Alyssa Slade take First Place at State Indoor Track

Alyssa Slade a junior at Pine Bluffs High School and star member of the Burns/Pine Bluffs track team is the Wyoming State Champion in the high jump. Slade competed in the state tournament last week and took first place in the event. Slade has also been awarded All-State Honors. For the first time the Association has split the 3A and 4A classes. Slade is now the record holder in the high jump for the 3A division at 5ft 2in.

Slade was coming off a leg injury and only had nine practices before competing. Slade said, "I believed that I had a chance to win. But there were way more girls there t...