Baker will be sending a large contingent of athletes to the Class 4A state track and field championship after the Bulldog boys and girls both won the team title at the district meet on Saturday, May 14, at Baker High School.

The state championships are set for Friday, May 20, and Saturday, May 21, at the newly renovated Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene.

“It is always a special time to see our athletes compete against the state’s best athletes,” Baker coach Suzy Cole said. “We’re looking forward to competing at the new track in Eugene. Really excited to be back at Hayward.”

Cole credited the district titles to a “great combination of our veterans performing and our young kids just stepping up and going for it.”

“It was so nice to have good weather and no wind to conclude our track season at home,” Cole said. “The kids capitalized on the good conditions.”

Baker won the boys team title with 108.5 points. La Grande was second with 74, followed by Ontario (40) and Mac-Hi (39.5).

On the girls side, Baker amassed 107 points to top La Grande (73), Mac-Hi (56) and Ontario (28).

Baker athletes who qualified for state:

Girls

• 4×400 relay (Anna Belding, Brooklyn Jaca, Emma Timm, Emma Baeth).

• 4×100 relay (Anna Belding, Emma Baeth, Jayden Whitford, Alexis Conant).

• Anna Belding, 400.

• Emma Timm, 400.

• Emma Baeth in 1,500 and 800, winning both events at the district meet. Baeth broke 5 minutes in the 1,500 and had an amazing kick in the 800, Cole said.

• Brooklyn Jaca in both hurdles races and the high jump.

• Jozie Ramos in shot put and high jump.

• Ryann Paulsen in javelin.

• Sofie Kaaen won the pole vault as a freshman.

• Jayden Whitford, pole vault

Cole said Anna Johnson had a great district meet, setting personal records in the triple jump and 300 hurdles, though she didn’t qualify for state.

Boys

• 4×100 relay (Wyatt Hawkins, Kayden Garvin, Diego Quintela, Malaki Myer).

• 4×400 relay (Giacomo Rigueiro, Diego Quintela, Malaki Myer, Angel DeArcos)

• Malaki Myer in the 200, 400 and both relays.

Cole said Myer ran an “amazing” anchor leg in the 4×100 relay, going from third place at the start to finish first at the wire.

• Angel DeArcos in the 400 and 800.

• Daniel Brown, a freshman, won the 1,500 and 3,000, with personal records in both.

• Dash Bloomer in high hurdles and javelin.

• Thaddeus Pepera in 300 hurdles.

• Tate Powell in discus.

• Reeve Damschen in pole vault.

Cole said Hawkins missed most of the meet due to illness, but he did run a leg in the 4×100 relay team that won the district race and qualified for state.

Individual results

Boys

100

Kayden Garvin, 4th, 11.91; Gaige Birmingham, 9th, 12.80

200

Malaki Myer, 1st, 23.82; Kayden Garvin, 6th, 24.84; Diego Quintela, 7th, 24.86

400

Malaki Myer, 1st, 52.91; Angel DeArcos, 2nd, 54.14

800

Angel DeArcos, 1st, 2:08.20; Peyton Waters, 3rd, 2:11.61; Seth Mastrude, 5th, 2:15.64

1,500

Daniel Brown, 1st, 4:25.72; Peyton Waters, 4th, 4:42.15; Jordan Mills, 5th, 4:47.22

3,000

Daniel Brown, 9:49.06; Jordan Mills, 4th, 10:33.97; Karsten Cikanek, 5th, 10:36.25

110 hurdles

Dash Bloomer, 2nd, 17.94; Thaddeus Pepera, 3rd, 19.58

300 hurdles

Thaddeus Pepera, 2nd, 43.81; Dash Bloomer, 3rd, 45.53; Reeve Damschen, 4th, 48.53

4×100 relay

Baker, 1st, 44.70 (Wyatt Hawkins, Kayden Garvin, Diego Quintela, Malaki Myer)

4×400 relay

Baker, 1st, 3:38.00 (Wyatt Hawkins, Diego Quintela, Malaki Myer, Angel DeArcos)

Shot put

Mike Gentry, 3rd, 38-7.5; Tate Powell, 4th, 37-4

Discus

Tate Powell, 2nd, 119-7; Mike Gentry, 3rd, 117-0; Dillon Multop, 8th, 95-6

Javelin

Dash Bloomer, 2nd, 136-9; Gaige Birmingham, 5th, 120-1; Alex Hobbs, 7th, 113-4

High jump

Giacomo Rigueiro, 3rd, 5-4

Pole Vault

Reeve Damschen, 2nd, 12-0; Gabe Bott, 3rd, 10-6; Gaige Birmingham, 8-6

Long jump

Tate Powell, 4th, 18-1; Reeve Damschen, 6th, 17-4.25; Kayden Garvin, 8th, 16-11

Triple jump

Dash Bloomer, 4th, 39-2.75

Girls

100

Jayden Whitford, 7th, 14.32; Alexis Conant, 8th, 14.42; Lani Pierce, 11th, 15.58

200

Anna Belding, 3rd, 27.19; Sofia Hanson, 6th, 29.63; Alexis Conant, 8th, 29.95

400

Anna Belding, 1st, 1:01.17; Emma Timm, 2nd, 1:04.02; Sofia Hanson, 4th, 1:08.09

800

Emma Baeth, 1st, 2:23.47; Emma Timm, 3rd, 2:38.98; Lilly Collins, 6th, 3:22.90

1,500

Emma Baeth, 1st, 4:57.06; Sydney Lamb, 3rd, 5:28.69; Sofie Kaaen, 4th, 5:40.55

3,000

Sydney Lamb, 3rd, 11:56.15; Sofie Kaaen, 4th, 12:40.94

100 hurdles

Brooklyn Jaca, 1st, 17.72; Alexis Conant, 3rd, 18.95; Anna Johnson, 5th, 20.15

300 hurdles

Brooklyn Jaca, 1st, 51.31; Anna Johnson, 3rd, 55.68; Jayden Whitford, 4th, 59.58

4×100 relay

Baker, 3rd, 52.30 (Anna Belding, Emma Baeth, Jayden Whitford, Alexis Conant)

4×400 relay

Baker, 1st, 4:13.37 (Anna Belding, Brooklyn Jaca, Emma Timm, Emma Baeth)

Shot put

Jozie Ramos, 1st, 30-5; Ryann Paulsen, 4th, 27-10; Lilly Collins, 5th, 26-5

Discus

Lilly Collins, 4th, 82-0; Evan Rexroad, 6th, 71-11; Montana Williams, 8th, 67-11

Javelin

Ryann Paulsen, 2nd, 110-7; Jozie Ramos, 6th, 80-9; Montana Williams, 7th, 77-0

High jump

Jozie Ramos, 1st, 4-10; Brooklyn Jaca, 2nd, 4-8; Anna Johnson, 3rd, 4-2

Pole vault

Sofie Kaaen, 1st, 7-6; Jayden Whitford, 2nd, 7-0; Avery Collier, 4th, 6-0

Long jump

Sofia Hanson, 6th, 13-4.75

Triple jump

Sofia Hanson, 5th, 29-6.5