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May 4, 2014 by David Svien

Makana Stone: An unstoppable force of nature. (John Fisken photo)

The best is back.

Recovering from a sore knee that kept her out of action, Coupeville High School sophomore sensation Makana Stone brought the subtle swagger back to the track oval Saturday. Then she brought the big city girls to their knees.

Busting out a PR, she lit up the field in the 400 at the 6th Annual BCS Invite in Juanita, slappin’ down all 21 girls who dared to line up across from her.

Her time of 59.75 seconds was more than a full second ahead of Shoreline Christian senior Natalie McPherson.

McPherson evened the duel a bit, nipping Stone by .11 of a second in the 200.

And this is no second-rate competition, as McPherson finished in the top four in both events at state as a junior. Stone’s time in the 400 is the second-fastest of any 1A runner this season.

Away from the track, the brightest day may have belonged to Wolf freshman Skyler Lawrence, who set PRs in both the shot put and discus.

Her fourth-place showing in the shot put tied with Jared Helmstadter (400) and Brandon Kelley (300 hurdles) for the best performances by a Wolf, non-Stone division.

Coupeville finished 12th out of 18 teams in the boys’ competition and 11th out of 19 teams on the girls’ side of the battle.

Complete results:

GIRLS:

100 — Marisa Etzell (10th) 14.05; Lauren Grove (16th) 14.58; Dananecious Maxie (31st) 15.81

200 — Makana Stone (2nd) 27.58; Grove (15th) 30.17; Maxie (33rd) 33.46

400 — Stone (1st) 59.75; Etzell (13th) 1:05.77

800 — Carlie Rosenkrance (8th) 2:42.00

100 Hurdles – Rosenkrance (9th) 19.68

Shot Put — Skyler Lawrence (4th) 29-11; Heni Barnes (11th) 26-11

Discus — Barnes (10th) 80-11; Lawrence (12th) 79-10; Amanda Foley (17th) 66-00

Javelin — Barnes (12th) 69-02; Lawrence (14th) 66-06

Long Jump — Grove (9th) 13-11.50