GRESHAM — Baker sophomore hurdler Rasean Jones’ school record in the 300-meter race didn’t last long.

And he has only himself to blame.

On Saturday, April 13, four days after he broke the 51-year-old record, Jones bested his previous time at the Centennial Invitational in Gresham.

Jones, who won both the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles races at the Class 4A state meet last May as a freshman, won the 300-meter event at Centennial, in Gresham, in 38.10 seconds. That bested his 38.49-second run in a meet April 9 at Vale, where he broke the BHS record of 39.38 seconds set by Dave Staab in 1973.

Jones also won the 110-meter high hurdles at the Centennial meet, in 14.6 seconds. That tied Baker’s school record. He has the fastest times in both races for all Oregon high school athletes this season.

Jones said that though it’s still relatively early in the season — and he got a late start, as a member of Baker’s state championship basketball team that finished its season March 9 — he feels like he’s in good shape and that his technique, which is crucial in hurdles races, is coming into form.

“I can still get in better shape,” he said. “I’m just hoping that over the season I can improve.”

He said that though he doesn’t set specific time goals, he was well aware of the BHS records.

“Before my freshman year I took a picture of the record board,” he said, referring to the wooden display outside the BHS gym that lists school track and field records.

Those standards serve as motivation, Jones said.

“I don’t set too many goals for myself, I just try to do the work and to do my best,” he said.

Jones said that although he tied the school record in the 110-meter race at Centennial with a time of 14.60 seconds, it “wasn’t the prettiest race I’ve run.”

Jones ran a 14.63 in the event at Vale on April 9.

He said he’s looking forward to competing in the Oregon Relays on Friday and Saturday, April 19 and 20, at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus — the same track where he won the two state championships last year.

Baker, which competed with a partial team at Centennial (some Bulldogs competed in the La Grande Invitational the same day), placed third in the boys meet behind Class 5A schools Centennial and Parkrose.

Baker junior Jaron Long won the 800-meter race with a personal best time of 1:59.45. Long and Jones also ran legs for the Baker team that won the 4×400 relay. The other team members are Lance Downing and Malaki Myer. The relay team will also compete at the Oregon Relays this weekend.

Daniel Brown was second in both the 1,500-meter and 3,000-meter races, setting season bests in both races and coming close to his personal records, Baker coach Suzy Cole said.

Dillon Multop set a personal record in the shot put, finishing fifth. Cole said freshmen Kane Hellberg and Quin Wellman had strong meets. Wellman had personal bests in the shot put and discus, and Hellberg “jumped great” in the long jump and triple jump, Cole said.

Baker finished fifth in the girls meet. Meren Jesenko was second in the 300 hurdles, and Sara Ruiz was second in the 200.

“Meren Jesenko had a great race in the 300 hurdles, breaking the 50-second barrier,” Cole said.

CENTENNIAL INVITATIONAL, APRIL 13BOYS TEAM SCORES

Centennial, 1st, 154; Parkrose, 2nd, 112; Baker, 3rd, 84; Redmond, 4th, 70; Southwest Christian, 5th, 49; Heritage, 6th, 46

GIRLS TEAM SCORES

Heritage, 1st, 139; Redmond, 2nd, 105; Parkrose, 3rd, 92; Centennial, 4th, 84; Baker, 5th, 40; Southwest Christian, 6th, 30

Baker boys individual results

100 meters

Malaki Myer, 3rd, 11.59; Lance Downing, 17th, 12.52; Kane Hellberg, 19th, 12.77; Quin Wellman, 20th, 12.84

200 meters

Wayland Thomas, 11th, 25.82; Lance Downing, 12th, 26.04

400 meters

Malaki Myer, 3rd, 53.44

800 meters

Jaron Long, 1st, 1:59.45

1,500 meters

Daniel Brown, 2nd, 4:22.72

3,000 meters

Daniel Brown, 2nd, 9:34.70

110 meter hurdles

Rasean Jones, 1st, 14.60

300 meter hurdles

Rasean Jones, 1st, 38.10

4×100 relay

Baker, 6th, 46.75 (Rasean Jones, Wayland Thomas, Quin Wellman, Lance Downing)

4×400 relay

Baker, 1st, 3:33.93 (Rasean Jones, Lance Downing, Jaron Long, Malaki Myer)

