TRACK AND FIELD: Baker boys, Powder Valley girls win team titles at Ray Uriarte Invite
Published 8:04 am Saturday, May 4, 2024
- Baker's Meren Jesenko clears a hurdle during the 300-meter race at the Ray Uriarte Invite on May 3, 2024, at Baker High School. Jesenko placed third. She won the event at the district meet on May 11 at Pendleton.
The Baker boys and the Powder Valley girls won the team titles at the Ray Uriarte Invite track and field meet on Friday, May 3, at Baker High School.
Twenty-three schools competed in the day-long event under sunny skies. Baker placed fifth in the girls meet.
Athletes from Pine Eagle and Huntington also competed.
Baker’s individual champions included Jaron Long in the 800 meters and Rasean Jones, who won both hurdles races. Jones and Long combined with Malaki Myer and Giacomo Rigueiro to win the 4×400 relay.
In the girls meet, Powder Valley’s Ayla Bingham won the long jump, and the Badgers’ Sky Nesser won the high jump. Bingham was second in the 100- and 200-meter dashes.
Pine Eagle’s Ella Randall, defending state champion in the shot put, won the event with a throw of 36 feet, 9.25 inches.
Baker coach Suzy Cole highlighted Jillian Poe’s 3-foot personal record in the triple jump, which makes her the top seed in the Greater Oregon League for the district meet Saturday, May 11 in Pendleton.
“Lillee Henry and Maddy Hassmiller had PR jumps in the long jump, Kayla Crook had PR in the discus, Ruby Heriza had PR’s in both hurdle races, Mary Schwartz had a PR in the 1,500 and Ellie Murphy and Kaylee Gross ran PR’s in the 200,” Cole said. “Sofie Kaaen had a great jumping in the pole vault.”
In the boys meet, Rigueiro ran a PR in the 400, placing second just 0.04 of a second behind the winner.
“Gaige Birmingham also ran his best 400 ever, and also had his best jump on the pole vault,” Cole said. “Jarren Cikanek ran a PR in the 3,000, Ian Brougham ran PRs in both hurdle races, Dillon Multop had a big throw in the shot with a PR barely missing the 40-foot mark, he also threw a PR in the discus. Quin Wellman also threw PR’s in both the shot put and discus. Kade Rudi and Ryder Nimmo also both threw PR’s in the discus. Gabe McBride jumped a PR in the pole vault. In the long jump Hudson Spike had a PR by 10 inches.
“We also had many other athletes that did not necessarily get PR’s but competed very tough,” Cole said. “We are looking forward to the districts this Saturday. We also want to thank the many volunteers who helped with this meet, we couldn’t do it without them.”
RAY URIARTE INVITE Team scores Girls
Powder Valley, 1st, 71.5; Joseph, 2nd, 58; La Grande, 3rd, 54; Imbler, 4th, 52.5; Baker, 5th, 50.5; Crane, 6th, 48; Nyssa, 7th, 47; Adrian, 8th, 46; Union, Ontario, 9th, 39; Stanfield/Echo, 11th, 33.5; Harper, 12th, 26; Elgin, Fruitland, 13th, 21; Pine Eagle, 15th, 19; Vale, 16th, 10; Cove, Umatilla, 17th, 9; Four Rivers, 19th, 8; Huntington, 20th, 1
Boys
