Baker's Sammy Gressley, shown here at a meet in Baker on May 6, 2025, placed second in the 200 meters and third in the 100 at a meet in Ontario on May 9. (Stephanie Brown/Contributed Photo)

ONTARIO — Baker athletes won nine events at the district track and field championships in Ontario on Friday, May 22, and qualified for the state meet May 30-31 at Hayward Field in Eugene.

Rasean Jones won the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles, as well as the long jump. Jones, a junior, is the two-time defending state champion in both hurdles races.

Henry Gaslin won the high jump and will also compete in the long jump after finishing second.

Sammy Gressley won the 100 meters and 200 meters, and Gwen Rasmussen won the 800 meters. Kate Norton won the shot put.

The Baker boys 4×400 relay team won in a time of 3:30.80. Team members are Henry Kamerdula, Wayland Thomas, Henry Gaslin and Rasean Jones.

Other Bulldogs who qualified for the Class 4A state meet May 29-31 at Hayward Field in Eugene: Molly Rasmussen in the 4×400 relay; Gracy Tracy in the 4×400 relay; Meren Jesenko in the 4×400 relay; Sofie Kaaen in the pole vault; Kane Hellberg in the triple jump; Jack Joseph in the high jump and 110 hurdles; Daniel Brown in the 800 meters; Gavin Combs in the long jump; Joseph Warbis in the triple jump.

Team results

Boys

Pendleton, 1st, 90.5; Baker, 2nd, 78; La Grande, 3rd, 58.5; Ontario, 4th, 37

Girls

La Grande, 1st, 109; Pendleton, 2nd, 69; Baker, 3rd, 60; Ontario, 4th, 26

Baker boys individual results

100 meters

Henry Kamerdula, 5th, 11.63; Johndale Buniag, 6th, 11.97; Lance Downing, 9th, 12.22

200 meters

Henry Kamerdula, 6th, 23.81; Gavin Combs, 7th, 24.60; Lance Downing, 9th, 25.04

400 meters

Wayland Thomas, 4th, 52.80; Everett Freeland, 10th, 57.36; Isaiah Hannah, 11th, 57.83

800 meters

Daniel Brown, 2nd, 2:02.78; William Spriet, 9th, 2:21.50; Bryson Petrucci, 10th, 2:25.09

1,500 meters

William Spriet, 9th, 5:01.18; Jarren Cikanek, 11th, 5:29.13

3,000 meters

Daniel Brown, 3rd, 9:38.32; Jarren Cikanek, 10th, 12:30.26

110 hurdles

Rasean Jones, 1st, 14.05; Jack Joseph, 3rd, 16.46; Ian Brougham, 3rd, 18.63

300 hurdles

Rasean Jones, 1st, 38.21; Jack Joseph, 3rd, 43.25; Ian Brougham, 6th, 46.55

4×100 relay

Baker, 4th, 46.41 (Johndale Buniag, Everett Freeland, Bryson Petrucci, Isaiah Hannah)

4×400 relay

Baker, 1st, 3:30.80 (Henry Kamerdula, Wayland Thomas, Henry Gaslin, Rasean Jones)

Shot put (distances in meters)

Quin Wellman, 4th, 11.42; Ryder Nimmo, 5th, 11.26; Isaac Berry, 6th, 11.18

Discus (distances in meters)

Quin Wellman, 4th, 38.34; Ryder Nimmo, 5th, 31.53; Hayden Marks, 8th, 25.75)

Javelin (distances in meters)

Cole Burge, 5th, 40.95; Quin Wellman, 6th, 36.92; Jamie McClain, 9th, 28.98

High jump (heights in meters)

Henry Gaslin, 1st, 1.85; Jack Joseph, 2nd, 1.69; Joseph Warbis, 6th, 1.64

Pole vault (heights in meters)

Gabriel McBride, 3rd, 3.15; Jack Joseph, 6th, 2.55

Long jump (distances in meters)

Rasean Jones, 1st, 6.22; Henry Gaslin, 2nd, 6.20; Gavin Combs, 3rd, 5.79

Triple jump (distances in meters)

Kane Hellberg, 2nd, 12.48; Joseph Warbis, 3rd, 12.11; Johndale Buniag, 6th, 11.57

Bake girls individual results

100 meters

Sammy Gressley, 1st, 12.42; Ellie Murphy, 11th, 13.71; Grace Tracy, 12th, 13.97

200 meters

Sammy Gressley, 1st, 25.70; Ellie Murphy, 10th, 29.34; Grace Tracy, 11th, 29.51

400 meters

Molly Rasmussen, 4th, 1:06.01; Valentina Bussolotti, 9th, 1:13.64; Jurnee Bliss, 10th, 1:16.93

800 meters

Gwen Rasmussen, 1st, 2:32.67; Matty Gressley, 3rd, 2:44.62; Sofie Kaaen, 5th, 2:49.25

1,500 meters

Matty Gressley, 4th, 5:34.01; Ruby Heriza, 7th, 6:22.25; Sage Cuzick, 8th, 6:23.71

3,000 meters

Gwen Rasmussen, 3rd, 12:46.04; Sage Cuzick, 7th, 15:21.58

100 hurdles

Meren Jesenko, 5th, 18.50; Anna Johnson, 6th, 18.96; Sophia Fortin, 7th, 20.38

300 hurdles

Meren Jesenko, 3rd, 49.61; Anna Johnson, 5th, 54.54; Sophia Fortin, 6th, 54.81

4×100 relay

Baker, 4th, 54.65 (Brylee Bain, Sophia Fortin, Anna Johnson, Grace Tracy)

4×400 relay

Baker, 2nd, 4:17.85 (Grace Tracy, Meren Jesenko, Molly Rasmussen, Sammy Gressley)

Shot put (distances in meters)

Kate Norton, 1st, 11.08, Lilly Collins, 11th, 7.43; Marley Barrett, 12th, 6.15

Discus (distances in meters)

Kate Norton, 4th, 26.79; Lilly Collins, 7th, 24.17

Javelin (distances in meters)

Kate Norton, 6th, 26.49; Marley Barrett, 10th, 20.93; Jericha Hearne, 11th, 19.17

High jump (heights in meters)

Molly Rasmussen, 6th, 1.40; Ruby Heriza, 7th, 1.35; Anna Johnson, 9th, 1.30

Pole vault (heights in meters)

Sofie Kaaen, 2nd, 2.39; Kara Regan, 3rd, 2.39; Remy Damschen, 4th, 2.24

Long jump (distances in meters)

Molly Rasmussen, 3rd, 4.86; Sammy Gressley, 5th, 4.66; Brylee Bain, 10th, 3.90

Triple jump (distances in meters)

Remy Damschen, 5th, 8.87