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D2 State Track: Foley earns All-State honors in Shot Put: Huff and Yearling finish strong

troy tennyson, coldwater daily reporter
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Coldwater's Lainey Yearling, Elli Foley and Grace Huff all made the trip to Ada on Saturday to compete in the D2 State Track Finals. Foley finished in fourth place in the shot put to earn All State honors.
Coldwater's Lainey Yearling, Elli Foley and Grace Huff all made the trip to Ada on Saturday to compete in the D2 State Track Finals. Foley finished in fourth place in the shot put to earn All State honors.

ADA, MI. - Three Coldwater Cardinals traveled to Forest Hills Eastern High School in Ada on Saturday to compete on the biggest stage of high school sports in Division Two, facing off with hundreds of athletes from around the state in the MHSAA (Michigan High School Athletic Association) LP Division Two Track and Field State Finals.

Coldwater's Elli Foley reaches back for a big throw Saturday at the D2 State Finals. Foley finished in fourth place in the shot put to earn All State honors
Coldwater's Elli Foley reaches back for a big throw Saturday at the D2 State Finals. Foley finished in fourth place in the shot put to earn All State honors

One of the three Cardinals to make the trip came home with All State honors as sophomore record breaking thrower Elli Foley finished in fourth place in the shot put with a throw of 39 feet, 3 inches. Janae Hudson of Marsyville brought home the state title with a throw of 42 feet, 7 inches, followed by Makenzie Johns of Cadillac with a throw of 40 feet, 10 inches and Haley Guerrant of Otsego in third place with a throw of 39 feet, 10 inches. With her All State status Foley puts a cap on a record breaking season that saw the sophomore break the CHS school record in the shot put on two separate occasions, to go along with Interstate 8 conference and regional titles in both the shot put and discus.

Coldwater’s resident 800-meter ace Grace Huff just missed All State honors in her first trip to the big stage, finishing in ninth place with a personal best time of 2 minutes, 19.81 seconds. Huff just missed All State honors as the eighth place finisher, Kyla Meyers of Spring Lake, finished in a time of 2 minutes, 19.68 seconds. The state championship went to Camryn Bodine of East Grand Rapids who won in a personal best time of 2 minutes, 11.53 seconds.

Coldwater's Grace Huff leads the pack down the final stretch of the 800 meter run at Saturday's D2 State Finals. Huff finished just out of the medals in ninth place
Coldwater's Grace Huff leads the pack down the final stretch of the 800 meter run at Saturday's D2 State Finals. Huff finished just out of the medals in ninth place

Coldwater’s final competitor came in the form of long-distance specialist Lainey Yearling who finished in twenty-fourth place in the 3200-meter run. Yearling finished in a time of 12 minutes, 19.41 seconds to cap off a tremendous season. State championship honors in the 3200-meter run went to Natalie VanOtteren of Grand Rapids Christian who won in a time of 10 minutes, 57.20 seconds.

For full results of all the races and events at the MHSAA LP Division Two Track and Field State Finals https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/481009/results.

Congratulations to all those who made the trip to the state finals and congratulations to Coldwater’s Elli Foley on her All-State honors.

This article originally appeared on Coldwater Daily Reporter: D2 State Track: Foley earns All-State honors in Shot Put: Huff and Yearling finish strong