BAKER TRACK AND FIELD: Rasean Jones breaks school record in long jump

Published 7:26 pm Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Baker junior Rasean Jones is renowned for his prowess in the two hurdles races, but he can also jump pretty far when there’s no obstacle in his way except a pit of sand.

Jones, the two-time defending Class 4A state champion in the 110- and 300-meter hurdles races, broke a 65-year-old Baker High School in the long jump during a four-school meet at Vale on Tuesday, April 15.

And it wasn’t even close.

Jones leaped 23 feet, 5.75 inches to win the event at Vale High School. The previous record, set in 1960 by John Thompson, was 21 feet, 11 inches.

Jones took the day off from competing in the hurdles races.

Baker finished second as a team in both the girls and boys meets. Ontario and Nyssa were the two other schools competing.

Boys team results

Nyssa, 1st, 95; Baker, 2nd, 64.5; Vale, 3rd, 64; Ontario, 4th, 33.5

Girls team results

Vale, 1st, 92.5; Baker, 2nd, 88.5; Nyssa, 3rd, 53; Ontario, 4th, 29

Other Baker individual champions were Sammy Gressley in the girls 100 meters and long jump, Sage Cuzick in the girls 800 meters, Kate Norton in the shot put and discus, and Anna Johnson in the high jump.

On the boys side, Jack Joseph won the high jump and 300 hurdles.

Baker girls individual results

100 meters

Sammy Gressley, 1st, 12.85; Ellie Murphy, 8th, 14.44; Reese Roys, 10th, 15.21; Anaya Sanchez, 13th, 15.84; Valentina Bussolotti, 16th, 16.89

200 meters

Sammy Gressley, 2nd, 26.27; Ellie Murphy, 6th, 30.61; Kylie Martin, 11th, 34.44; Valentina Bussolotti, 12th, 35.11

400 meters

Molly Rasmussen, 2nd, 1:06.28; Gwen Rasmussen, 5th, 1:09.59; Jurnee Bliss, 6th, 1:20.47

800 meters

Sage Cuzick, 1st, 3:11.32; Kara Regan, 3rd, 3:19.04

1,500 meters

Matty Gressley, 2nd, 5:40.52; Sage Cuzick, 5th, 6:32.55; Kylie Martin, 9th, 6:47.59; Lilly Collins, 11th, 7:15.75

3,000 meters

Gwen Rasmussen, 2nd, 12:33.25

100 hurdles

Meren Jesenko, 4th, 19.66; Sophia Fortin, 5th, 19.73; Grace Tracy, 6th, 19.84; Anna Johnson, 7th, 19.91; Ruby Heriza, 8th, 21.54

300 hurdles

Meren Jesenko, 3rd, 53.10; Grace Tracy, 4th, 57.13; Anna Johnson, 5th, 58.26; Sophia Fortin, 6th, 58.76; Ruby Heriza, 7th, 1:02.62

4×100 relay

Baker, 5th, 57.51 (Ellie Murphy, Remy Damschen, Sophia Fortin, Brylee Bain)

4×400 relay

Baker, 3rd, 5:12.04 (Ellie Murphy, Grace Tracy, Remy Damschen, Jurnee Bliss)

Shot put

Kate Norton, 1st, 39-4; Lilly Collins, 5th, 26-9.25; Marley Barrett, 12th, 20-8.5

Discus

Kate Norton, 1st, 101-7.25; Gracie Spike, 3rd, 80-1.5; Lilly Collins, 6th, 70-7; Elona Alba-Keffer, 17th, 48-4.25; Enola Payton, 21st, 37-11.5

Javelin

Gracie Spike, 2nd, 93-10; Marley Barrett, 5th, 77-3; Elona Alba-Keffer, 10th, 50-3; Jericha Hearne, 13th, 47-2; Enola Payton, 17th, 38-0

High jump

Anna Johnson, 1st, 4-6; Ruby Heriza, Molly Rasmussen, 2nd, 4-4; Myley Rabourne, 4th, 4-2

