Coupeville Sports

Madison Tisa McPhee, far left, and Makana Stone, far right, are getting faster and faster. (John Fisken photo)

Running against the best, they did their best.

Coupeville High School senior Madison Tisa McPhee and freshman Makana Stone combined to set four PR’s at the 37th annual Lake Washington Invitational Saturday.

The premier all-girls meet in the state, it drew runners from 72 schools, with Coupeville being one of only six 1A squads. 52 of the schools were 3A or 4A, and the meet featured nationally-ranked runners and virtually every name athlete in the state.

So Tisa McPhee, who had a short time to run before getting back to the Island to squire Wolf baseball star Jake Tumblin to Prom, went out and kicked it into high gear.

She lowered her PR in the 100 hurdles, finishing in 16.14 seconds (the CHS school record is 16.04), then went nuclear on her personal best in the 300 hurdles.

Her time of 48.24 was an astounding 2.55 seconds better than Tisa McPhee has ever run, and gives her the fourth-fastest time in 1A this season in both events.

“It was a great day!,” Tisa McPhee said.

Kelly Nigro of Woodland, fastest hurdler in 1A, you have been warned. The Terminator is coming for you.

Stone, while experiencing something new — not winning an event after a 28-0 start — merely set PR’s in two of her three events, while narrowly missing in the other.

She ran 13.11 in the 100 (PR), 27.53 in the 200 and 1:02.11 in the 400 (PR).