HOOD RIVER — Senior Syl Perrin raced to a lifetime best and freshman Diyora Khudoidodova cleared a personal best in the high jump to lead performances by the Hood River Valley track and field team this past week.
They were among eight HRV athletes who competed at the annual Nike/Jesuit Twilight Relays in Portland on April 23-24. Qualifying athletes came from as far away as Texas and Colorado to compete with some of the best in the Northwest.
Perrin ran the 3200 meters in 11 minutes, 6.8 seconds, and was timed enroute in the 3000 meters in 10:26.06 (a season best). She is ranked first in the latter race thus far in the OSAA Class 5A Northwest Oregon Conference.
Khudoidodova leads the NWOC girls high jumpers after she cleared a lifetime best of 5 feet, 4.25 inches to finish second at Jesuit. (It took a winning – and state leading of all classifications - mark of 5-9.25 by Silverton freshman Scout Haugen to beat her.) Khudoidodova is ranked No. 4 in the state in the high jump.
Teammate Georgiana Williams ran the 100 at Jesuit in 13.12, and Savina Davis ran the 1500 in 5:00.5.
Senior Victor Coffman paced the HRV boys at Jesuit, with his season best 9:42.52 in the 3000. Jack Miller threw 141-0.75 in the javelin; Matt Trickey ran the 100 in 11.35; and senior Francisco Solberg competed in the pole vault.
The Eagles also competed in a mid-week meet last week, joining Parkrose at a NWOC gathering at La Salle Prep. Top marks for the HRV boys came from Solberg in the pole vault (season best 12-6); Sam Knoll in the 1500 (4:34.61); Brayden Strong in the 800 (2:08.36); and Trickey in the 200 (23.11) and 100 (11.52).
On the girls side, Davis ran the 800 in 2:24.12, bringing along Perrin in 2:29.10 — as they did some speed work before their longer runs a few days later at Jesuit. Davis ran a 61-second 300 hurdle race, as well, while Perrin clocked a sub-68-second quarter on the Eagles’ winning 4x400 relay. Gisele Kingsfogel, Uma Carosella, Amelia Gabriel and Perrin combined to run 4:39.11.
In field events, Khudoidodova won the high jump at 5-2, and fellow frosh Karina Little was second in the long jump at 14-10.
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