Baker, 1st, 97; La Grande, 2nd, 94; Imbler, 3rd, 82; Fruitland, 4th, 60; Nyssa, 5th, 58; Joseph, 6th, 51; Adrian, 7th, 37; Union, 8th, 36; Cove, 9th, 28; Umatilla, 10th, 27; Stanfield/Echo, 11th, 18; Crane, 12th, 16; Nixyaawii, 13th, 15; Harper, Ontario, Vale, 14th, 12; Pilot Rock, 17th, 6; Pine Eagle, 18th, 2
Individual results (Baker, Powder Valley, Pine Eagle, Huntington) Girls 100 meters
Ayla Bingham (PV), 2nd, 13.12; Sammy Gressley (PV), Sky Nesser (PV), 6th, 13.29; Ashlyn Bass (PE), 13th, 13.93; Kayla Coley, 19th, 14.08; Jillian Poe, 20th, 14.30; Lyndi Bingham (PV), 25th, 14.53; Ellie Murphy, 28th, 14.61; Emma Mathews (H), 40th, Queralt Rio (H), 47th, 16.09; Julia Williams (H), 54th, 18.35
200 meters
Ayla Bingham (PV), 1st, 26.88; Sammy Gressley (PV), 4th, 27.60; Sara Ruiz, 6th, 27.71; Jillian Poe, 19th, 29.86; Emmie Dickinson (PV), 23rd, 30.55; Ellie Murphy, 26th, 30.78; Kirra Lofton (H), 27th, 30.79; Kaylee Gross, 30th, 31.71; Emma Mathews (H), 36th, 32.52; Evie Davis (PE), 40th, 32.93
400 meters
Miriam Tubbs (PE), 4th, 1:03.79; Claire Bachman, 8th, 1:05.52; Veda Deck (H), 13th, 1:07.71; Allie Hughes (PE), 14th, 1:07.74; Jurnee Bliss, 23rd, 1:13.82; Evie Davis (PE), 24th, 1:14.54
800 meters
Emma Timm, 5th, 2:36.60; Miriam Tubbs (PE), 6th, 2:38.60; Sofie Kaaen, 10th, 2:43.12
1,500 meters
Mary Schwartz, 7th, 5:36.76; Veda Deck (H), 8th, 5:36.83; Sage Cuzick, 15th, 6:10.60
100-meter hurdles
Anna Johnson, 16th, 19.65; Meren Jesenko, 18th, 19.92; Ruby Heriza, 21st, 20.71; Kaylee Gross, 25th, 21.14
300-meter hurdles
Meren Jesenko, 3rd, 49.33; Anna Johnson, 16th, 55.87; Ruby Heriza, 22nd, 1:01.56; Nele Houben, 23rd, 1:02.51
4×100 relay
Powder Valley, 2nd, 51.63 (Ayla Bingham, Emmie Dickinson, Sky Nesser, Lyndi Bingham); Baker, 3rd, 52.05 (Claire Bachman, Kayla Coley, Meren Jesenko, Sara Ruiz); Pine Eagle, 8th, 54.77 (Evie Davis, Allie Hughes, Ashlyn Bass, Miriam Tubbs)
4×400 relay
Baker, 4th, 4:28.21 (Claire Bachman, Meren Jesenko, Emma Timm, Sara Ruiz); Powder Valley, 10th, 4:53.12 (Avrie Anderson, Jacey Anderson, Lyndi Bingham, Kyla Richardson)
Shot put
Ella Randall (PE), 1st, 36-9.25; Gracie Spike, 16th, 27-11.25; Caitlyn Carlsen (H), 22nd, 25-7.25; Colleen Carlsen (H), 24th, 25-6; Sofia Hanson, 33rd, 24-10; Destinee Moxey (H), 36th, 24-7; Tania Schisler (H), 38th, 24-3; Montana Williams, 40th, 23-10; Marley Barrett, 54th, 19-7.75
Discus
Gracie Spike, 5th, 94-9; Ella Randall (PE), 12th, 81-7; Caitlyn Carlsen (H), 16th, 77-2; Colleen Carlsen (H), 20th, 75-8; Destinee Moxey (H), 28th, 70-9; Montana Williams, 30th, 70-7; Ashlyn Bass (PE), 32nd, 70-3; Emma Mathews (H), 35th, 68-9; Kayla Crook, 46th, 56-4; Tania Schisler (H), 47th, 55-5
Javelin
Ryann Paulsen, 5th, 109-1; Nevaeh Schuldt (PV), 7th, 103-1; Gracie Spike, 12th, 91-1; Destinee Moxey (H), 22nd, 80-11; Kirra Lofton (H), 23rd, 80-7; Sofia Hanson, 27th, 79-5; Taylor Shaw, 32nd, 77-5; Marley Barrett, 41st, 70-5; Magdalena Eggl (H), 50th, 41-8; Anaya Koonnitiwoot (H), 52nd, 33-6
High jump
Sky Nesser (PV), 1st, 5-0; Kyla Richardson (PV), 6th, 4-6; Ruby Heriza, 10th, 4-4; Myley Rabourne, 12th, 4-4; Jacey Anderson (PV), 13th, 4-4; Jocelyn Fredrickson, 17th, 4-0
Pole vault
Sofie Kaaen, 3rd, 9-0; Jocelyn Fredrickson, Ellie Murphy, 10th, 6-0
