When Delaney Smith was 18, a roller derby game played by ICT Roller Derby, now called Wicked City Roller Derby, was advertised in her home town of El Dorado. This was her first introduction to the Wichita team.
Smith, who now lives and owns a roller skating shop in Wichita, later took an introductory class held by the team.
“The newbie class is an eight-week course,” she said. “The team comes in and teaches you the basics of roller skating and then the basics of roller derby.