Hudson’s Bay senior wins all-around, vault, floor exercise
Taisha Duran. Jennifer DeBellis. The Columbia River gymnastics teams.
Champions all at this district meet of champions.
Oh, and you can add a freshman from Fort Vancouver to the list, too.
Taisha Duran of Hudson’s Bay won the all-round title, and the Chieftains took the team title Friday night at Prairie High School at the Class 3A/2A district championships.
A year ago, all six Class 3A state champions — team, all-around, vault, beam, bars, and floor — qualified first out of this district meet. Three of the individual champs, as well as the team, were back this year, trying to qualify for state again.
“This was probably one of the hardest years,” said Duran, a senior who also won the district all-around as a sophomore. “I was really fighting to be in the top two.”
Duran won the vault — her state championship event — and the floor exercise and finished with 37.800 points for the district crown. Dakota McMillan of Union was second at 37.2.