Long jump
Ayla Bingham (PV), 1st, 16-10.5; Jillian Poe, Sky Nesser (PV), 4th, 15-0; Lillee Henry, 9th, 14-3; Lyndi Bingham (PV), 18th, 13-6; Sofia Hanson, 22nd, 13-3.5; Evie Davis, 30th, 12-8.5; Avrie Anderson (PV), 31st, 12-8; Maddy Hassmiller, 45th, 10-6; Julia Williams (H), 46th, 9-1
Triple jump
Sammy Gressley (PV), 2nd, 32-9; Jillian Poe, 5th, 32-1.75; Sofia Hanson, 10th, 28-2
Boys 100 meters
Wayland Thomas, 12th, 12.05; Lance Downing, 19th, 12.23; Space Handy, 29th, 12.69; Bhudha Sintuwongpusa (H), 29th, 13.18; Max Perry (H), 47th, 13.95; Nick Buren (H), 49th, 14.09; Bailey Hicks (H), 52nd, 14.31; Ezra Simpson (PE), 56th, 14.76
200 meters
Malaki Myer, 4th, 23.62; Space Handy, 16th, 25.34; Hudson Spike, 23rd, 15.74; Wayland Thomas, 26th, 25.91; Lizandro Rodriguez (PV), 45ht, 28.12
400 meters
Giacomo Rigueiro, 2nd, 50.65; Malaki Myer, 4th, 53.73; Gaige Birmingham, 8th, 54.42; Wayland Thomas, 15th, 56.03; Alan Bedolla (PV), 43rd, 1:03.34; WenPin Chang (H), 50th, 1:11.61
800 meters
Jaron Long, 1st, 2:01.04; Gabriel Brown (PE), 7th, 2:07.83; Daniel Brown, 8th, 2:07.91; Peter Davis (PE), 25th, 2:25.86; Harris Gaslin, 35th, 2:54.84
1,500 meters
Daniel Brown, 7th, 4:30.91; Gabriel Schwartz, 15th, 4:47.75; Karsten Cikanek, 16th, 4:49.26; Peter Davis (PE), 19th, 4:53.17; Alan Bedolla (PV), 25th, 4:56.33; Dallin Geurts (PE), 38th, 5:34.25; Harris Gaslin, 42nd, 5:49.49
3,000 meters
Karsten Cikanek, 5th, 10:35.57; Jarren Cikanek, 24th, 13:19.80
110-meter hurdles
Rasen Jones, 1st, 14.39; Ian Brougham, 14th, 20.23
300-meter hurdles
Rasean Jones, 1st, 37.73; Ian Brougham, 18th, 51.01
4×100 relay
Baker, 7th, 46.69 (Gaige Birmingham, Lance Downing, Wayland Thomas, Reeve Damschen)
4×400 relay
Baker, 1st, 3:27.47 (Malaki Myer, Rasean Jones, Giacomo Rigueiro, Jaron Long)
Shot put
Dillon Multop, 9th, 39-11.5; Caleb Kerns (PV), 15th, 36-5.5; Quin Wellman, 18th, 35-4.25; Range Bingham (PV), 23rd, 34-1; Wesley Kerns (PV), 24th, 33-9.5; Ryder Nimmo, 27th, 32-10.25; Pablo Sandubete (H), 33rd, 30-10; Jadin Charlton (H), 50th, 23-8
Discus
Dillon Multop, 4th, 129-7; Quin Wellman, 7th, 122-4; Caleb Kerns (PV), 13th, 112-5; Kade Rudi, 20th, 102-10; Wesley Kerns (PV), 37th, 87-7; Ryder Nimmo, 41st, 83-4; Pablo Sandubete (H), 48th, 80-0; Ezra Simpson (PE), 52nd, 73-4; Jadin Charlton (H), 63rd, 45-10
Javelin
Dante Lofton (H), 12th, 126-10; Gaige Birmingham, 17th, 117-2; Cole Burge, 22nd, 112-11; Pablo Sandubete (H), 34th, 101-3; Wesley Kerns (PV), 35th, 100-9; Braden Garfield (H), 40th, 91-7; Kade Rudi, 42nd, 85-9; James Ransom (PE), 44th, 82-5; Peter Davis (PE), 46th, 70-0
High jump
Hudson Spike, 5th, 5-10; Quin Wellman, 9th, 50-2
Pole vault
Reeve Damschen, 7th, 11-0; Gaige Birmingham, 9th, 10-0; Wade Hawkins, 10th, 10-0; Gabriel McBride, 13th, 9-6
Long jump
Hudson Spike, 4th, 20-2; Jaron Long, 6th, 19-8; Giacomo Rigueiro, 7th, 19-6.75; Kane Hellberg, 9th, 18-11; Lizandro Rodriguez (PV), 26th, 16-10.5
Triple jump
Kane Hellberg, 3rd, 39-2.25; Lance Downing, 15th, 35-2.5; Izek Cleveland, 26th, 32-11.75; Brayden Anderson, 30th, 30-3