CPHS Track: Cheyenne Walden wins ninth State Championship, breaks State Record

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Charles Page High School senior Cheyenne Walden won her ninth State title Saturday afternoon in Yukon. In the 1600 meter run she finished with a State-record performance of 4:57.07, knocking more than three seconds off the former State record of 5:00.75 set in 2003. She was eight seconds ahead of the Runner-Up, and five seconds ahead of her previous personal-best. This was her eleventh first-place medal in a 1600 run, for which she also won State last year.

On Friday she won the 3200 meter run, defeating the Runner-Up by more than twenty-two seconds for her 24th-straight first-place finish and 28th win overall. She hasn't lost in that event since placing third at State during her freshman year. 

The Oklahoma State University-commit already held seven State titles coming into this weekend's OSSAA 6A State Championship. When looking only at official OSSAA sanctioned events, Walden is the most decorated athlete in Sand Springs history.

Sophomore Aden Baughman has been utterly unstoppable in the 800 meter run this season. He has won six out of seven track meets, capping the year with his first 6A State Championship.

Not only did he win the State Championship with the fastest performance of his career, but he won with a three-second margin of victory over the runner-up. The 1:53.16 run was a remarkable improvement over his Regional run of 1:55.42, which was already the fastest time of the season for any high school athlete at any meet in Oklahoma, at any classification. His new time was only 1.46 seconds behind the all-time State Tournament record set in 2007. 

The next four runners after Baughman were all seniors, leaving him with a 4.35 margin of victory over any runner he'll compete against next year. He also competed in the 1600 run and took tenth place in 4:33.12. He was only 2.7 seconds behind his personal-best and 13.81 seconds behind the champion.

Colton Washington took seventh place in the long jump, leaping 21'11.25". 

Kris Edwards took tenth place in shot put with throws of 44'01.50", 45'01.50", and 47'01.50". 

The Lady Sandite 3200 relay team, comprised of Walden, Alexis Davis, Elizabeth Watts, and Tiqvah Soap, took eleventh place with a time of 10:29.79. 

The boys' 3200 relay team, comprised of Jaelyn Jackson, Ian Baustert, Jacob Garbey, and Baughman, took twelfth place with a time of 8:20.89, beating their season-best by nearly two seconds. It was the best Sandite performance since the 2013 team ran a pair of 8:17's to win the Skiatook meet and Regional meet.

Soap placed sixteenth in the 800 meter run with a career-best performance of 2:30.79. 

Girls Champions

100 Hurdles: Rachel Hamel (Mustang) 15.04
300 Hurdles: Rachel Hamel (Mustang) 45.15
100 Dash: Brandee Presley (Bixby) 11.84
200 Dash: Brandee Presley (Bixby) 24.21
400 Dash: Tianna Holmes (Moore) 55.39
800 Run: Ally Ryan (Jenks) 2:09.28
1600 Run: Cheyenne Walden (CPHS) 4:57.07
3200 Run: Cheyenne Walden (CPHS) 10:53.54
400 Relay: Edmond Memorial (Ayleshia Joseph, Keyonna Wilson, Taylor Norman, Morganne Mukes) 47.20
800 Relay: Edmond Memorial (Alysheia Joseph, Keyonna Wilson, Taylor Norman, Morganne Mukes) 1:40.37
1600 Relay: Moore (Kamrie Harrison, Amiyah Moore, Avril Martin, Tianna Holmes) 3:54.15
3200 Relay: Bartlesville (Rilee Rigdon, Alyse Littlesun, Madi Taylor, Shay Stayton) 9:35.63
High Jump: Bailey Golden (Choctaw) 5'08.00"
Long Jump: Bailey Golden (Choctaw) 18'03.75"
Pole Vault: Heather Ward (Owasso) 11'06.00"
Shot Put: Tyrzah Stinson (Union) 41'02.25"
Discus Throw: Tyrzah Stinson (Union) 149'07"

Team Scores

  1. Edmond Memorial 134
  2. Moore 66
  3. Union 50
  4. Bartlesville 46
  5. Bixby 40
  6. Jenks 40
  7. Southmoore 38
  8. Owasso 37
  9. Edmond North 27
  10. Deer Creek 25
  11. Midwest City 24
  12. Choctaw 22
  13. Mustang 22
  14. Sand Springs 20
  15. Stillwater 12
  16. Broken Arrow 10
  17. Norman 8
  18. Norman North 7
  19. Enid 4
  20. Putnam City North 4
  21. Yukon 4
  22. Lawton 4
  23. Edmond Santa Fe 3
  24. Ponca City 2
  25. Sapulpa 2

Boys Champions

110 Hurdles: Darius Releford (Edmond Memorial) 14.24
300 Hurdles: Cordell Myers (Broken Arrow) 38.40
100 Dash: Jesse Porter (Putnam West) 10.66
200 Dash: Leondre Woods (Jenks) 21.98
400 Dash: Keviyon Cooper (Union) 48.23
800 Run: Aden Baughman (CPHS) 1:53.16
1600 Run: Matt Young (Jenks) 4:19.31
3200 Run: Matt Young (Jenks) 9:12.51
400 Relay: Union (Patrick Fields, J.T. McCloud, A.K. Wilson, Keviyon Cooper) 41.72
800 Relay: Union (Patrick Fields, J.T. McCloud, Travon Delph, Keviyon Cooper) 1:27.14
1600 Relay: Union (Patrick Fields, J.T. McCloud, Travon Delph, Keviyon Cooper) 3:18.09
3200 Relay: Putnam City (Daniel Bradshaw, Donavan Redd, Brock Vandersypen, Morris Wynn) 7:59.67
High Jump: Vernon Turner (Yukon) 7'04.00"
Long Jump: Anthony Riley (Westmoore) 24'05.25"
Pole Vault: Tate McDonald (Norman) 15'00.00"
Shot Put: Patrick Larrison (Moore) 63'03.00"
Discus Throw: Patrick Larrison (Moore) 184'07"

Team Scores

  1. Union 104
  2. Edmond Memorial 91
  3. Westmoore 46
  4. Jenks 37
  5. Putnam City West 37
  6. Edmond Santa Fe 36
  7. Putnam City 36
  8. Moore 36
  9. Owasso 31
  10. Norman 26
  11. Yukon 25.5
  12. Edmond North 24
  13. Bartlesville 23
  14. Broken Arrow 16
  15. Choctaw 11.5
  16. Mustang 11
  17. Sand Springs 10
  18. Deer Creek 9
  19. Capitol Hill 8
  20. Bixby 8 
  21. Midwest City 8
  22. Southmoore 7
  23. Norman North 4 
  24. Muskogee 4
  25. U.S. Grant 2