Baker, Powder Valley middle school track and field athletes compete at La Grande
Published 8:20 am Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Baker's Kate Norton was second in the shot put and third in the discus throw at the Oregon Middle School Meet of Champions on May 24, 2023. Norton, who is now an eighth grader, won the discus, javelin and shot put events at the Wildcat Invite in La Grande on April 12, 2024.
LA GRANDE — Baker Middle School track and field athletes competed in their first meet of the year at the Wildcat Invite in La Grande on April 12.
Powder Valley also competed in the event.
Baker placed second in the boys meet, behind La Grande. Powder Valley was fifth.
In the girls meet, Baker was third behind La Grande and Imbler. Powder Valley placed sixth.
Baker’s individual champions included Kate Norton, who swept the throwing events (shot put, discus and javelin), Bryson Petrucci in the 200 meters, and Baker’s boys 4×400 relay team of Everett Freeland, Henry Gaslin, Petrucci and Jake Holden.
Powder Valley’s Caiden Anderson-Ficek won both boys hurdles races, Brand Bingham won the 800 meters, Jackson Cox won the shot put, and Hannah Martin won the 100 meters.
Baker will compete at Prairie City on Friday, April 19.
Wildcat Invite, April 12
Boys team scores
La Grande, 1st, 267; Baker, 2nd, 92; Sunridge, 3rd, 68; Cove, 4th, 66.5; Powder Valley, 5th, 58.5; Union, 6th, 36; Imbler, 7th, 27; Enterprise, 8th, 16; Joseph, 9th, 11.5; Grande Ronde Academy, 10th, 7.5
Girls team scores
La Grande, 1st, 204; Imbler, 2nd, 95.5; Baker, 3rd, 90; Union, 4th, 55.5; Joseph, 5th, 50; Powder Valley, 6th, 39.5; Sunridge, 8th, 38.5; Enterprise, 8th, 29; Elgin, 9th, 18.5; Cove, 10th, 17.5; Grande Ronde Academy, 11th, 11; Prairie City, 12th, 7
Individual results, Baker and Powder Valley (PV)
Boys
100 meters
Bryson Petrucci, 2nd, 12.75; Calder Daniels, 3rd, 12.83; Isaiah Hannah, 5th, 13.05; Rylan Anderson-Ficek (PV), 18th, 14.23; Trysten Gray (PV), 30th, 15.45
200 meters
Bryson Petrucci, 1st, 26.47; Everett Freeland, 2nd, 26.68; Calder Daniels, 3rd, 27.03; Isaiah Hannah, 4th, 27.66; Brandon Rosales, 11th, 29.02; Bowen McGuire (PV), 13th 29.66; Brandon Bedolla (PV), 45th, 39.31
400 meters
Brand Bingham (PV), 6th, 1:03.41; Brandon Rosales, 9th, 1:05.77; Jonathan Kerns, 10th, 1:05.91; Owen Stringam (PV), 18th, 1:14.43
800 meters
Brand Bingham (PV), 1st, 2:26.07; Lane Collier, 17th, 3:01.35
1,500 meters
Huck McCrae (PV), 10th, 6:13.12
100-meter hurdles
Caiden Anderson-Ficek (PV), 1st, 15.07; Bowen McGuire (PV), 8th, 20.57; Rylan Jacobs, 13th, 21.22
300-meter hurdles
Caiden Anderson-Ficek (PV), 1st, 47.78
4×100 relay
