BAKER SWIMMING: Jaxson Everson places 9th in 500 freestyle at state meet
Published 8:43 am Saturday, February 22, 2025
- Baker's Jaxson Everson won two individual events at the Baker Invitational Swim Meet on Dec. 7, 2024, at Sam-O Swim Center in Baker City. Everson was a member of a relay team that won two other events.
BEAVERTON — Baker swimmer Jaxson Everson set a personal best and placed ninth in the preliminaries of the 500-yard freestyle race at the Class 4A/3A/2A/1A state swimming meet Friday, Feb. 21, at the Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center.
The top six swimmers qualified for the finals on Saturday, Feb. 22.
Everson was the lone Baker/Powder Valley swimmer to qualify for the state meet.
Coach Codie Weatherby said Everson, who is a junior, should have a good chance to advance to the finals next year.
He set a personal record by 10 seconds, finishing the race, the longest in the meet, in 5 minutes, 41.31 seconds.
