Scott picks up 2 state medals
By Sam Waller
Alli Scott claimed the second state gold medal in Moran history Saturday, May 14 at the Class 1A state track meet.
Scott won the 100-meter hurdles at Myers Stadium in Austin, claiming Moran’s first track state title since Amy Moore won the 440-yard dash in 1972, which was the first year the UIL held a state meet for girls.
Scott narrowly missed adding another top spot, finishing second in the 300 hurdles.
“Words can not describe how proud I am of this young lady,” Moran coach John Hughes said. “She made it a goal to get back to the state meet this year after last year’s seventh-place finish in the 100 hurdles.”
Scott’s performance put Moran in a tie for ninth in the girls team standings at 18 points.
“It’s still hard to believe,” she said. “I would not have been able to it without Coach Hughes and Kevin Hill.”
Scott began the day by finishing eighth in the high jump at 4 feet, 10 inches.
“I love high jump, but it gives me really bad shin splints,” said Scott, who cleared 5-0 at regional. “I’m not as good at high jump as I am in the hurdles, so I was more worried and focused on the hurdles. My head wasn’t really in high jump.”
In the 100 hurdles, Scott ran a personal-best time of 15.73 seconds, to finish 0.15 seconds ahead of Makenna Byrd of Wildorado. Scott’s time was just 0.06 seconds off the 1A state record set by Menard’s Alexandra Hensley in 2018. Still, Scott wasn’t sure she’d won until the results were posted.
“I felt like I had it because I could see out of my peripheral vision,” she said. “I couldn’t quite tell if I’d got it or someone had passed me.”
Scott ran another personal best of 46.31 in the 300 hurdles to finish 0.23 seconds behind Camdyn Childs of Barksdale Nueces Canyon. The top three finishers in the race all bettered the state mark of 46.39 Byrd set last year.
Scott said a slow start was offset by a strong finish.
“Halfway through the race, everyone else was taking off, so I started pushing and got into third place,” she said. “That last surge to get into second place took everything in me. My legs were so wobbly. I was trying to catch first place; I just couldn’t quite get there.”
