The Dalles cross country Coach Jill Bell (right) encourages senior Alaina Casady (center) during a race in October.
Joe Petshow photoTHE DALLES — The Dalles won the varsity girls cross country race at the 18-team Estacada Invitational on Oct. 16 at McIver State Park.
The afternoon meet was an unofficial preview of the upcoming Class 4A Tri-Valley Conference district meet, which also will be held at McIver on Oct. 30. All six TVC teams competed at last week’s invitational.
The Dalles’ girls squad won with 97 points over 6A South Salem (105). Crook County was the second TVC finishing team in sixth place. The Dalles also won the junior varsity girls race.
Five of the seven varsity runners for the Riverhawks posted personal bests on the fast McIver course. Alaina Casady, who was locked in a competitive four-person TVC individual dual, led The Dalles by finishing third overall. Emily Picard of Madras won the 5,000-meter race in 18 minutes, 56 seconds; Annalyse Jenson of Molalla was second in 18:58.56; Casady was third in 18:58.59; and Anika Jenson of Molalla was fourth in 18:59.
Casady and her The Dalles teammates were coming off three days of recovery after competing at — and winning — the Oct. 12 Paul Mariman Invitational in Philomath. Casady, who has a personal best of 18:53 set Sept. 21 at the Northwest Classic, won the girls varsity race at the Paul Mariman.
Also figuring in the team score (top five) for The Dallas at Estacada were Kestley Hodges, 17th in a PR 20:45; Laura Black, 19th in a PR 20:51; Abigail Pope, 27th in a season best 21:09; and Marley Perry, 34th in an PR 21:22. Ember Kahler was 51st and Josie Brace was 71st — with PRs of 22:27 and 23:06, respectively, for Coach Jill Bell’s team.
The Dalles boys second to Crook County at Estacada
The Dalles High’s boys cross country team finished second behind Tri-Valley Conference foe Crook County at the 18-team Estacada Invitational on Oct. 16 at McIver State Park.
The Cowboys scored 75 team points to the 91 of The Dalles. The Riverhawks and Crook County had competed against each other in two meets earlier this season. The Dalles won the 1A/2A/3A/4A race at the Northwest Classic on Sept. 21, while Crook County was fifth; and the two teams finished 1-2 at The Dalles’ Bridget Nelson race Sept. 27 at Sorosis Park.
Junior Tyson Long and senior Caleb Caldwell finished seventh and eighth (16:49.49 and 16:49.58) to lead The Dalles at the Estacada meet – which had 158 runners in the varsity race. Trey Hodges was 14th (PR 17:04), Zeb Stelzer 31st (PR 17:41), and Noah Preston 33rd (17:43) to complete team scorers for the Riverhawks. Aiden Erickson was 39th and Luke Sorenson 50th (PR 18:06) for The Dalles varsity.
Tyler Walton of 6A Adrienne Nelson High School won the boys varsity race in 16:09.
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