Shot put

Dillon Multop, 5th, 39-8; Quin Wellman, 11th, 34-2.5; Ryder Nimmo, 15th, 32-8

Discus

Quin Wellman, 4th, 114-10; Dillon Multop, 5th, 114-8; Ryder Nimmo, 13th, 78-3

Long jump

Kane Hellberg, 4th, 19-3; Wayland Thomas, 15th, 16-0

Triple jump

Kane Hellberg, 4th, 38-9; Wayland Thomas, 8th, 35-5.5

BAKER GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

100 meters

Sara Ruiz, 4th, 13.04

200 meters

Sara Ruiz, 2nd, 27.34

400 meters

Emma Timm, 5th, 1:06.10

800 meters

Emma Timm, 3rd, 2:44.40

1,500 meters

Sage Cuzick, 4th, 6:09.04

100 meter hurdles

Meren Jesenko, 6th, 19.31; Ruby Heriza, 8th, 21.28

300 meter hurdles

Meren Jesenko, 2nd, 49.16

4×400 relay

Baker, 3rd, 4:37.82 (Meren Jesenko, Kyndal Chandler, Emma Timm, Sara Ruiz)

High jump

Ruby Heriza, 6th, 4-4

LA GRANDE INVITATIONAL, APRIL 13Girls team scores

Baker, 10th, 20; Powder Valley, 12th, 18; Pine Eagle, 15th, 10

Boys team scores

Pine Eagle, 15th, 6; Baker, 17th, 4; Powder Valley, 18th, 1

Girls individual results

Baker, Powder Valley (PV) and Pine Eagle (PE)

100 meters

Ayla Bingham (PV), 5th, 13.25; Lyndi Bingham (PV), 29th, 14.63; Jocelyn Fredrickson, 31st, 14.70; Ellie Murphy, 32nd, 14.85; Kaylee Gross, 41st, 15.53; Avrie Anderson (PV), 42nd, 15.59; Scarlett James (PE), 48th

200 meters

Ayla Bingham (PV), 3rd, 26.89; Jocelyn Fredrickson, 22nd, 30.96; Lyndi Bingham (PV), 25th, 31.39; Kaylee Gross, 28th, 32.03; Avrie Anderson (PV), 29th, 32.11; Ellie Murphy, 32nd, 32.35; Kyla Richardson (PV), 38th, 33.29

400 meters

Miriam Tubbs (PE), 9th, 1:05.36; Sammy Gressley (PV), 10th, 1:05.80; Allie Hughes (PE), 20th, 1:11.38; Jurnee Bliss, 27th, 1:14.79

1,500 meters

Sofie Kaaen, 10th, 5:51, 36; Mary Schwartz, 11th, 5:55.74

100-meter hurdles

Emmie Dickinson (PV), 10th, 21.52; Allie Hughes (PE), 21st, 22.26

4×100 relay

Baker, 8th, 56.79 (Sofia Hanson, Jocelyn Fredrickson, Jillian Poe, Ellie Murphy); Pine Eagle, 9th, 58.98 (Evie Davis, Allie Hughes, Ella Randall, Miriam Tubbs)

Shot put

Ella Randall (PE), 1st, 35-9; Gracie Spike, 13th, 27-3; Ryann Paulsen, 18th, 25-4.5; Sofia Hanson, 22nd, 24-8.5; Evie Davis (PE), 47th, 29-11.5; Marley Barrett, 51st, 19-3.5

Discus

Gracie Spike, 8th, 87-4; Hadley Wallace (PV), 16th, 73-4; Ella Randall (PE), 33rd, 63-4; Kyla Richardson (PV), 38th, 60-0; Miriam Tubbs (PE), 43rd, 58-9; Evie Davis (PE), 47th, 56-6; Ellie Alba, 52nd, 52-11

Javelin

Ryann Paulsen, 1st, 103-11; Sofia Hanson, 12th, 82-3; Nevaeh Schuldt (PV), 22nd, 71-0; Marley Barrett, 29th, 62-4; Evie Davis (PE), 31st, 61-8

High jump

Kyla Richardson (PV), 10th, 4-4; Myley Rabourne, 13th, 4-2

Pole vault

Sofie Kaaen, 3rd, 8-6; Ellie Murphy, 11th, 6-6; Jocelyn Fredrickson, 11th, 6-6; Myley Rabourne, 13th, 6-0

Long jump

Ayla Bingham (PV), 2nd, 15-11.5; Jillian Poe, 6th, 14-7.5; Lyndi Bingham (PV), 12th, 14-1.75; Sammy Gressley (PV), 15th, 13-10; Emmie Dickinson (PV), 32nd, 11-9; Avrie Randerson (PV), 41st, 9-11.5

Boys individual results

Baker, Powder Valley (PV) and Pine Eagle (PE)

