BAKER, POWDER VALLEY, PINE EAGLE TRACK AND FIELD: Rasean Jones sets another school record

Published 8:11 am Saturday, April 26, 2025

Baker junior Rasean Jones continues to rewrite the BHS track record book.

Jones, who broke the school records in the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles last year, broke a 65-year-old record in the long jump earlier this month.

Then, during the Carnival of Speed meet Friday, April 25, at Milton-Freewater, Jones set a new record in the 400-meter dash. His time of 50.14 seconds nipped the record of 50.20 set by Mike Woydziak in 1998.

Jones also was a member of the 4×400 relay team that set a school record in 2024.

Jones swept the sprints at the Carnival of Speed, winning the 100 and 200 to help Baker finish second in the boys team standings with 102.7 points, just behind Pendleton at 104.4

Baker finished eighth in the girls meet.

Powder Valley and Pine Eagle also competed.

Other individual champions included Baker’s Sammy Gressley in the 100, Pine Eagle’s Lindsey Brown in the 3,000, Pine Eagle’s Ella Randall in the shot put, an event in which she is a two-time state champion, and Pine Eagle’s Nyah Johnson in the high jump.

The Spartans placed ninth in the girls team standings.

On the boys side, Baker’s Daniel Brown, who has committed to compete for Southwest Oregon Community College in Coos Bay, placed second in the 800 and 1,500. Jack Joseph was second in the high jump, and Kane Hellberg was second in the triple jump.

Carnival of Speed

Boys team scores

Pendleton, 1st, 104.4; Baker, 2nd, 102.7; Pine Eagle 15th, 11; Powder Valley, 16th, 8

Girls team scores

Pendleton, 1st, 103.5; Baker, 8th, 46; Pine Eagle, 9th, 37; Powder Valley, 20th, 1

Baker, Powder Valley (PV), Pine Eagle (PE) girls individual results

100 meters

Sammy Gressley, 1st, 12.75; Meren Jesenko, 14th, 14.00; Lyndi Bingham (PV), 26th, 14.75; Brylee Bain, 34th, 15.12; Kilynn Waite (PV), 36th, 15.16; Kyla Richardson (PV), 37th, 15.32; Evie Davis (PE), 38th, 15.63; Saren Geurts (PE), 57th, 18.20

200 meters

Claire Bachman, 7th, 28.05; Meren Jesenko, 14th, 29.09; Kellee Dixon (PV), 18th, 30.04; Evie Davis (PE), 35th, 33.36; Camilla Longagnani (PV), 37th, 33.75; Sloan Peteren (PV), 40th, 34.78

400 meters

Claire Bachman, 4th, 1:03.78; Emmie Dickinson (PV), 13th, 1:09.12; Janie Bingham (PV), 18th, 1:11.93; Ellie Murphy, 24th, 1:15.17; Camilla Longagnani (PV), 29th, 1:19.50; Valentina Bussolotti, 30th, 1:19.72

800 meters

Matty Gressley, 7th, 2:46.30; Sofie Kaaen, 11th, 2:52.44

1,500 meters

Matty Gressley, 8th, 5:42.92; Brielle McCrae (PV), 11th, 6:09.12; Sage Cuzick, 16th, 6:27.41

3,000 meters

Lindsey Brown (PE), 1st, 10:50.17

100 hurdles

Nyah Johnson (PE), 7th, 17.66; Grace Tracy, 15th, 20.00; Ruby Heriza, 19th, 20.85; Sophia Fortin, 24th, 25.67

300 hurdles

Nyah Johnson (PE), 6th, 53.55; Grace Tracy, 9th, 54.90; Sophia Fortin, 17th, 58.49; Ruby Heriza, 20th, 59.03

4×100 relay

Powder Valley, 10th, 55.05 (Janie Bingham, Emmie Dickinson, Hannah Martin, Lyndi Bingham); Baker, 11th, 55.83 (Grace Tracy, Ruby Heriza, Sophia Fortin, Ellie Murphy)

4×400 relay

Baker, 4th, 4:24.50 (Claire Bachman, Meren Jesenko, Matty Gressley, Sammy Gressley)

Shot put

Ella Randall (PE), 1st, 39-2; Kate Norton, 2nd, 37-4; Lilly Collins, 14th, 26-2; Lea Weston (PV), 17th, 25-5; Marley Barrett, 36th, 20-2; Brielle McCrae (PV), 41st, 19-9; Kiley Kerns (PV), 42nd, 19-6; Saren Guerts (PE), 45th, 17-6

Discus

Kate Norton, 3rd, 100-0; Ella Randall (PV), 6th, 91-8; Lilly Collins, 13th, 76-7; Kyla Richardson (PV), 20th, 71-0; Lea Weston (PV), 32nd, 64-3; Elona Alba-Keffer, 36th, 59-7; Saren Geurts (PE), 37th, 58-8.5; Evie Davis (PE), 38th, 56-3; Kiley Kerns (PV), 50th, 41-5

