BAKER TRACK AND FIELD: Bulldog boys 1st, girls tie for 1st at three-way home meet
Published 6:01 am Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Baker's Meren Jesenko competes in a hurdles race at BHS on May 6, 2025. (Stephanie Brown/Contributed Photo)
Baker's Gwen Rasmussen won the 800 and 3,000 races at BHS on May 6, 2025. (Stephanie Brown/Contributed Photo)
Baker's Sammy Gressley competes in the long jump at BHS on May 6, 2025. (Stephanie Brown/Contributed Photo)
Baker's Rasean Jones won the 400-meter race at BHS on May 6, 2025. (Stephanie Brown/Contributed Photo)
Baker's Jack Joseph won the 110-meter hurdles and was second in the 300 hurdles at BHS on May 6, 2025. (Stephanie Brown/Contributed Photo)
Baker's Kara Regan competes in the pole vault at BHS on May 6, 2025. (Stephanie Brown/Contributed Photo)
Baker's Kate Norton won the discus and shot put at BHS on May 6, 2025. (Stephanie Brown/Contributed Photo)
The Baker boys finished first, and the girls tied with Vale for first, in a three-team track and field meet Tuesday, May 6, at BHS.
Ontario was the third team.
The Baker boys had 78 points. Vale was second with 52, Ontario third with 18.
On the girls side, Baker and Vale tied with 69 points. Ontario had 5.
Baker had many individual winners.
In girls events, Sammy Gressley won the 200 meters and long jump, Gwen Rasmussen won the 800 and 3,000, Meren Jesenko won the 300 hurdles, Kate Norton won the shot put and javelin, and Ellie Murphy won the high jump. Baker’s 4×100 relay team of Claire Bachman, Meren Jesenko, Sammy Gressley and Molly Rasmussen won their race.
For boys, Rasean Jones won the 400 meters and javelin, William Spriet won the 800, Jack Joseph won the 110 hurdles, Henry Gaslin won the high jump, and Kane Hellberg won the long jump and triple jump. Baker’s 4×400 relay team of Ian Brougham, Gavin Combs, Bryson Petrucci and Wayland Thomas was first.
Gressley, a junior, has been threatening multiple school records this spring.
Her time in the 100 on Tuesday, 12.52 seconds, was the third-fastest in school history. Gressley also has the second-fastest time in the event, 12.46 seconds, set at the Kiwanis Twilight Invitational May 2. Lynne Edmonson set the record of 12.30 in 1973.
Gressley’s time Tuesday in the 200, 25.77 seconds, ranks second in the BHS record book. Tish Henes, who went on to compete for the University of Oregon, holds the record of 25.50 seconds, set in 1995.
Gressley’s long jump winning leap of 16 feet, 8.5 inches ranks third all-time. Jill Wood set the record in 1991 at 17-0.5. Jill Richards is second with a 16-9 jump in 2007.
Baker freshman thrower Kate Norton has also come close to a BHS record this spring.
Norton’s shot put throw of 41 feet, 2.75 inches at the Wayne Invitational on April 4 is just a quarter inch short of Sarah Cotton’s record of 41-3, set in 1997.
Norton also ranks second in the discus, with a best throw of 112 feet, 8 inches at the Kiwanis Twilight Invitational. Deb Spivey set the record in 1977 at 132-8.
Junior Rasean Jones, who has four individual school records — 110 and 300 hurdles, long jump and 400 meters — and shares the 4×400 relay record, has climbed the record book in the 100 and 200 sprints as well.
Jones’ 10.84 time in the 100 at the Carnival of Speed on April 25 ranks second, behind Talon Jayo’s 10.74 set in 2004.
Jones ran 22.49 in the 200 at the Carnival of Speed, which is third all-time, behind Jayo’s 22.44 in 2004, and Larry Derrick’s 22.10, set in 1965.
Baker girls individual results
100 meters
Sammy Gressley, 2nd, 12.52; Ellie Murphy, 10th, 14.06; Grace Tracy, 11th, 14.07; Sophia Fortin, 12th, 14.09; Anaya Sanchez, 14th, 14.64; Reese Roys, 15th, 14.64; Brylee Bain, 16th, 14.84; Kate Norton, 17th, 14.92
200 meters
Sammy Gressley, 1st, 25.77; Sophia Fortin, 7th, 29.44; Ellie Murphy, 8th, 29.66; Gwen Rasmussen, 11th, 31.70; Valentina Bussolotti, 12th, 33.64
400 meters
Valentina Bussolotti, 4th, 1:18.36; Kara Regan, 5th, 1:19.24
800 meters
Gwen Rasmussen, 1st, 2:37.13
