HOOD RIVER — Hood River Valley’s girls swimming team beat the snow and the rest of the Northwest Oregon Conference teams at the 2025 district championship.
The finals, at Parkrose High School, were held Feb. 12 — moved up from the scheduled Feb. 14-15 meet — because of expected adverse winter weather in Portland.
Hood River’s girls team used its superior depth to score 432 points, to the 376 of runner-up and last year’s champion, Canby High. The HRV boys were fourth in their meet, trailing Canby, Hillsboro and La Salle Prep.
Hood River won three individual races and two relays. Senior Sophia Cross won the girls 200-yard freestyle and girls 100-yard freestyle; and junior Felipe Mendez won the boys 100-yard breaststroke. The relay wins came from the HRV girls in the 200 freestyle (Nyxey Heredia, Ava Giordano, Delaney Hackett and Cross); and the girls 400 freestyle (Heredia, Sophie Helleberg, Maya Arndt and Cross).
Those swimmers automatically qualified for the OSAA’s state championships Feb. 21-22. First-place winners in each individual and relay event at the four 5A district meets automatically qualify. Any remaining open lanes at state will be filled by the next fastest times from district meet finals (held through Feb. 15), up to 12 participants.
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