Javelin

Kate Norton, 17th, 89-6; Marley Barrett, 23rd, 78-1; Jericha Hearne, 32nd, 66-0; Kellee Dixon (PV), 35th, 62-11; Kilynn Waite (PV), 36th, 59-5; Baylee Smith (PV), 43rd, 50-10

High jump

Nyah Johnson (PE), 1st, 4-10; Kyla Richardson (PV), 10th, 4-4; Ruby Heriza, 16th, 4-2

Pole vault

Sofie Kaaen, 2nd, 9-0; Reese Roys, Remy Damschen, 10th, 6-6

Long jump

Lyndi Bingham (PV), 8th, 14-0.5; Brylee Bain, 9th, 13-10; Hannah Martin (PV), 16th, 13-1.5; Reese Roys, 17th, 13-1; Evie Davis (PE), 36th, 11-7; Valentina Bussolotti, 43rd, 10-3; Sloan Petersen (PV), 45th, 9-11.5

Triple jump

Reese Roys, 11th, 28-4; Remy Damschen, 12th, 28-1; Kellee Dixon (PV), 14th, 27-9; Baylee Smith (PV), 19th, 23-9

Baker, Powder Valley (PV), Pine Eagle (PE) boys individual results

100 meters

Rasean Jones, 1st, 10.84; Johndale Buniag, 8th, 11.91; Gavin Combs, 10th, 12.05; Caiden Anderson-Ficek (PV), 18th, 12.21; Bowen McGuire (PV), 34th, 13.19; Henry White (PV), 42nd, 14.11

200 meters

Rasean Jones, 1st, 22.49; Henry Kamerdula, 8th, 24.06; Wayland Thomas, 15th, 25.03; Bowen McGuire (PV), 34th, 28.17; Henry White (PV), 41st, 29.75

400 meters

Rasean Jones, 1st, 50.14; Henry Kamerdula, 6th, 54.03; Everett Freeland, 7th, 55.96; James Ranson (PE), 11th, 57.15; Gideon Davis (PE), 23rd, 1:03.14

800 meters

Daniel Brown, 2nd, 2:06.43; Gabriel Brown (PE), 6th, 2:09.01; Kane Hellberg, 13th, 2:15.98; William Spriet, 15th, 2:16.92

1,500 meters

Daniel Brown, 2nd, 4:22.89; Gabriel Brown (PE), 5th, 4:26.13; Peter Davis (PE), 8th, 4:36.91; Brigham Leggett (PV), 17th, 4:59.76; Alan Bedolla (PV), 26th, 5:21.85; Jarren Cikanek, 29th, 5:34.11

3,000 meters

James Ranson, Peter Davis (PE), 7th, 10:49.11; Jarrek Cikanek, 19th, 12:21.34

110 hurdles

Caiden Anderson-Ficek (PV), 5th, 17.22; Ian Brougham, 14th, 20.01

300 hurdles

Caiden Anderson-Ficek (PV), 5th, 45.53; Ian Brougham, 12th, 47.16

4×100 relay

Baker, 3rd, 46.20 (Johndale Buniag, Gavin Combs, Lance Downing, Wayland Thomas); Powder Valley, 10th, 51.42 (Jackson Cox, Brigham Leggett, Henry White, Bowen McGuire)

4×400 relay

Baker, 4th, 3:41.00 (Henry Kamerdula, Kane Hellberg, Henry Gaslin, Daniel Brown)

Shot put

Ryder Nimmo, 6th, 37-2; Range Bingham (PV), 10th, 35-8.5; Quin Wellman, 11th, 35-7; Isaac Berry, 12th, 34-5; Jackson Cox (PV), 15th, 33-6

Discus

Quin Wellman, 3rd, 120-5; Ryder Nimmo, 18th, 95-1; Jackson Cox (PV), 44th, 66-6; Kenton McGuire, 47th, 63-7

Javelin

Cole Burge, 11th, 126-1; Quin Wellman, 12th, 120-8; James Ransom (PE), 28th, 104-4; Range Bingham (PV), 29th, 99-1; Kenton McGuire, 32nd, 97-10; Henry White (PV), 37th, 90-7; Bowen McGuire (PV), 40th, 87-1; Gideon Davis (PE), 48th, 73-3

High jump

Jack Joseph, 2nd, 5-8; Henry Gaslin, 7th, 5-6; Joseph Warbis, 12th, 5-2

Long jump

Kane Hellberg, 3rd, 19-7; Gavin Combs, 5th, 18-11.25; Jack Joseph, 13th, 17-9; Peter Davis (PE), 28th, 15-7.25

Triple jump

Kane Hellberg, 2nd, 40-9.75; Johndale Buniag, 4th, 38-11.5; Lance Downing, 12th, 36-2

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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