GRiT Ambassador Program
The NICA GRiT Ambassador Program aims to engage female student-athletes in spreading the word about the GRiT Program within NICA leagues. The GRiT Ambassador will be a student-athlete representative for the GRiT Program, help raise awareness of the effort to get #moregirlsonbikes and, most importantly, be a local advocate and voice for what our female student-athletes want out of the GRiT Program. GRiT Ambassadors play a key role in recruiting and retaining more girls in NICA programs at the state level.
2025 GRiT Ambassadors
Seniors
Sara Beltran
MoCo Smores Composite
I speak spanish fluently.
I have been riding for 10 years and racing for 6 years.
I love to cook and bake.
Sydney Clasing
Gunpowder Mills Racers
I love participating in musical theater. This past year I was in Mama Mia!
My favoriate fruit ever is mango.
I am a social butterfly and will talk to everyone I can both on and off the trail!
Juniors
Fiona Bagley
Eastern Shore Composite
I have been homeschooled my entire life and discovered MICL through other Eastern Shore mountain biking homeschoolers.
Besides biking, my other favorite thing to do is creative writing and reading, specifically fantasy.
Ava Champney
Carroll County Composite
I play lacrosse and basketball.
I have been racing bikes since I was 5 years old.
I’ve been to Florida 5 times.
Kat Medellin
Monocay Composite
I saved a skunk from drowning in a pool.
I was diagnosed with Leukemia last year.
Ashley Pickles
Kent Island High School
I really like camping at races even tho I’ve only done it once.
I really like root beer.
Madelyn Sadera
North Baltimore County Composite
In the winter and spring, I do track and field.
I can speak Latin.
Allison Thrush
Garrett County Composite
I love to bake.
Summer is my favorite season
I enjoy sailing and tubing.
Sophomores
Piper Allee
Three Notch Trailhawks
I sing and do theatre
My older brother races on my team too!
I love dolphins.
Ava Anderson
Garrett County Composite
I am very passionate about ski racing and dance.
I also very much dislike pizza
Audrey Lewandowski
Trolley Trail Tacocats
Mountain biking is one of my main sports and one of the most exciting things about my summers.
I love cheering for people at the races.
Emma Nauman
Three Notch Trailhawks Composite
I participate in many theater productions.
I also enjoy playing the piano.
Freshmen
Allison Boyd
Catonsville Bolts
I have two golden retriever puppies.
I love to read.
I have been riding bikes sense second grade.
June Kraemer
Gunpowder Mills Racers
I can walk on my hands.
My birthday is in July.
I once solved a rubix cube.
Penny Levelle
Anne Arundel Blur
So far this year, I have made a new pair of earrings to wear to school every day.
My first 10k run, which I completed in less than an hour, was the Bay Bridge Run.
Abigail Mark
Monocacy Composite
I have 3 older brothers.
I caught a fish with my toes.
8th Grade
Noelle Harcum
North Baltimore County Composite
I do road and cyclocross along with mountain biking.
I am an actress and have acted in Shrek the musical and Addams Family.