100 meters

Space Handy, 33rd, 12.55; Johndale Buniag, Sage Darlington, 35th, 12.62; Izek Cleveland, 46th, 13.17; Tyson Hunt (PE), 48th, 13.27

200 meters

Space Handy, 21st, 25.60; Brayden Anderson, 35th, 26.75; Range Bingham (PV), 46th, 28.54

400 meters

James Ranson (PE), 12th, 56.47; Colton Shank, 31st, 1:03.34; Peter Davis (PE), 34th, 1:04.86

800 meters

Gabriel Brown (PE), 4th, 2:07.69; Cade Hearne, 22nd, 2:27.83; Harris Gaslin, 31st, 2:41.98

1,500 meters

Gabriel Schwartz, 11th, 4:46.69; Karsten Cikanek, 26th, 5:10.08; Peter Davis (PE), 30th, 5:16.05; Cade Hearne, 31st, 5:16.13; Dallin Guerts (PE), 38th, 5:47.52; Jarren Cikanek, 45th, 6:23.51

3,000 meters

James Ransom (PE), 8th, 10:44.28; Jarren Cikanek, 27th, 14:37.52

300-meter hurdles

Ian Brougham, 31st, 54.90

4×100 relay

Baker, 9th, 48.85 (Gaige Birmingham, Space Handy, Sage Darlington, Brayden Anderson)

Shot put

Caleb Kerns (PV), 8th, 38-9; Brett Hobson, 26th, 33-8; Reeve Damschen, 35th, 32-0.75; Wesley Kerns (PV), 41st, 31-6.5; Kade Rudi, 46th, 30-6; Range Bingham (PV), 50th, 30-2; Karson Karolski, 58th, 26-6.5

Discus

Caleb Kerns (PV), 15th, 106-9; Tyson Hunt (PE), 39th, 83-5; Kade Rudi, 41st, 82-11; Wesley Kerns (PV), 46th, 77-1; Brett Hobson, 53rd, 72-10; Reeve Damschen, 57th, 72-3; Karson Karolski, 57th, 69-8; Gabriel McBride, 71st, 42-7

Javelin

Kade Rudi, Range Bingham (PV), 28th, 91-2; Wesley Kerns (PV), 33rd, 87-8; Peter Davis (PE), 36th, 86-0; James Ransom (PE), 41st, 82-3

High jump

Giacomo Rigueiro, 5th, 5-4; Gabriel McBride, 18th, 4-10

Pole vault

Sage Darlington, Gabriel McBride, 15th, 9-0

Long jump

Giacomo Rigueiro, 9th, 18-2; Hudson Spike, 13th, 17-8.5; Johndale Buniag, 23rd, 16-11; Dawson Fletcher, 33rd, 16-0; Izek Cleveland, 43rd, 14-11.5

Triple jump

Johndale Buniag, 19th, 33-11.5; Izek Cleveland, 21st, 33-1; Brayden Anderson, 22nd, 32-11.5

APRIL 9 AT ONTARIO

ONTARIO — Baker’s boys and girls track and field teams, competing for the first time in three weeks, placed second in a three-way meet against Vale and Ontario on Tuesday, April 9.

Vale finished first in the boys and girls meets.

Baker had multiple individual winners, including sophomore Rasean Jones, who swept the boys hurdles races and broke a BHS record in the process.

The sophomore’s time of 38.49 broke the 41-year-old record of 39.38 set by Dave Staab in 1973.

Jones, who won both hurdles races at the Class 4A state meet in May 2023, ran the 300 in 39.74 at that event. Jones also nearly set a second school record, just .03 of a second off the BHS record in the 110 hurdles with a time of 14.63 seconds. Just two other runners competed in the race.

Baker coach Suzy Cole noted that several other Bulldogs set personal records.

“Our kids did amazing,” Cole said. “Space Handy in the 100 and 200, Giacomo Rigueiro ran a beautiful 400 by himself with a best time of 52.34, Daniel Brown ran a killer workout of 1,500, 800, 400 4×400 and running tougher each race.

“Jaron Long was back for his first meet and ran an amazing 800 in the time of 2:01.29, Gabe Schwartz ran a really solid 1,500,” Cole said. “The 4×400 team of Rasean, Jaron Long, Giacomco and Malaki Myer ran 3:31.”

Dillon Multop set a personal record by nine feet in the shot put, placing third. Mulltop placed second in the discus.

Quin Wellman was third in the discus with a personal best by 11 feet.

“On the girls side, Claire Bachman ran a personal best in the 400,” Cole said. “Meren Jesenko ran two great hurdle races, PRing in both the highs and lows, she was more than second faster in the lows. Gracie Spike had a 5-foot PR in the discus and a 2.50-foot PR in the javelin.”

