There’s probably a scientific formula confirming the reliability of pre-meet form charts in the sport of cross country. Hood River Coach Brandon Bertram has his own theory: put in the work, get the results.
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“Go west,” they said back in the day when adventurous types plied the Oregon Trail. (No doubt some of the weary travelers could have used some thick-soled running shoes.) And west is the direction Hood River Valley’s cross country program will shake a leg for the next four years in the revamped Northwest Oregon Conference, based in the Portland-metro area (see list of schools).
Senior Lauren Griggs and sophomore Jackson Bullock were Hood River Valley’s top placers at last weekend’s Class 5A state track and field meet at Hayward Field in Eugene.
Hood River Valley junior Elliot Hawley and sophomore Simone Tillman raced to runner-up finishes Friday at the Dean Nice Invitational track and field meet — Hawley in his specialty, Tillman in her newfound specialty. And, just for good measure, Tillman tossed in a first place in her old specialty.
Sophomore sprinter Simone Tillman led the Hood River Valley girls at Friday’s Laker Invite at Lake Oswego High School.
Kids do grow up, and nobody probably can attest to that more than elementary and middle school teachers. That said, Brandon Bertram and Jill Pearson are in unique positions to monitor the ongoing running progression of Hood River Valley and The Dalles cross country runners.
Quality individual performances led the Hood River Valley girls track and field team to second place — tops among Gorge teams — at the Intermountain Conference championship meet on a hot, but relatively windless Saturday in Pendleton.
Hood River Valley’s track and field team is slowly working its way into competitive shape, as evidenced by its performance last week at a three-way Intermountain Conference meet in Prineville.
Hood River Valley swept the team races for the third time in five years at Wednesday’s Intermountain Conference district cross country meet at Sorosis Park in The Dalles.
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Hood River Valley’s Chloe Bullock and Crook County’s Alec Carne are the individual favorites in Wednesday’s Intermountain Conference district cross country meet at Sorosis Park in The Dalles.
Neither senior runner has lost a race this shortened season, which included mostly weekly dual or three-way meets among league opponents.
