Hood River Valley won two more league double dual meets last week, staying unbeaten in both boys and girls competition.
HRV’s girls team did lose a dual meet over the holiday break at former Intermountain Conference rival Pendleton.
In their most recent Northwest Oregon Conference meet Jan. 6 at Putnam High, the Eagle girls topped the host team 118-42 and also beat Wilsonville, 134-18. HRV’s boys squad won their duals, 116-44 over Putnam and 96-73 over Wilsonville.
The HRV-Wilsonville competition was the closest this season in NWOC competition for the Eagles. Wilsonville won two of three relays and had two double winners. Hood River countered with its team depth, as Wilsonville won eight of 11 events.
Hood River’s boys won two individual races: Caiden Titus led a 1-2-3 HRV sweep in the 200-yard individual medley; Elijah Adams won the 500 free ahead of teammate Rohan Faber. Titus was followed by Kaitaro Hawkins and Max Webster in the IM.
The other Eagle boys win came in the 200-freestyle relay in 1 minute, 43.48 seconds. Jackson Bullock led off and was followed by Titus, Lucas Elliott, and Adams.
HRV’s depth was evident in the Eagles’ nine runner-up finishes. Titus and Bullock were second and third in the 100 free; Adams was second in the 200 free; Hawkins was second in the 100 butterfly; Zayd Ziada was runner-up in the 100 back; and Elliott and Faber were second and third in the 100 breaststroke.
The margin of victory for the Eagle girls was much more comfortable. HRV won nine of 11 events, went 1-2 in five of them and 1-2-3 in two — including the final race, the 400 freestyle relay. The final event was a showcase of the HRV depth: Maya Arndt, Emma Titus, Abby Tomlinson, and Sophia Cross won the race in 4:15.94. Teammates Lean Sandoval, Avery Walker, Kikyo Hawkins, and Mackenzie Thurner finished second. Clementine VanDeHay, Esme Price, Kylin Elliott, and Olivia Riek teamed up for third.
Hood River also won the 200 free relay, with Tomlinson, Delaney Hackett, Sophia Helleberg, and Emma Titus combining for a 1:54.25 clocking. In the meet’s first race, Hackett, Ella Simms, Cross, and Helleberg won the 200-medley relay.
Emma Titus and Arndt went 1-2 in the 200 free, with Titus recording a quick mid-season time of 2:06.81. Helleberg and Tomlinson were first and second in the 50 free; Hackett and Cross were 1-2 in a close 100 fly (1:11.98 to 1;12.12); Titus, Tomlinson and Helleberg swept the 100 free; Hackett and Thurner went 1-2 in the 100 backstroke; and Simms and Elliott were first and third in the 100 breaststroke.
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