Baker, 2nd, 49.72 (Everett Freeland, Henry Gaslin, Jake Holden, Bryson Petrucci); Baker, 4th, 51.96 (Adam Kirby, Rylan Jacobs, Calder Daniels, Brandon Rosales); Powder Valley, 5th, 52.46 (Bowen McGuire, Jackson Cox, Ryland Anderson-Ficek, Caiden Anderson-Ficek)
4×400 relay
Baker, 1st, 4:06.13 (Everett Freeland, Henry Gaslin, Bryson Petrucci, Jake Holden)
Shot put
Jackson Cox (PV), 1st, 36-7; Zane Hansen (PV), 29th, 20-6; Daniel Richardson (PV), 37th, 18-.5; Alexander Allen, 39th, 17-6.5
Discus
Jackson Cox (PV), 2nd, 87-4; Daniel Richardson (PV), 20th, 52-10; Alexander Allen, 29th, 47-11; Brandon Bedolla (PV), 36th, 41-10
Javelin
Jake Holden, 3rd, 116-6; Jonathan Kerns, 4th, 111-1; Jackson Cox (PV), 12th, 86-4; Bowen McGuire (PV), 17th, 78-4; Bennett Cleveland (PV), 33rd, 68-5; Rev Stephens (PV), 35th, 67-5; Daniel Richardson (PV), 36th, 66-4; Rylan Jacobs, 46th, 62-8; Zane Hansen, 49th, 61-3; Lane Coller, 53rd, 56-2; Alexander Allen, 73rd, 31-0
High jump
Rylan Anderson-Ficek (PV), 4th, 4-8; Henry Gaslin, Jake Holden, Jonathan Kerns, Rev Stephens (PV), 10th, 4-6; Trysten Gray (PV), 28th, 4-2; Zane Hansen, 35th, 3-9
Long jump
Henry Gaslin, 3rd, 16-6; Calder Daniels, 4th, 16-1; Everett Freeland, 10th, 14-6; Jonathan Kerns, 17th, 13-9; Brandon Rosales, 25th, 13-9; Rylan Jacobs, 27th, 12-8; Rev Stephens, 29th, 12-5; Trysten Gray (PV), 34th, 11-10; Lane Coller, 36th, 11-6; Isaiah Hannah, 38th, 11-3; Owen Stringham (PV), 46th, 10-11; Zane Hansen (PV), 58th, 9-4; Huck McRae (PV), 58th, 9-4; Brandon Bedolla (PV), 61st, 9-2
Girls
100 meters
Hannah Martin (PV), 1st, 14.09; Juniper Joseph, 3rd, 14.34; Remy Damschen, 12th, 14.98; Brylee Bain, 15th, 15.20; Elliana Bingham (PV), 24th, 15.43; Sammie Stagnaro, 25th, 15.51; Maya Alba-Keffer, 26th, 15.52; Romie Spooner, 27th, 15.56; Precious Madrigal, 28th, 15.58; Azailya Combs (PV), 30th, 15.61; Joleene Little (PV), 34th, 15.94; Bentley Bingham (PV), 41st, 16.08; Paige Dunten (PV), 42nd, 16.13; Ruby Beckner, 47th, 16.50; Brielle McCrae (PV), 48th, 16.85; Josie Smith (PV), 51st, 16.94; McKinley Scott (PV), 54th, 17.14; Alexis Flores (PV), 57th, 17.47
200 meters
Hannah Martin (PV), 2nd, 26.98; Juniper Joseph, 3rd, 29.89; Noelle Quintela, 5th, 30.16; Remy Damschen, 6th, 30.47; Texie Van Tassell (PV), 12th, 31.66; Grace Tracy, 16th, 31.94; Elliana Bingham (PV), 22nd, 32.52; Joleene Little (PV), 30th, 33.76; Anaya Sanchez, 34th, 34.05; Paige Dunten (PV), 37th, 34.12; Ruby Bechner, 39th, 34.14; Emily Hardy, 41st, 34.38; Hannah Cartwright, 42nd, 34.40; Bentley Bingham (PV), 45th, 35.44; Josie Smith (PV), 50th, 37.96; McKinley Scott (PV), 51st, 38.12
400 meters