1,500 meters
Sage Cuzick, 3rd, 6:23.66
3,000 meters
Gwen Rasmussen, 1st, 12:34.98; Sage Cuzick, 2nd, 15:17.97
100 hurdles
Meren Jesenko, 4th, 19.22; Sophia Fortin, 5th, 19.84; Anna Johnson, 6th, 19.87; Ruby Heriza, 7th, 21.08
300 hurdles
Meren Jesenko, 1st, 51.10; Anna Johnson, 3rd, 56.13; Ruby Heriza, 4th, 1:00.77
4×100 relay
Baker, 1st, 52.09 (Claire Bachman, Meren Jesenko, Sammy Gressley, Molly Rasmussen); Baker, 2nd, 1:00.91 (Elona Alba-Keffer, Valentina Bussolotti, Kate Norton, Remy Damschen)
Shot put
Kate Norton, 1st, 38-5; Lilly Collins, 8th, 26-5; Marley Barrett, 15th, 22-5; Claire Bachman, 19th, 18-2.5
Discus
Kate Norton, 1st, 103-2; Lilly Collins, 5th, 82.2; Elona Alba-Keffer, 16th, 56.5; Enola Payton, 18th, 47-3
Javelin
Marley Barrett, 3rd, 80-7; Jericha Hearne, 10th, 63-3; Molly Rasmussen, 12th, 53-8; Enola Payton, 15th, 45-0
High jump
Ellie Murphy, 1st, 4-2; Ruby Heriza, 2nd, 4-2; Kara Regan, 3rd, 4-0
Pole vault
Reese Roys, Remy Damschen, 2nd, 7-5; Molly Rasmussen, 4th, 7-5; Kara Regan, 5th, 7-0; Anaya Sanchez, Ruby Heriza, 6th, 5-5
Long jump
Sammy Gressley, 1st, 16-8.5; Molly Rasmussen, 2nd, 16-1; Brylee Bain, 8th, 14-5; Anna Johnson, 10th, 13-6; Reese Roys, 11th, 12-7; Valentina Bussolotti, 13th, 11-3
Triple jump
Reese Roys, 3rd, 29-1; Remy Damschen, 4th, 26-7.5
Baker boys individual results
100 meters
Henry Kamerdula, 3rd, 11.57; Johndale Buniag, 6th, 11.75; Henry Gaslin, 8th, 12.02; Isaiah Hannah, 9th, 12.19; Bryson Petrucci, 12th, 12.38; Ian Brougham, 14th, 12.49; Alexander Allen, 20th, 15.39
200 meters
Henry Kamerdula, 2nd, 23.78; Johndale Buniag, 6th, 24.50; Gavin Combs, 7th, 24.70; Isaiah Hannah, 9th, 25.01; Everett Freeland, 11th, 25.21; Bryson Petrucci, 12th, 25.53; Space Handy, 13th, 26.13; Joseph Warbis, 14th, 26.81; Alexander Allen, 20th, 32.76
400 meters
Rasean Jones, 1st, 51.19; Henry Gaslin, 4th, 55.14; Everett Freeland, 5th, 56.70; Johndale Buniag, 7th, 57.45; Lance Downing, 8th, 57.68; Jaxsn Everson, 15th, 1:12.02; Ryder Nimmo, 16th, 1:17.67
800 meters
William Spriet, 1st, 2:16.26; Zack Conant, 7th, 2:30.10; Jaxson Everson, 9th, 2:51.06
1,500 meters
William Spriet, 2nd, 4:53.92; Kasey Holt, 4th, 5:07.97; Space Handy, 7th, 5:23.28; Jaxson Everson, 8th, 6:02.37
3,000 meters
Jarren Cikanek, 4th, 12:04.15
110 hurdles
Jack Joseph, 1st, 16.49; Gavin Combs, 2nd, 18.05; Quin Wellman, 4th, 18.53; Ian Brougham, 5th, 18.83
300 hurdles
Jack Joseph, 2nd, 44.32; Ian Brougham, 4th, 47.69
4×100 relay
Baker, 2nd, 57.51 (Cole Burge, Jamie McCain, Isaac Berry, Dave Ochoa)
4×400 relay
Baker, 1st, 3:53.80 (Ian Brougham, Gavin Combs, Bryson Petrucci, Wayland Thomas)
Shot put
Isaac Berry, 2nd, 38-7.5; Ryder Nimmo, 4th, 37-5; Jamie McCain, 6th, 33-2; Jack Joseph, 9th, 30-4; Dave Ochoa, 10th, 30-0; Wayland Thomas, 11th, 29-7; Emanuel Rodrigues Sanchez, 12th, 29-3; Lance Downing, 13th, 28-9; Ammon Murphy, 14th, 28-6; Hayden Marks, 15th, 28-2; Kenton McGuire, 16th, 27-5; Drew Benjamin, 17th, 27-2; Alexander Allen, 18th, 26-3
Discus
Rasean Jones, 2nd, 139-0; Quin Wellman, 3rd, 123-6; Ryder Nimmo, 4th, 113-6; Cole Burge, 5th, 102-0; Isaac Berry, 7th, 92-9; Jamie McCain, 10th, 84-7; Hayden Marks, 11th, 84-5; Kenton McGuire, 12th, 84-5; Ammon Murphy, 16th, 69-1; Alexander Allen, 17th, 66-2; Gabriel McBride, 19th, 55-0
Javelin
Rasean Jones, 1st, 146-1; Cole Burge, 2nd, 141-0; Quin Wellman, 4th, 118-6; Kenton McGuire, 6th, 109-9; Jamie McCain, 7th, 98-0; Asher Payton, 8th, 97-0; Wayland Thomas, 10th, 90-7; Hayden Marks, 11th, 90-5; Lance Downing, 12th, 80-6; Emanual Rodrigues Sanchez, 14th, 76-2; Dave Ochoa, 17th, 71-5; Drew Benjamin, 19th, 60-4
High jump
Henry Gaslin, 1st, 5-11.5; Quin Wellman, 2nd, 5-11.5; Joseph Warbis, 3rd, 5-3
Pole vault
Jack Joseph, 3rd, 9-5; Gabriel McBride, 4th, 9-4; William Spriet, 5th, 8-5
Long jump
Kane Hellberg, 1st, 19-5; Henry Gaslin, 2nd, 19-4.25; Gavin Combs, 5th, 18-6; Lance Downing, 7th, 17-4.25
Triple jump
Kane Hellberg, 1st, 40-3.5; Johndale Buniag, 2nd, 38-5.5; Wayland Thomas, 3rd, 36-5.5; Joseph Warbis, 4th, 35-2.5
