Six Wolves represent Moorcroft at state

On Thursday May 20, six Lady Wolves traveled to Casper for the 2021 Wyoming State Track and Field Championships. The Ladies who represented Moorcroft throughout the weekend were freshmen Mallory Jones, Natalee Scribner and Joslyn VonOlnhausen, sophomore Katelynn Blakeman and juniors Char Cranston and Kaylee Terry.

On Thursday afternoon, Jones got right to work opening the state events with the 3200 meter run finals. She fought a good fight and brought home the silver medal, taking second place with the time of 12:44.63.

Shortly thereafter, Blakeman and Cranston performed in the 100 meter hurdle preliminaries, both earning a spot into the finals. Cranston and Scribner leapt into the sandpit in the long jump finals.

Cranston flew through the air and landed 14’ 1.75” into the pit, taking tenth place. Scribner leapt 12’ 2.5” into the sand and took seventeenth place.

In the final event of the evening, Blakeman, Cranston, Terry and Jones wowed the crowd and combined their efforts in the 1600 meter sprint medley finals, each runner performed well with each handoff. These ladies pushed onward and brought home the silver medal with the time of 4:39.25.

On Friday morning, Terry and Jones ran a in a wet and dreary 800 meter run finals. These young women exemplified determination and effort in the race, each girl earning a spot on the winner’s podium.

Jones took fourth place with the time of 2:35.11 and Terry took sixth place with the time of 2:37.76.

In the very next race, Terry sprinted along in the 200 meter dash preliminaries with the time of 30.57 but unfortunately missed the cut for finals. The 300 meter hurdle preliminaries came next, and Cranston soared over each hurdle and earned a spot in the finals.

Terry sprinted around the oval in the 400 meter dash preliminaries, earning a position in the finals race.

Saturday morning gave way to the final races. For the Wolves, Blakeman and Cranston performed well in the 100 meter hurdles finals.

Cranston placed fourth with the time of 18.40 and Blakeman placed eighth with the time of 19.30. There was little rest for Cranston, as the next race was the 300 meter hurdle finals race; she flew over each hurdle earning a fourth place spot on the winners podium with the time of 51.74.

Terry, once again, sprinted around the oval in the 400 meter dash finals and got onto the winner’s podium with an impressive show of speed, taking eighth place with the time of 1:03.06.

The final race of the weekend for the Lady Wolves was the 1600 meter run finals. Jones pulled all the stops and looked like she was just having fun.

She made a very strong run for the finish and took another silver medal home when she finished second with the time of 5:34.07.

The Lady Wolves were a joy to watch over the course of the weekend. This tiny team of rambunctious young women took sixth place overall out of sixteen represented teams. Jones was named an all-state selection in the 3200 and 1500 meter runs.

The team is young with a bright future ahead. They will be back again next spring. They will run races, fly over hurdles, leap into sandpits and come together as a single unit with every relay.