“We were very excited about the results and the position we are in for this time of the season,” Cole said.

Other individual winners included Rigueiro in the 400 meters, Long in the 800 meters, Baker’s 4×400 relay team of Jones, Rigueiro, Long and Malaki Myer, and Reeve Damschen in the pole vault.

In the girls meet, Baker’s Ryann Paulsen won both the javelin and shot put throws. Emma Timm won the 800-meter race, Meren Jesenko won the 300-meter hurdles, Baker won the 4×100 relay with a team of Claire Bachman, Kayla Coley, Kyndal Chandler and Sara Ruiz, and Sofie Kaaen won the pole vault.

BAKER/ONTARIO/ VALE TRI MEETTEAM SCORES

Girls

Vale, 1st, 254.5; Baker 2nd, 227.5; Ontario, 3rd, 104

Boys

Vale, 1st, 290.5; Baker, 2nd, 220; Ontario, 3rd, 100.5

BAKER INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

BOYS

100 meters

Malaki Myer, 4th, 11.84; Wayland Thomas, 10th, 12.33; Space Handy, 13th, 12.80; Sage Darlington, 14th, 12.83; Johndale Buniag, 15th, 13.00; Izek Cleveland, 19th, 13.26; Zach Brown, 21st, 13.71; Gabriel McBride, 22nd, 13.74; Dawson Fletcher, 24th, 13.80

200 meters

Malaki Myer, 2nd, 23.79; Hudson Spike, 9th, 25.76; Space Handy, 11th, 26.38; Brayden Anderson, 14th, 26.51; Zach Brown, 21st, 29.30; Gabriel McBride, 22nd, 30.56

400 meters

Giacomo Rigueiro, 1st, 52.34; Daniel Brown, 5th, 57.05; Gaige Birmingham, 6th, 57.77; Reeve Damschen, 8th, 1:00.10; Sage Darlington, 12th, 1:01.69; Colton Shank, 16th, 1:06.21

800 meters

Jaron Long, 1st, 2:01.29; Daniel Brown, 3rd, 2:13.16; Cade Hearne, 7th, 2:34.83; Harris Gaslin, 8th, 2:37.45

1,500 meters

Daniel Brown, 2nd, 4:33.61; Gabriel Schwartz, 4th, 4:45.85; Cade Hearn, 6th, 5:04.96; Harris Gaslin, 10th, 5:44.45; Jarren Cikanek, 11th, 6:31.34

3,000 meters

Jarren Cikanek, 6th, 14:09.35

110 meter hurdles

Rasean Jones, 1st, 14.63

300 meter hurdles

Rasean Jones, 1st, 38.49

4×100 relay

Baker, 3rd, 50.14 (Brayden Anderson, Gaige Birmingham, Space Handy, Zach Brown); Baker, 4th, 50.37 (Izek Cleveland, Sage Darlington, Dawson Fletcher, Wade Hawkins); Baker, 5th, 1:00.11 (Chase Berndt, Kade Rudi, Ryder Nimmo, Dillon Multop)

4×400 relay

Baker, 1st, 3:31.75 (Rasean Jones, Giacomo Rigueiro, Jaron Long, Malaki Myer); Baker, 3rd, 3:49.43 (Daniel Brown, Kane Hellberg, Hudson Spike, Wade Hawkins)

Shot put

Dillon Multop, 3rd, 38-6; Ryder Nimmo, 6th, 36-1.5; Quin Wellman, 8th, 34-0; Kade Rudi, 10th, 33-5; Karson Karolski, 13th, 28-8; Brayden Anderson, 15th, 26-11; Chase Berndt, 16th, 24-9; Dave Ocha, 18th, 23-1

Discus

Dillon Multop, 2nd, 113-11.5; Quin Wellman, 3rd, 108-10; Kade Rudi, 10th, 79-10; Cole Burge, 13rd, 74-6; Karson Karolski, 17th, 54-7; Dave Ocha, 19th, 54-1; Chase Berndt, 20th, 51-9

Javelin

Cole Burge, 3rd, 123-8; Gaige Birmingham, 4th, 115-4.5; Kade Rudi, 6th, 110-.5; Dave Ocha, 25th, 43-1.5

High jump

Giacomo Rigueiro, 2nd, 5-6

Pole vault

Reeve Damschen, 1st, 10-6; Wade Hawkins, 3rd, 9-0; Gaige Birmingham, 4th, 9-0; Sage Darlington, 5th, 8-6; Gabriel McBride, 7th, 8-0; Asher Payton, 9th, 7-0

