson Earl finished second in the 400 for the girls.
All qualified for the state open.
At the state open Addyson Earl became the first girl in Granby history to break 1 minute in the 400 with a time of 59.30 while finishing 11th. On the boys’ side, Aiden Barbee finished sixth in the pole vault with a school record vault of 13-00 to qualify for the New England meet. At the New England meet, Barbee came in ninth in all of New England.
