2024 - 2025
JAMESTOWN Blue Jay Girls WRESTLING
Meet the Coaching Team
Head Girls Wrestling Coach
James Meland
Coach James Meland is in his 4th season as Head Girls Wrestling Coach, where he has led the Blue Jays to three top 10 finishes at the North Dakota State Championship in their first 3 years and multiple podium individual finishes with a strong runner up in the 2023 - 2024 season.
Coach Meland grew up in Webster, SD. where he was 5 X varsity starter, 4 X state qualifier and a 3 X state placer (2nd, 4th and 5th). Coach Meland attended Jamestown College and studied Elementary and Physical Education. While wrestling for the Jimmies, Coach Meland was a 4 X National Qualifier.
Coach Meland serves as a board member of the Jamestown Wrestling Association. Coach Meland and wife Melissa, have a daughter Tomi and son Thielen, both future wrestlers and Doug the Great Dane.
Assistant Girls Wrestling Coach
Yurick Martis
I grew up in Bismarck, ND and attended Bismarck High School. I wrestled for BHS my sophomore through senior year and graduated in 2017. After graduating, I joined the Army National Guard and attended training at Fort Jackson, SC and Fort Gordon, GA. I've been with the 426th Signal Company in Fargo for the last 6 years and my current position is Senior Communications Systems Specialist. I am a Sergeant and I lead a small team of 4 soldiers.
On the civilian side, for the last 5 years I've been working as a contractor for the Navy at a broadcast transmitter site. I started as an electronics technician, but my current role is systems administrator. In addition to my systems administrator role, I also perform duties as the purchasing agent, supply clerk, information systems security officer and assistant comsec manager. In the last year, I was training Brazilian Jiu-jitsu with a small group of people at the University of Jamestown's wrestling room.
My girlfriend Madison and I have two cats, Elmer and Layne. We enjoy playing board games, doing arts and crafts, and hiking.
