BAKER TRACK AND FIELD: Bulldog boys, girls both win three-school meet at Ontario

Published 9:50 am Wednesday, April 9, 2025

ONTARIO — The Baker boys and girls track and field teams placed first in a three-way meet against Ontario and Vale on Tuesday, April 8, at Ontario High School.

Team results

GIRLS

Baker, 1st, 223.99; Vale, 2nd, 172; Ontario, 3rd, 129

BOYS

Baker, 1st, 286; Vale, 2nd, 159; Ontario, 3rd, 148

Baker girls individual champions included freshman Kate Norton, who won the shot put and discus and was second in the javelin, Meren Jesenko, who won the girls 300-meter hurdles, Sofie Kaaen, who won the girls 1,500 and pole vault, Sammy Gressley in the 400 and long jump, and Reese Roys in the triple jump.

In the boys meet, Quin Wellman won the javelin, Henry Gaslin won the high jump, Gabriel McBride won the pole vault, Gavin Combs was first in the long jump, Kane Hellberg won the triple jump, Jack Joseph won the 300 and 110 hurdles, Daniel Brown won the 1,500, and the 4×100 relay team of Henry Kamerdula, Gavin Combs, Lance Downing and Wayland Thomas won its race.

Boys individual results

100 meters

Johndale Buniag, 5th, 12.32; Gavin Combs, 7th, 12.45; Wayland Thomas, 8th, 12.47; Kane Hellberg, 10th, 12.56; Lance Downing, 11th, 12.58; William Spriet, 14th, 12.79; Gabriel McBride, 20th, 13.21; Korban Brown, 24th, 13.82; Alexander Allen, 25th, 15.78

200 meters

Henry Kamerdula, 2nd, 24.17; Henry Gaslin, 5th, 24.74; Wayland Thomas, 6th, 25.05; Johndale Buniag, 7th, 25.23; Calder Daniels, 8th, 25.55; Everett Freeland, Bryson Petrucci, 11th, 25.87; Isaiah Hannah, 13th, 25.93; William Spriet, 15th, 26.39; Alexander Allen, 24th, 33.67

400 meters

Henry Kamerdula, 2nd, 56.10; Everett Freeland, 5th, 58.18; Cole Burge, 11th, 1:09.51

800 meters

Daniel Brown, 2nd, 2:08.46; Kane Hellberg, 4th, 2:15.45; Kasey Holt, 7th, 2:29.85; Zack Conant, 9th, 2:33.19; Space Handy, 10th, 2:33.71; Brayden Anderson, 11th, 2:37.30; Jarrek Cikanek, 12th, 2:38.39; Jaxson Everson, 15th, 2:48.20

1,500 meters

Daniel Brown,1st, 4:36.58; Kasey Holt, 4th, 5:22.72; Space Handy, 8th, 5:26.67; Brayden Anderson, 9th, 5:27.52; Jaxson Everson, 10th, 6:06.96

3,000 meters

Jarren Cikanek, 4th, 12:01.70

110 hurdles

Jack Joseph, 1st, 17.03; Ian Brougham, 3rd, 19.36

300 hurdles

Jack Joseph, 1st, 43.44; Ian Brougham, 3rd, 50.98

4×100 relay

Baker, 1st, 47.04 (Henry Kamerdula, Gavin Combs, Lance Downing, Wayland Thomas); Baker, 2nd, 49.20 (Ian Brougham, Everett Freeland, Bryson Petrucci, Isaiah Hannah)

4×400 relay

Baker, 2nd, 3:49.70 (Henry Kamerdula, Henry Gaslin, Isaiah Hannah, Everett Freeland); Baker, 4th, 3:52.87 (Brayden Anderson, Bryson Petrucci, Daniel Brown, William Spriet)

Shot put

Rasean Jones, 2nd, 42-3; Isaac Berry, 3rd, 39-7; Ryder Nimmo, 4th, 38-0; Quin Wellman, 5th, 37-1; Dave Ochoa, 12th, 29-2.5; Jamie McCain, 13th, 29-1; Drew Benjamin, 14th, 26-6; Kenton McGuire, 16th, 26-4; Emanual Rodrigues Samchez, 17th, 26-0.5; Ammon Murphy, 18th, 25-5.5; Hayden Marks, 19th, 24-7.5; Alexander Allen, 23rd, 22-4

