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Written by Randy Tucker
A flash of red at the finish line has been the rule in the 100-meter hurdles for the last few years in Class 4-A track and field. Riverton’s phenomenal sprint hurdler, Addison Alley, will continue to compete after signing a Division I National Letter of Intent to Weber State University.
Alley is a two-time, back-to-back Class 4-A state champion in the 100-meter hurdles and won best of the best honors at the 2025 State Track Championships in Casper last May after a preliminary time of 14.56
She’s been under the 15-second mark since her junior year.
“I talked to a few schools,” Alley said. “I visited Chadron and Utah Tech. The cool part of it was that it was DI, and I was super happy.”
Alley played volleyball for the Lady Wolverines from her freshman to junior year, but decided to concentrate on track this year.
He competes in both indoor and outdoor track. Indoor can be unforgiving with just five hurdles and is the equivalent of a drag race with little time to adjust stride, cadence, or foot placement.
“I used to be really bad at indoor hurdles,” Alley said. “I like outdoor because it’s a longer race and I have time to adjust and fix it.”
Hurdling is a unique event. Whether you run the 100 or 3200, the race is unimpeded. Hurdling is similar to hitting the board in the long jump 10 consecutive times.
“In the blocks you look down and there are 10 hurdles and oh my gosh,” Alley said.
One of the reasons she chose Weber State is the dental hygienist program.
“They are one of the only colleges with D1 track and a dental hygiene school,” Alley said. “Not a lot of people go into dental hygiene. I can get a job anywhere. I decided I wanted to go there on my visit. The team and coach were amazing.”
Alley is an honor student and a member of the National Honor Society.
“Weber State has really good academics,” Alley said. “Their track team has an overall GPA of 3.7 or 3.8.”
Alley is the daughter of Tera and Michael Alley. Her older brother, Logan, was a hurdler for the Wolverines.
“Logan was a hurdler, that’s what got me into hurdles, I wanted to break his records,” Alley said.
She had thanks for the support of her family and coaches, “Especially my mom,” Alley said.
He also thanked her coaches.
“I want to thank my hurdle coach, Matt Mason, and my middle school coach, Brian Shultz,” Alley said. “And my brother Logan. “
She is currently nursing a minor injury but will be back on the indoor circuit soon and will compete a final season for the Lady Wolverines beginning in March.