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 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.
After a week off from competition, the Hood River Valley cross country girls team showed no signs of rust in their return back to competition on Saturday, Sept. 29 at the Nike Portland XC meet.
A total of 25 teams in both 5A and 6A from around the state, including the Hood River Valley girls and boys cross country teams, were in Eugene Sept. 15 for the Northwest Classic meet to preview what will be the state meet course at Lane Community College.
The HRV girls and boys cross country teams concluded their 2017 season with a remarkable state performance at Lane Community College this past weekend.
Now in its second year, the 1k, 3k and 5k Riverhawk Run/Walk has seen its popularity soar with 131 runners signed in for running action last Saturday at Sorosis Park. Race director Bob Thouvenel liked the numbers he saw from the community.