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Marietta girls with seventh straight cross country title
CARROLLTON — Winning a state championship is certainly not a routine day for most teams, but it’s become one for Marietta. With a final tally of 48 points, the Blue Devils made it seven consecutive girls’ cross country state championships, this one in Class AAAAAAA, on Saturday afternoon in Carrollton. “Our goal is accomplished for the year,” Marietta coach Jack Coleman said. “At the beginning of the year, we said we wanted the boys to finish top 10 and we wanted the girls to win state. For the girls to win their seventh championship in a row, it was phenomenal.” After winning the 2025 championship by a comfortable margin, the Blue Devils fought their way through a much closer race this time around. Cobb County rival Harrison was right on their heels, with the final margin being just five points. “Harrison is a really good team, and in any other class, they are probably going to be your champ,” Coleman said. “They gave us everything that we could handle and more, so we were really excited to do it.” Marietta’s Alyssa Trevino was the Class AAAAAAA runner up, crossing the finish line at the 18:49.57 mark. She narrowly beat out