Long jump

Hudson Spike, 2nd, 18-1; Johndale Buniag, 3rd, 17-5.5; Kane Hellberg, 5th, 17-3; Izek Cleveland, 11th, 16-5; Wayland Thomas, 12th, 16-4; Brayden Anderson, 15th, 15-8.5; Giacomo Rigueiro, 16th, 15-7; Colton Shank, 20th, 14-5; Asher Payton, 22nd, 14-2

Triple jump

Kane Hellberg, 4th, 37-8; Reeve Damschen, 6th, 36-4; Wayland Thomas, 7th, 35-0; Johndale Buniag, 10th, 33-9; Izek Cleveland, 11th, 33-1.5

GIRLS

100 meters

Sara Ruiz, 3rd, 13.45; Kayla Coley, 5th, 14.12; Ellie Murphy, 7th, 14.72; Lillee Henry, 10th, 15.00; Jocelyn Fredrickson, 11th, 15.10; Kaylee Gross, 12th, 15.33; Gracelynn Stagnaro, 18th, 16.13; Myley Rabourne, 19th, 16.59; Stella Carlson, 20th, 16.89; Maddy Hassmiller, 21st, 17.48; Danaeah Darnell, 23rd, 20.22

200 meters

Sara Ruiz, 2nd, 28.08; Kyndal Chandler, 3rd, 28.50; Kayla Coley, 5th, 29.05; Claire Bachman, 6th, 29.14; Jocelyn Fredrickson, 8th, 31.44; Kaylee Gross, 10th, 32.55; Ellie Murphy, 11st, 32.74; Stella Carlson, 13th, 36.45; Maddy Hassmiller, 14th, 37.52

400 meters

Claire Bachman, 2nd, 1:05.40; Emma Timm, 4th, 1:06.25

800 meters

Emma Timm, 1st, 2:47.94; Mary Schwartz, 3rd, 2:59.13

1,500 meters

Mary Schwartz, 2nd, 6:08.60; Sage Cuzick, 6th, 6:26.80

3,000 meters

Ruby Heriza, 2nd, 14:09.18

100-meter hurdles

Meren Jesenko, 2nd, 19.28; Ruby Heriza, 6th, 21.72; Kaylee Gross, 7th, 23.06; Anna Johnson, 8th, 23.13; Nele Houben, 9th, 27.27

300-meter hurdles

Meren Jesenko, 1st, 50.71; Anna Johnson, 7th, 1:02.08; Nele Houben, 8th, 1:07.22

4×100 relay

Baker, 1st, 51.79 (Claire Bachman, Kayla Coley, Kyndal Chandler, Sara Ruiz); Baker, 3rd, 1:00.69 (Jurnee Bliss, Jocelyn Fredrickson, Lillee Henry, Meren Jesenko); Baker, 4th, 1:00.83 (Ellie Murphy, Nele Houben, Anna Johnson, Jillian Poe); Baker, 5th, 1:01.77 (Montana Williams, Gracie Spike, Taylor Shaw, Ryann Paulsen)

4×400 relay

Baker, 2nd, 4:31.29 (Claire Bachman, Kyndal Chandler, Emma Timm, Sara Ruiz); Baker, 3rd, 5:00.57 (Meren Jesenko, Sofie Kaaen, Mary Schwartz, Anna Johnson)

Shot put

Ryann Paulsen, 1st, 28-2; Gracie Spike, 3rd, 27-7; Sofia Hanson, 5th, 25-6; Marley Barrett, 13th, 21-1; Elizabeth Ottosen, 14th, 19-0; Danaeah Darnell, 16th, 15-0

Discus

Gracie Spike, 2nd, 95-2; Ryann Paulsen, 8th, 67-2.5; Ellie Alba, 15th, 46-8; Taylor Shaw, 16th, 44-3; Elizabeth Ottosen, 18th, 38-11

Javelin

Ryann Paulsen, 1st, 112-9; Gracie Spike, 3rd, 93-10; Taylor Shaw, 6th, 79-4.5; Sofia Hanson, 7th, 76-10; Marley Barrett, 14th, 53-2.5; Ellie Alba, 15th, 49-1.5; Danaeah Darnell, 17th, 46-6; Stella Carlson, 20th, 42-5

High jump

Kyndal Chandler, 3rd, 4-6; Ruby Heriza, 5th, 4-4; Myley Rabourne, 6th, 4-2

Pole vault

Sofie Kaaen, 1st, 8-0

Long jump

Sofia Hanson, 6th, 13-4.5

Triple jump

Sofia Hanson, 3rd, 29-2.5