Strong competition and attempts at meet records were the themes on Day 2 of the 85th annual Medford Rotary Relays on Saturday afternoon.

Throughout the entire day, the Medford Relays saw close battles till the end to highlight the six relays on the track at Bowerman Field at North Medford High School.

Among the strongest showings, Grants Pass led the way — powered by eight individual titles and five wins in the relays — to victories in the boys and girls meets with 93.5 and 125.5 points, respectively.

Grants Pass senior Jayden Jessee took the boys 300-meter hurdles race with a meet-record time of 39.40 seconds to beat the old one held since 2012 by Kodie Artner of South Medford by a mere .05 seconds.

Jessee also joined Andrew Jenson, Matthew Jenson and Terance Blair to take down the boys 4×110 shuttle hurdles meet record with a time of 47.29.

Sophia Small also set a meet record in the girls long jump for the Cavers with a distance of 16 feet, 6.75 inches. The previous record was set by North Medford’s Emily Carlson, who jumped 16-6.5 in 2013.

“The Relays meet primes the pump to bring the most out of the kids,” said North Medford track and field coach Piet Voskes. “There’s a different type of pressure here, because you’re now running for someone beyond yourself.”

With a combined five individual and four relay wins, Crater finished second in both divisions, with the boys team earning 84.23 points and the girls at 74.75.

Individually, the Crater boys saw Gabriel Grant continue his strong showings in the long jump with a winning distance of 22-1.75, and Maxwell Miracle won the 1,500 with a time of 4:16.05.

Grant later helped Kyle Petty, Nicholas Kube and Reese Tiffee take the 4×100 relay with a time of 43.58. The Comets also won the 4×800 relay thanks to strong efforts by Caleb Doddington, Jeffrey Hellmann, Jack Sandlin and Shaun Garnica.

North Medford and South Medford tied for third place at 74.25 points in the boys meet.

The Black Tornado had three relay wins and two individual wins, while the Panthers showed off their depth after posting only one event winner.

Houston Klug won the boys high jump at a height of 6-6 and Antonio Martinez took the 100 (11.10) for North Medford.

Martinez joined Jonah Goergen, Matthew Donovan and Jacob Casale to take the 4×200 relay (1:31.85), and Donovan and Casale teamed with Owen Neely and Alec Winters to take the 4×400 (3:29.51).

The Black Tornado capped that off with a wire-to-wire win in the distance medley thanks to Elijah Zavala, Logan Huffman, Neely and Winters at 11.01.79.

“I thought our boys elevated with a goal and attitude in place,” said Voskes. “I think we’re rounding a corner. It’s obviously early from a calendar standpoint, but it’s not early as far as the season goes.”

“We’ve got five weeks until the district meet and so our primary responsibilities are to make sure these kids are calloused and understand how to compete at big meets,” he added.

Connor Trinca also took the shot put with a throw of 47-9 for the Black Tornado.

South Medford saw Cade Siewert win the triple jump by clearing a personal best by a foot with a distance of 43-0 for its only top finisher.

Alexander Fiannaca had a first-place effort in the javelin at 165-10 for Cascade Christian.

On the girls side, Claire Davenport clocked a 12.74 to seize the 100 and won the three-way tiebreaker in the high jump at a height of 5-0 for Crater.

Davenport also won the 4×800 with Reese Garnica, Emma West and Lindsay Siebert (10:00.32), while Addison Dippel, Kamdyn Johnson, Sarah Doddington and Cadence Doddington combined for a time of 1:48.71 to be victorious in the 4×200 relay.

West also ran a 4:46.63 to take the 1,500 for the Comets.

North Medford sophomore Kristina Atonio went 31-10.50 to win the shot put.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES: Grants Pass 93.5, Crater 84.23, North Medford 74.25, South Medford 74.25, Henley 73.5, Hidden Valley 30.73, Eagle Point 19.75, Mazama 14, Ashland 13.5, Cascade Christian 12.75, North Valley 10.75, Lakeview 8, Illinois Valley 6.

4×110 SHUTTLE HURDLE — 1, Grants Pass (Jayden Jessee, Andrew Jenson, Matthew Jenson, Terance Blair), 47.29; 2, Henley, 53.37; 3, South Medford, 53.85.

1,500 — 1, Maxwell Miracle, Cra, 4:16.05; 2, Samuel Iversen, Hen, 4:19.14; 3, Grant Headley, Cra, 4:20.64.

4×100 RELAY — 1, Crater (Kyle Petty, Nicholas Kube, Gabriel Grant, Reese Tiffee), 43.58; 2, North Medford, 44.05; 3, Ashland, 44.30.

4×800 RELAY — 1, Crater (Caleb Doddington, Jeffrey Hellmann, Jack Sandlin, Shaun Garnica), 8:08.50; 2, Grants Pass, 8:44.70; 3, North Medford, 9:01.75.

4×200 RELAY — 1, North Medford (Jonah Goergen, Matthew Donovan, Jacob Casale, Antonio Martinez), 1:31.85; 2, Grants Pass,1:33.02; 3, South Medford, 1:33.12.

4,000 DMR (1,200-400-800-1,600) — 1, North Medford (Elijah Zavala, Owen Neely, Alec Winters, Logan Huffman), 11:01.79; 2, Crater, 11:05.34; 3, Grants Pass, 11:20.56.

