HOOD RIVER — Hood River Valley senior Syl Perrin ran a lifetime best for 5,000 meters, finishing 10th overall in the OSAA Class 5A girls cross country championships Nov. 8 in Eugene.
Perrin, who qualified for state by winning the 2025 Northwest Oregon Conference district championship race on Oct. 30, ran the Lane Community College course in 18 minutes, 41 seconds. Perrin, who clung to the lead pack through 2,000 meters, was the only runner in the top 14 to register a personal best.
Perrin finished her OSAA high school cross country career competing in four state meets, a rare feat. She was 26th as a junior, 15th as a sophomore, and 36th as a freshman. Perrin’s finish is the best for an HRV girls runner since Phoebe Wood was eighth in 2021.
The Hood River girls finished tenth out of 13 teams with 265 points. Savina Davis, who finished second at district, was 29th, 19:48, in her first season of cross country. Also finishing in the top five of HRV’s team, and accounting in the team score, were junior Isabel Ulland (66th, 21:54, season best); sophomore Freya Nelson (86th, 23:37); and Piper Johnson (87th, 23:44). Sophia Ransom was 91st for HRV in 24:01.
Summit of Bend won the girls team title with 51 points. Maddie Carney of Caldera of Bend was the individual champion in 17:50.
HRV’s boys team, which has qualified for state the past five seasons, finished in sixth place with 218 points and was led by senior Sam Knoll. He was 24th overall, running the Lane course in 16:15. Sophomore Copeland Louis was 38th in 16:49, senior Victor Coffman was 42nd in 16:51, senior Brayden Strong was 61st in 17:32, and sophomore Josh Carley was 71st in 17:50. Also competing for Coach Laura Haspela’s Eagle team were sophomore Ethan Clough (76th, 18:14) and senior Colin Gerald (79th, 18:16).
Crater, led by individual winner Garrett Faught (14:57), won the 5A boys team title with 39 points. The top three NWOC boys district finishers, Wilsonville, Milwaukie and HRV, were fifth, fourth and sixth at state.
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