BAKER TRACK AND FIELD: Rasean Jones wins 3 events, Kate Norton wins shot put at Boise Invite

Published 7:16 am Monday, April 21, 2025

BOISE — Rasean Jones won three events, and Kate Norton won the shot put throw at the Boise Invite track and field meet April 18.

Jones, the two-time defending Oregon Class 4A state champion in the 110 and 300 hurdles, won both events at the Boise meet. Jones, who last week broke a 65-year-old BHS record in the long jump, also won that event in Boise.

Norton, a freshman, won the shot put and placed fourth in the javelin and 12th in the discus.

Sofie Kaaen placed second in the pole vault.

Baker finished fourth in the girls team standings, and sixth in the boys.

Boise Invite

Boys individual results

100 meters

Henry Kamerdula, 10th 11.73; Wayland Thomas, 31st, 12.19; Johndale Buniag, 39th, 12.28

200 meters

Henry Kamerdula, 12th, 23.87

800 meters

Daniel Brown, 11th, 2:05.69

1,600 meters

Jarrek Cikanek, 23rd, 6:03.60

3,200 meters

Daniel Brown, 9th, 10:26.39; Jarren Cikanek, 23rd, 13:11.34

110 hurdles

Rasean Jones, 1st, 14.16; Jack Joseph, 13th, 17.26; Ian Brougham 19th, 19.44

300 hurdles

Rasean Jones, 1st, 38.51; Jack Joseph, 12th, 43.91; Ian Brougham, 20th, 48.96

4×100 relay

Baker, 6th, 46.29 (Everett Freeland, Gavin Combs, Lance Downing, Johndale Buniag)

4×200 relay

Baker, 5th, 1:38.97 (Everett Freeland, Bryson Petrucci, Isaiah Hannah, Lance Downing)

4×400 relay

Baker, 4th, 3:35.28 (Henry Kamerdula, Kane Hellberg, Henry Gaslin, Rasean Jones)

Shot put

Ryder Nimmo, 8th, 38-7.5; Quin Wellman, 12th, 37-1.5; Isaac Berry, 20th, 33-3

Discus

Quin Wellman, 4th, 122-2; Ryder Nimmo, 16th, 97-11; Cole Burge, 23rd, 77-11; Isaac Berry, 25th, 70-7

Javelin

Cole Burge, 3rd, 133-0; Quin Wellman, 15th, 107-10; Kenton McGuire, 26th, 92-11

High jump

Jack Joseph, Henry Gaslin, 9th, 5-6

Pole vault

Gabriel McBride, 10th, 8-6

Long jump

Rasean Jones, 1st, 22-5.5; Kane Hellberg, 8th, 20-9.5; Gavin Combs, 14th, 19-5; Jack Joseph, 17th, 18-11; Joseph Warbis, 21st, 18-5.5

Triple jump

Kane Hellberg, 4th, 42-2.5; Johndale Buniag, 8th, 40-4; Gavin Combs, 14th, 37-2.25; Lance Downing, 17th, 36-1.5

Girls individual results

100 meters

Molly Rasmussen, 14th, 13.81; Ellie Murphy, 20th, 14.42

200 meters

Sammy Gressley, 3rd, 26.16

400 meters

Sammy Gressley, 4th, 1:01.64; Claire Bachman, 7th, 1:03.59

800 meters

Gwen Rasmussen, 23rd, 2:45.77; Taryn Niday, 30th, 3:04.06

1,600 meters

Lilly Collins, 26th, 7:33.97

100 hurdles

Sophia Fortin, 18th, 19.29; Grace Tracy, 22nd, 19.58; Meren Jesenko, 23rd, 19.60; Anna Johnson, 24th, 19.69

300 hurdles

Meren Jesenko, 10th, 50.89; Sophia Fortin, 19th, 55.70; Anna Johnson, 21st, 56.15; Ruby Heriza, 25th, 59.87

4×400 relay

Baker, 2nd, 4:17.52 (Meren Jesenko, Claire Bachman, Molly Rasmussen, Sammy Gressley)

4×800 relay

Baker, 2nd, 11:36.90 (Matty Gressley, Sage Cuzick, Gwen Rasmussen, Mary Schwartz)

Shot put

Kate Norton, 1st, 40-2.5

Discus

Kate Norton, 12th, 77-0; Lilly Collins, 15th, 72-5; Elona Alba-Keffer, 25th, 51-1

Javelin

Kate Norton, 4th, 97-10; Jericha Hearne, 19th, 52-3; Elona Alba-Keffer, 20th, 48-10

High jump

Molly Rasmussen, Ruby Heriza, 6th, 4-6; Anna Johnson, 9th, 4-4

Pole vault

Sofie Kaaen, 2nd, 9-6; Reese Roys, 7th, 7-0; Kara Regan, 8th 6-6; Remy Damschen, 9th, 6-0

Long jump

Sammy Gressley, 3rd, 16-4; Molly Rasmussen, 8th, 15-6.25

Triple jump

Remy Damschen, 15th, 28-5.25; Reese Roys, 16th, 28-0

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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