Senior Kayden McCavic wanted to make amends for some unfulfilled expectations. Senior Juan Diego Contreras wanted team validation — to match some of his individual accolades. Sophomore Vincent Ziegenhagen simply wanted to run with twin brother, Egan.
Senior Juan Diego Contreras and junior Leo Lemann finished 2-3 to lead The Dalles to a sixth-place finish Saturday at the Oregon City Invitational cross country meet.
The Dalles High cross country runners enjoyed the subtle hills of a golf course last week, when the Bridget Nelson Invite was held Sept. 8 at The Dalles Country Club.
The Dalles High cross country team opened its season Saturday with a road run along the riverfront trail, where senior Juan Diego Contreras looked in mid-season form.
Senior Taylor Morehouse etched his name in The Dalles High track and field record book Saturday when he capped an undefeated season by winning the Class 5A boys pole vault state championship.
Zoe Dunn and Juan Diego Contreras of The Dalles, and Shaw Burns and Maeve Woodruff of Hood River Valley each won two events at the season-opening Mullen Leavitt Invitational track and field meet Friday in The Dalles.
The Dalles junior Juan Diego Contreras led the Riverhawk boys cross country team to sixth place with his third-place individual finish at Saturday’s Class 5A state cross country meet in Eugene.
Steady Juan Diego Contreras was the individual winner and senior teammate Conor Blair led a group of runners with lifetime bests, resulting in The Dalles eking out a one-point win over Hood River Valley at the Intermountain Conference district cross country meet Wednesday in Pendleton.