300 HURDLES — 1, Jayden Jessee, GP, 39.40; 2, Vallen Mortensen, HV, 42.53; 3, Matt Iversen, Hen, 43.27.

4×400 RELAY — 1, North Medford (Owen Neely, Jacob Casale, Alec Winters, Matthew Donovan), 3:29.51; 2, Grants Pass, 3:31.75; 3, Henley, 3:33.28.

100 — 1, Antonio Martinez, NM, 11.10; 2, Reese Tiffee, Cra, 11.11; 3, Ronan Burbank, NV, 11.26.

POLE VAULT — 1, Matthew Jenson, GP, 13-0; 2, Devon Scott, SM, 12-6; 3, Easton Raber, EP, 12-6.

HIGH JUMP — 1, Houston Klug, NM, 6-6; 2, Jayden Jessee, GP, 6-5; 3, Grit Charitram, IV, 6-0.

LONG JUMP — 1, Gabriel Grant, Cra, 22-1.75; 2, Parker Allen, Cra, 19-9.5; 3, Houston Klug, NM, 19-8.

TRIPLE JUMP — 1, Cade Siewert, SM, 43-0; 2, Parker Allen, Cra, 41-5; 3, Bryson Montag, Hen, 40-10.25.

SHOT PUT — 1, Connor Trinca, NM, 47-9; 2, Aiden Fiske, HV, 47-8; 3, Kadin Anthony, EP, 45-0.

DISCUS — 1, Conner Bowen, GP, 145-8; 2, Aiden Fiske, HV, 132-0; 3, Diego Salas, EP, 129-3.

JAVELIN— 1, Alexander Fiannaca, CC, 165-10; 2, Landon Spalasso, Lak, 159-0; 3, Kyler Dawson, Cra, 147-4.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES: Grants Pass 125.5, Crater 74.75, Henley 65.75, North Medford 65, South Medford 53.25, Mazama 37, Hidden Valley 31, North Valley 27, Eagle Point 12, Ashland 9.5, Cascade Christian 9.25, Illinois Valley 6.25, Lakeview 5.

4×110 SHUTTLE HURDLE — 1, Grants Pass (Molly Blanchard, Lauren Robinson, Naia Oliver, Britney Fisher), 52.05; 2, Henley, 52.18; 3, South Medford, 54.15.

1,500 — 1, Emma West, Cra, 4:46.63; 2, Nettle Grey, GP, 4:55.14; 3, Reese Garnica, Cra, 4:57.97.

4×100 RELAY — 1, Grants Pass (Adrienne Herrera, Zani Vainuku-Johnson, Callie Brandes, Brooke Anderson), 50.47; 2, North Medford, 50.50; 3, Crater, 52.43.

4×800 RELAY — 1, Crater (Claire Davenport, Reese Garnica, Emma West, Lindsay Siebert), 10:00.32; 2, Grants Pass, 10:57.61; 3, Henley, 11:20.09.

4×200 RELAY — 1, Crater (Addison Dippel, Kamdyn Johnson, Sarah Doddington, Cadence Doddington), 1:48.71; 2, Grants Pass, 1:51.51; 3, Henley, 1:53.58.

4,000 DMR (1,200-400-800-1,600) — 1, Grants Pass (Taylor Weber, Alexa Green, Megan Hart, Nettle Grey), 13:57.03; 2, South Medford, 14:14.77; 3, Ashland, 14:16.54.

300 HURDLES — 1, Lauren Robinson, GP, 48.70; 2, Lainie Wheeler, NV, 49.39; 3, Randi Benson, Hen, 49.68.

4×400 RELAY — 1, Grants Pass (Bailey Moritz, Callie Brandes, Zanai Vainuku-Johnson, Brooke Anderson), 4:19.26; 2, Henley, 4:25.90; 3, Hidden Valley, 4:29.31.

100 — 1, Claire Davenport, Cra, 12.74; 2, Lainie Wheeler, NV, 13.38; 3, Quinlynn Spivey, Maz, 13.40.

POLE VAULT — 1, Kaitlynn Bayard, GP, 9-0; 2, Devan Foster, GP, 8-0; 3, Mada Lee, Maz, 8-0.

HIGH JUMP — 1, Claire Davenport, Cra, 5-0; 2, Callie Brandes, GP, 5-0; 3, Paige Schiffer, SM, 5-0.

LONG JUMP — 1, Sophia Small, GP, 16-6.75; 2, McKenna Donovan, NM, 16-1.25; 3, Kaitlyn Coulter, GP, 15-10.75.

TRIPLE JUMP — 1, Paige Owens, Lak, 36-0; 2, Aja LaPan, HV, 35-2; 3, Olivia Boger, NM, 34-0.

SHOT PUT — 1, Kristina Atonio, NM, 31-10.50; 2, Emerson Kolb, GP, 30-4; 3, Josephine Wewerka, CC, 29-3.75.

DISCUS — 1, Jordyn Conrad, GP, 105-9; 2, Kristina Atonio, NM, 100-2; 3, Hayden Pugliano, NM, 99-0.

JAVELIN— 1, Devan Foster, GP, 112-11; 2, Addison Griffin, Cra, 107-8; 3, Vivian Shawnego, EP, 104-2.