TD's Moorehouse Vaults to Top at Championship; others follow
Taylor Morehouse ended his senior season literally on top, with a fifteen-foot and state championship-winning jump in the pole vault, a half-foot ahead of Silverton’s Joel Rush. With the entire stadium clapping, he barely missed his attempts at 15’9”, which would’ve broken The Dalles’ record. Still, he was pleased with his season- with an improvement of over a foot over the past few weeks.
Riverhawk Track finishes strong at district; multiple athletes going to state
Riverhawks ran, jumped and vaulted at districts in Prineville on Friday and Saturday, May 13 & !4, to punch their tickets to the state championship for Track and Field at Eugene’s famed Hayward Field on May 19-21. Check out all the results here and some incredible photos by Jill Pearson and Ashley Quisenberry.
Dunn crushes TDHS record in Triple Jump; Track team kicking at end of season
Last week, however, at The Dalles’ final home meet and at the Dean Nice invitational in Gresham on April 29 - all eyes were on Zoe Dunn’s outstanding triple jump, which smashed her personal record by nearly three feet and obliterated the school record set by Sharon Engle in 1998.
Maupin Opening a New World Class Athletics Complex, 'The DRAC'
We’re about to have a world-class athletic complex near us. That’s unheard of for a place like the Columbia Gorge. The Maupin Deschutes River Athletic Complex is being built right now. World-class athletes like Usain Bolt could go and set records at that track.
Morehouse Crowned State Champ as TDHS Athletes Peak in Track
Taylor Morehouse topped 14 feet in the pole vault to take state gold at the 5A state track meet this past Friday and Saturday, May 21st-May 22nd. He was among 3 athletes that took top 3 in their events. Overall, The Dalles High School had 11 students make it to state. They represented The Dalles really well and most PR’d. Morehouse’s phenomenal vault has led him to be the first state champion at TDHS since 2010.
Riverhawks Look to Compete in 5A Districts to Punch a Ticket to State
The Dalles High School’s track team will be attending districts this weekend. In past years the team would bring their varsity team to districts. Their Varsity team is the top 3 athletes at each event and the rest is Junior Varsity. But with sports and the season being complicated because of COVID-19, they’re bringing the whole team. It’s more about giving the kids a good opportunity to get better and make some new PR’s.