Pole vault

Reese Roys, 4th, 6-6; Kara Regan, 7th, 6-0

Long jump

Sammy Gressley, 1st, 16-1.5; Molly Rasmussen, 3rd, 15-4; Reese Roys, 9th, 13-1

Triple jump

Remy Damschen, 6th, 27-8; Reese Roys, 7th, 27-6

Baker boys individual results

100 meters

Johndale Buniag, 8th, 12.06; William Spriet, 18th, 12.71; Isaiah Hannah, 21st, 12.93; Gabriel McBride, 23rd, 13.32; Ammon Murphy, 28th, 14.44

200 meters

Isaiah Hannah, 6th, 25.29; Bryson Petrucci, 9th, 26.05; Joseph Warbis, 10th, 26.08

400 meters

Kane Hellberg, 2nd, 55.77; Wayland Thomas, 3rd, 56.48; Gavin Combs, 5th, 56.86; Everett Freeland, 6th, 56.92; William Spriet, 7th, 57.12

800 meters

William Spriet, 9th, 2:29.84; Everett Freeland, 16th, 2:38.35; Jaxson Everson, 17th, 2:44.20

1,500 meters

Kasey Holt, 9th, 5:14.90; Jarren Cikanek, 11th, 5:23.74; Jaxson Everson, 15th, 6:00.42

3,000 meters

Jarren Cikanek, 9th, 12:10.44

300 hurdles

Jack Joseph, 1st, 44.65

4×100 relay

Baker, 2nd, 46.37 (Johndale Buniag, Gavin Combs, Calder Daniels, Bryson Petrucci); Baker, 3rd, 46.88 (Everett Freeland, Isaiah Hannah, Wayland Thomas, Henry Kamerdula); Baker, 6th, 1:00.07 (Jamie McCain, Isaac Berry, Dave Ochoa, Ammon Murphy)

4×400 relay

Baker, 2nd, 3:45.91 (Henry Kamerdula, Everett Freeland, Wayland Thomas, William Spriet); Baker, 4th, 4:18.87 (Kasey Holt, Zack Conant, Space Handy, Jaxson Everson)

Shot put

Ryder Nimmo, 4th, 38-1.5; Isaac Berry, 5th, 35-3; Jamie McCain, 10th, 32-0.5; Dave Ochoa, 15th, 29-7.5; Emanual Rodrigues Samchez, 28-6; Kenton McGuire, 20th, 28-1.75; Ammon Murphy, 21st, 27-9.5; Hayden Marks, 24th, 26-5.5; Alexander Allen, 29th, 24-7.75

Discus

Quin Wellman, 4th, 108-1.25; Ryder Nimmo, 7th, 93-9.75; Kenton McGuire, 8th, 87-4; Cole Burge, 14th, 80-1.5; Hayden Marks, 19th, 72-7; Ammon Murphy, 21st, 64-9; Jamie McCain, 22nd, 64-5.25; Alexander Allen, 23rd, 63-0.25; Isaac Berry, 24th, 62-8.5; Emanuel Rodrigues Samchez, 31st , 58-7; Dave Ochoa, 32nd, 56-7.25; Korban Brown, 36th, 41-0.25

Javelin

Cole Burge, 3rd, 120-11; Quin Welmman, 4th, 120-4; Kenton McGuire, 14th, 87-4; Hayden Marks, 20th, 76-8; Lance Downing, 21s, 74-4; Asher Payton, 24th, 68-8; Isaac Berry, 26th, 67-10; Dave Ochoa, 26yh, 62-8; Emanuel Rodrigues Samchez, 29th, 60-1

High jump

Jack Joseph, 1st, 5-10; Quin Wellman, Joseph Warbis, 2nd, 5-6; Gabriel McBride, 4th, 4-10

Long jump

Rasean Jones, 1st, 23-5.75; Johndale Buniag, 4th, 18-9; Jack Joseph, 5th, 18-8; Quin Wellman, 9th, 18-0; Joseph Warbis, 10th, 17-11; Wayland Thomas, 11th, 17-2; Gabriel McBride, 18th, 14-8; Korban Brown, 19th, 14-2

Triple jump

Johndale Buniag, 2nd, 40-5.5; Kane Hellberg, 3rd, 39-4; Lance Downing, 10th, 33-2.5

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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