Discus

Quin Wellman, 4th, 113-9; Ryder Nimmo, 6th, 92-5; Cole Burge, 9th, 78-1; Kenton McGuire, 12th, 69-8; Ammon Murphy, 13th, 68-1; Isaac Berry, 14th, 67-2; Jamie McCain, 15th, 66-9; Hayden Marks, 17th, 64-8; Alexander Allen, 18th, 62-4; Dave Ochoa, Emanual Rodgriues Samchez, 19th, 60-7

Javelin

Quin Wellman, 1st, 122-7; Cole Burge, 2nd, 121-7; Kenton McGuire, 5th, 98-11; Asher Payton, 8th, 84-5; Emanuel Rodrigues Samchez, 14th, 62-1; Hayden Marks, 15th, 60-7; Dave Ochoa, 16th, 58-4; Drew Benjamin, 19th, 49-10

High jump

Henry Gaslin, 1st, 5-10; Jack Joseph, 3rd, 5-6; Joseph Warbis, 4th, 5-4; Gabriel McBride, 5th, 5-0

Pole vault

Gabriel McBride, 1st, 8-6; Landon Dougherty, 2nd, 8-0

Long jump

Gavin Combs, 1st, 18-7; Jack Joseph, 2nd, 17-11; Joseph Warbis, 3rd, 17-7; Gabriel McBride, 7th, 16-0.5; Korban Brown, 11th, 14-0.5

Triple jump

Kane Hellberg, 1st, 39-7; Johndale Buniag, 2nd, 39-4; Lance Downing, 3rd, 36-9; Gavin Combs, 6th, 35-11

Girls individual results

100 meters

Molly Rasmussen, 8th, 14.34; Reese Roys, 12th, 15.23; Brylee Bain, 13th, 15.34; Remy Damschen, 16th, 15.92

200 meters

Claire Bachman, 5th, 29.16; Sophia Fortin, 8th, 30.96; Grace Tracy, 10th, 32.05; Ellie Murphy, 11th, 32.47

400 meters

Sammy Gressley, 1st, 1:03.16; Claire Bachman, 3rd, 1:04.52; Ellie Murphy, 6th, 1:20.48; Reese Roys, 8th, 1:24.19

800 meters

Matty Gressley, 3rd, 2:48.01; Sofie Kaaen, 4th, 3:09.52; Kara Regan, 6th, 3:16.40

1,500 meters

Sofie Kaaen, 1st, 6:18.38; Sage Cuzick, 3rd, 6:32.37; Kylie Martin, 4th, 6:45.20

100 hurdles

Meren Jesenko, 3rd, 19.44; Sophia Fortin, 4th, 20.08; Grace Tracy, 5th, 20.57; Ruby Heriza, 6th, 21.99

300 hurdles

Meren Jesenko, 1st, 51.26; Ruby Heriza, 2nd, 1:01.94; Kylie Martin, 3rd, 1:10.13

4×100 relay

Baker, 2nd, 58.12 (Brylee Bain, Sophia Fortin, Remy Damschen, Ellie Murphy)

4×400 relay

Baker, 3rd, 4:50.37 (Claire Bachman, Ellie Murphy, Meren Jesenko, Molly Rasmussen); Baker, 5th, 5:14.66 (Jurnee Bliss, Taryn Niday, Grace Tracy, Matty Gressley)

Shot put

Kate Norton, 1st, 38-4; Lilly Collins, 4th, 26-4; Sage Anderson, 15th, 15-2

Discus

Kate Norton, 1st, 88-8; Lilly Collins, 6th, 63-2; Elona Alba-Keffer, 11th, 50-1

Javelin

Kate Norton, 2nd, 81-6; Jericha Hearne, 8th, 56-0; Elona Alba-Keffer, 11th, 50-6; Enola Payton, 15th, 39-6

High jump

Molly Rasmussen, 2nd, 4-6; Ruby Heriza, 3rd, 4-2

Pole Vault

Sofie Kaaen, 1st, 8-6; Kara Regan, Anaya Sanchez, Reese Roys, 2nd, 6-0

Long jump

Sammy Gressley, 1st, 16-1.5; Molly Rasmussen, 7th, 14-0; Brylee Bain, 8th, 13-3.5; Anaya Sanchez, 12th, 11-0

Triple jump

Reese Roys, 1st, 28-4

Jayson has worked at the Baker City Herald since November 1992, starting as a reporter. He has been editor since December 2007. He graduated from the University of Oregon Journalism School in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in news-editorial journalism.

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