Bartlesville thinclads stormed to progress going into spring break
Bartlesville High School’s Parker Fielder participates in a recent track meet.
Photo provided by Bartlesville Public Schools
By Mike Tupa
March 28, 2025
BARTLESVILLE AREA SPORTS REPORT
A powerful Bartlesville High School track athlete has put together her own personal gold rush.
Senior comet Kadance Barnett streaked to six first-place finishes in individual events in just three meets prior to Spring Break.
Add to that four silver medal-esque showings and Barnett has won or finished runner up in 10 of the 11 individual girls events in which she has competed.
At the recent Tulsa Union Invitational, she set a personal record in the long jump (18-feet-8.5-inches) to finish first and won the high jump. She also set a season best in the 100m dash (:12.23).
Joining Barnett as Bartlesville’s other major winner this year is Wesley Turner. At the Tulsa meet, the soaring sophomore won the boys pole vault at 15-feet-9-inches — breaking his own school record (15-7). Turner flew to 1st place in the pole vault in all three pre-Break meets.
If that weren’t enough, he’s also one of Bartlesville’s top hurdlers, finishing in the top 10 in all of his competitions, including 4th in the 110m hurdles at Tulsa Union (:16.64).
Another Bruin sophomore is rewriting the so-called Murphy’s Law.
Michael Murphy’s version is that if anything can fly he’s going to launch it a long, long way.
He muscled into 2nd place at Tulsa Union in the boys discus with a prodigious propulsion of 160-feet-2-inches. Murphy has finished 2nd or 3rd in the discus at all three meets.
Sophomore Michael Taylor has sewn together an impressive early-season showing in the boys hurdles. He came in 5th in the 110m hurdles and 8th in the 300m hurdles.
Bartlesville track coach David Ayres praised the second-place showing of his girls 4x100m relay team. The squad consisted of Barnett, Evelynn Pratt, Brooke Baker and Sofia Varela.
“We made significant strides in all the sprint events,” Ayres added. “We continue to push and get better.”
During the Tulsa Union competition, several Bartlesville thinclads set significant season bests.
Some of them not already mentioned included:
— Emerson Casey and Parker Fielder both improved a full foot in the girls pole vault (9-feet-0).
— Cadence DeWitt extended her girls long jump mark by nearly a foot, from 13-feet-2-inches to 14-0.25.
— Isabella Miller heaved the shot put 18-feet-4, more than two-and-a-half feet furthest then the previous meet.
— Alayna Nightingale and Hailey Taylor both broke the 18-second barrier in the girls 100m hurdles; Nightingale also improved her time in the 300m hurdles by nearly 3 seconds.
— Reese Savage chopped an amazing 10 seconds off her time in the girls 800m run (from 2:52.89 to 2:42.65).
— Ciara Swisher also displayed impressive progress in the girls 400m run, improving her time by more than five seconds (1:04.45).
— Alexander Block went past the 100-foot mark for the first time in the boys discus (101-11).
— Fenix Bolding ran the boys 100m in less than 12 seconds (:11.91) and the boys 200m in fewer than 25 seconds (:24.9) for the first time.
— Dennis Duncan exploded to nearly 20 feet (19-6.25) in the boys long jump.
— Riley Hanson went below 12 seconds (:11.96) in the boys 100m and below 25 seconds (:24.65) in the boys 200m.
— Bryce Lee bettered his distance in the boys long jump by more than 10 inches (18-11).
— Jeremiah Russell ran the boys 400m in less than a minute (:59.38).
— Logan Young launched himself 14-feet-even in the boys pole vault.
Following are hopefully full results at Tulsa Union for Bartlesville.
