The 2002 Girls Cross Country Team

Inducted Fall 2025

On November 2, 2002, the Fryeburg Academy girls' cross-country team captured the Western Maine Class B State Championship, running the race of their lives. After placing second at the Western Maine Regional meet, the team entered the state final as underdogs. The conditions were brutal—30 degrees with 30-mph winds—and when the race ended, it appeared Fryeburg had finished second.

But when the scores were tallied, Fryeburg and Leavitt were tied with 96 points. The championship came down to the performance of each team’s sixth runner. Rookie Cal Trumann, who had listened all season to her coach’s reminder of the sixth runner’s importance, delivered when it mattered most. Her 43rd-place finish broke the tie, giving Fryeburg its first-ever state title and edging out favored Greely in the process.

The team, coached by Bill Reilly and assisted by Dawn Hunt, included Taryn Nicoletta, Alana Landano, Rebecca Kurnick, Mindy Rouse, Joanna Kinsman, Mariah Whitney, Stephanie Jette, Kaitlyn Burrell, Holly Eagleston, Aurora Winkler, Sara Tilton, Makenzie Walker, Hailey Dyer, Bailey Damon, Cal Trumann, Jennifer Plowden, Cleo Trumann, Meriel Longley, Kristin Przyklenk, Stacy Kerelska, and Rositsa Ananasova.