Joy Kerns, 11th, 1:17.67; Remington Berryman, 15th, 1:20.92
800 meters
Austin Hilton, 11th, 3:04.90; Mayle Taylor, 15th, 3:13.24; Remington Berryman, 17th, 3:22.71
1,500 meters
Matty Gressley, 3rd, 5:47.15
100-meter hurdles
Grace Tracy, 3rd, 20.71; Azaily Combs (PV), 4th, 20.72; Austin Hilton, 12th, 21.99; Sophia Fortin, 14th, 22.21; Graycee Gray (PV), 17th, 22.77; Alexis Flores (PV), 23rd, 23.52; Hannah Cartwright, 29th, 24.94
4×100 relay
Baker, 4th, 58.80 (Juniper Joseph, Brylee Bain, Noelle Quintela, Remy Damschen); Powder Valley, 7th, 59.64 (Elliana Bingham, Bentley Bingham, Graycee Gray, Hannah Martin); Baker, 8th, 1:00.28 (Mayli Taylor, Hadassah Monteith, Taryn Niday, Sammie Stagnaro); Powder Valley, 12th, 1:02.21 (Joleene Little, Paige Dunten, Lydia Kerns, Azailya Combs); Baker, 13th, 1:02.25 (Kate Norton, Precious Madrigal, Joy Kerns, Romie Spooner)
4×400 relay
Baker, 5th, 5:00.78 (Matty Gressley, Sophia Fortin, Taryn Niday, Brylee Bain); Baker, 7th, 5:28.62 (Grace Tracy, Mayli Taylor, Hadassah Monteith, Sammie Stagnaro)
Shot put
Kate Norton, 1st, 41-6.5; Texie Van Tassell (PV), 3rd, 28-7; Sadie Christensen, 5th, 26-9.5; Maya Alba-Keffer, 17th, 22-6.5; Hannah Cartwright, 18th, 22-0; Brielle McCrae (PV), 26th, 21-1.5; Jericha Hearne, 28th, 20-7; Emily Hardy, 32nd, 19-4; Lydia Kerns (PV), 33rd, 18-9.5; Adalyn Robb, 51st, 13-7
Discus
Kate Norton, 1st, 79-3; Sadie Christensen, 12th, 51-11; Lydia Kerns (PV), 14th, 48-8.5; Brielle McCrae (PV), 22nd, 43-2; Anaya Sanchez, 25th, 40-11
Javelin
Kate Norton, 1st, 89-9; Noelle Quintela, 5th, 75-4; Sadie Christensen, 6th, 72-8; Maya Alba-Keffer, 13th, 64-5; Lydia Kerns (PV), 17th, 57-5; Jericha Hearne, 24th, 51-0; Brielle McCrae (PV), 26th, 48-6; Adalyn Robb, 38th, 41-2; Joy Kerns, 42nd, 39-9; Adrienne Marks, 5th, 27-11
High jump
Graycee Gray (PV), 7th, 4-2; Adrienne Marks, 23rd, 3-8
Long jump
Hannah Martin (PV), 2nd, 13-9; Brylee Bain, 3rd, 13-7.5; Sammie Stagnaro, 8th, 12-3.5; Juniper Joseph, Noelle Quintella, 10th, 12-1; Graycee Gray (PV), 13th, 12-.5; Texie Van Tassell (PV), 16th, 11-8.5; Remy Damschen, 18th, 11-5; Bentley Bingham (PV), Anaya Sanchez, 27th, 11-1; Grace Tracy, 33d, 10-10.75; Elliana Bingham (PV), 40th, 10-8.25; Joy Kerns, 42nd, 10-7; Ruby Beckner, 4th, 10-4.5; Austin Hilton, 49th, 10-3; Joleene Little (PV), 53rd, 10-2; Hadassah Monteith, 54th, 10-1; Paige Dunten (PV), 56th, 10-.5; McKinley Scott (PV), 63rd, 9-9.5; Emily Hardy, 65th, 9-8.5; Remington Berryman, 73rd, 9-5; Mayli Taylor, 75th, 9-4; Precious Madrigal, 77th, 9-3; Adalyn Robb, 79th, 9-2; Josie Smith (PV), 82nd, 8-11; Alexis Flores (PV), 89th, 8-2.75; Jericha Hearne, 91st, 8-1; Adrienne Marks, 98th, 7-7.5