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BOYS
4x100m relay (11th, :45.41)
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4x200m relay (13th, 1:39.56)
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4x400m relay (12th, 3:47.07)
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4x800m relay (7th, 9:04.77)
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XAVIER BELDNAR
Shot put — 36th (35-8)
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E.J. BELISLE
High jump — 24th (5-4); Long jump 36th (17-0.5)
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CONNOR BIGGERSTAFF
400m — 35th (1:00.39)
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ALEXANDER BLOCK
Discus — 23rd (101-11)
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FENIX BOLDING
100m — 56th (:11.91); 200m — 58th (:24.9)
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LUKE BULLEIGH
3200m — 22nd (12:02.21)
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KAMERON CHAMBERS
100m — 62nd (:12.02); Long jump —28th (18-5.25)
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NICK DAVIS
400m — 37th (1:01.2); 100m hurdles — 14th (:20.3); 300m hurdles — 23rd (:53.92)
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REED DENNIS
320mm — 34h (13:27.96)
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TAYTON DORSEY
100m — 66th (:12.08); 200m —65th (:25.35)
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DENNIS DUNCAN
Long jump — 16th (19-6.25)
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EVAN GOAD
100m — 65th (:12.08); 200m — 48th (:24.48)
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IVAN GRIFFITH
100m — 40th (:11.5)
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RILEY HANSON
100m — 58th (:11.96); 200m — 52nd (:24.65)
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HOLDEN HODGE
Discus — 30th (93-4)
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LUKE HUCK
400m — 22nd (:56.56); 800m — 43rd (2:29.02)
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BEN LAURITSEN
3200m — 33rd (13:13.9)
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BRYCE LEE
High jump — 11th (5-8); Long jump — 20th (18-11)
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COOPER MIDDLEBUSHER
Discus — 13th (119-9); Shot put — 13th (43-8)
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RUSSELL MILLER
800m —8th (2:04.48); 1600m — 11th (4:42.64)
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MICHAEL MURPHY
Discus — 2nd (160-2); Shot put — 11th (44-9)
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NATHAN PLUMMER
Shot put — 39th (34-7)
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PIERSON PROCTOR
110m hurdles — 12th (:19.17); 300m hurdles — 19th (51.01)
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SETH RAU
100m — 70th (:12.17); 200m ‚ 46th (:24.46)
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JEREMIAH RUSSELL
400m —33rd (:59.38)
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PRESTON SHOESMITH
800m —24th (2:18.1); 1600m —45th (5:28.59)
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KAYDEN SWISHER
800m —52nd (2:43.69); 1600m — 57th (5:58.65)
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MICHAEL TAYLOR
110m hurdles — 5th (:16.69); 300m hurdles — 8th (:42.52); High jump —12th (5-8)
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GRAYSON TESAVIS
3200m — 23rd (12:02.55)
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WESLEY TURNER
110m hurdles — 4th (:16.64); Pole vault — 1st (15-9)
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LOGAN YOUNG
Pole vault — 3rd (14-0)
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BEN ZIELENSKI
400m —30th(:57.85)
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GIRLS
4x100m relay (2nd, :50.27)
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4x200m relay (6th, 1:53.31)
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4x400m relay (6th, 4:41.94)
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BRAYLYN ANDREWS
Discus — 23rd (71-4); Shot put — 21st (25-9)
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BROOKE BAKER
100m— 36th (:13.86)
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REAGAN BARNES
100m — 50th (:14.33); 200m — 71st (:31.34); Long jump — 15th (7-0)
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KADANCE BARNETT
100m — 2nd (:12.23); High jump — 1st (5-2); Long jump — 1st (18-8.5)
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LOLA BLOOM
100m — 62nd (:14.61)
200m
Tulsa Union (3-13) 67th :31.13
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EMERSON CASEY
Pole vault — 4th (9-0)
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CHARLEY CRAMER
200m — 75th (:32.06)
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ARIANNA CREGETT
Long jump — 31st (11-11)
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CADENCE DEWITT
200m —45th (:29.2); 400m — 27th (1:08.78); High jump — 11th (4-4); Long jump — 20th (14-0.25)
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PARKER FIELDER
100m hurdles — 7th (:16.93); Pole vault — 6th (9-0)
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THERESA HAMILTON
Pole vault — 11th (7-0)
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ISABELLA MILLER
Shot put — 40th (18-4)
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ALAYNA NIGHTINGALE
100m hurdles — 10th (:17.89); 300 hurdles — 17th (:55.32); High jump — 10th (4-6)
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EVELYN PRATT
400m — 12th (1:03.3)
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REESE SAVAGE
400m — 25th (1:07.79); 800m — 12th (2:42.65)
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LEIGHTON SIGLER
200m — 69th (:31.19)
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KARA STOSE
High jump — 7th (4-6)
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CIARA SWISER
200m — 37th (:28.81); 400m — 23rd (1:04.45)
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HAILEY TAYLOR
100m hurdles — 9th (:17.59); 300m hurdles — 14th (:54.66)
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SOFIA VERLA
100m — 25th (:13.54)
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BETHANY WILLIAMS
100m — 52nd (:14.38)