Moffat County senior Julia Chavez.
Emaleigh Papierski and her friends looked around nervously, knowing they were breaking the rules and praying no one would see them. This wasn’t like her, but she was desperate for a little rebellion.
They would meet on these days and…well, they weren’t meeting behind the school bleachers to smoke, drink or hang out with the bad boys (if those exist in Craig). They would run together.
At that point, they were a dismantled track team lost after their season was canceled by the coronavirus. The circumstances not only meant they couldn’t defend their state championship in the 200 relays. It meant they couldn’t see each other at all. They missed each other. They were best friends. Desperate times called for desperate measures. So they met, spaced apart and ran.