Worland’s Trajn Swalstad Picks Eastern Washington for XC/Track

Worland senior Trajn Swalstad has signed to run cross-country and track at Eastern Washington University. Swalstad has won six state championships during his prep career in cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track. He won the 3A state cross-country championship last fall and led Worland to its first team title by one point.

Swalstad was undefeated in the state during the fall 2024 season. He won titles at the Wyoming Invitational, Buffalo HS Cross Country Invitational, Lander Invitational, Warrior Invitational, Cody Foxes and Hounds, Pinnacle Bank/Powell Invitational, and the 3A West Conference Championships. At the Wyoming High School Cross Country State Championships in Cheyenne, Trajn ran 16:07.99 to take the 3A crown. Only one runner ran faster than Swalstad, and that was in Class 4A. He also placed 16th in the Sweepstakes Division at the Liberty Bell Invitational with a personal best time of 15:18.1. Swalstad finished in 38th place at the Nike Cross Nationals Northwest Regional last November in Boise, ID. Trajn was second at the state cross-country championships as a junior in 2023 and eighth as a sophomore in 2022.

During indoor track this year, Swalstad won the Class 3A 1600 meters at 4:35.59 and the 3200 meters at 9:56.22.

He is the defending outdoor track 3A state champion in the 3A 1600 meters and two-time defending champion in the 3A 3200 meters. Swalstad is competing in his senior outdoor season.

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Trajn’s father and uncle are Eastern Washington University graduates, and he has a lot of family in the Spokane/Cheney, WA, area. He plans to major in Biology as part of EWU’s Pre-med program.

Eastern Washington University is in Cheney, WA. The Eagles compete at the NCAA Division I level and are part of the Big Sky Conference.