Coupeville Sports

The fast and the not-so-furious. (John Fisken photo)

    Freshman phenom Sylvia Hurlburt gets congratulations from her dad, Troy. (Kristin Hurlburt photo)

High noon approaches, and the gunslingers are ready.

One of the fastest groups of track stars to ever wear the red and black will head into the 1A District 1 meet this week as nothing less than favorites.

Coupeville High School freshman sprinter Makana Stone (200, 400), senior hurdler Madison Tisa McPhee (100 hurdles) and the girls’ 4 x 200 relay squad (Tisa McPhee, freshman Sylvia Hurlburt, Stone, senior Jai’Lysa Hoskins) are ranked #1.

Stone is also ranked #2 in the 100 (based on times) but to a girl, Ashley Driscoll of King’s, who she whipped head-to-head at the Cascade Conference meet. Tisa McPhee is #2 in the 300 hurdles, and both the 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 teams are seeded #3.

To qualify for districts (Wednesday and Friday), the first of three postseason showdowns (tri-districts and state follow), athletes have to be in the top 16 in their event.

Tisa McPhee qualified in six events, while Stone, Hoskins and junior Josiah Campbell each qualified in five.

Things can still get topsy-turvy, however, as some athletes may opt out of events they have qualified for, which would allow some lower-ranked competitors to get called up to the big time.

With that in mind, here are the CHS athletes who currently have qualified for districts, with their current seedings:

GIRLS:

100 — Makana Stone (2nd), Jai’Lysa Hoskins (10th), Sylvia Hurlburt (16th)

200 — Stone (1st), Hoskins (8th), Madison Tisa McPhee (12th), Hurlburt (15th)

400 — Stone (1st)

3200 — Erin Rosenkranz (11th)

100 hurdles — Tisa McPhee (1st), Emma Sullivan (12th)

300 hurdles — Tisa McPhee (2nd), Sullivan (11th)

4 x 100 — Tisa McPhee, Marisa Etzell, Hurlburt, Hoskins (3rd)

4 x 200 — Tisa McPhee, Hurlburt, Stone, Hoskins (1st)

4 x 400 — Hoskins, Kirsten Pelroy, Etzell, Stone (3rd)

Shot Put — Heni Barnes (13th)

Discus — Barnes (16th)

Javelin — Rachel Wenzel (12th), Barnes (15th)

High Jump — Tisa McPhee (5th)

BOYS:

100 — Josiah Campbell (7th)

200 — Campbell (6th)

800 — Matthew Hampton (13th)

300 hurdles — Brandon Kelley (9th)

4 x 100 — Lathom Kelley, Campbell, B. Kelley, Sam Landau (6th)

4 x 400 — Jared Helmstadter, Landau, B. Kelley, Hampton (7th)

Shot Put — Nick Streubel (8th), Caleb Valko (16th)

Discus — Streubel (5th), Carson Risner (14th), Dalton Martin (15th)

High Jump — Campbell (8th)

Triple Jump — Campbell (8th), Stephen Edwards (14th)