Jordan Ford (far right) seen here with teammates (l to r) Jared Helmstadter, Gabe Eck and Jacob Smith, shattered his school record in the pole vault Saturday. (Deb Smith photo)
Jordan Ford went a long way to shatter a school record.
Having traveled 153 miles from Central Whidbey to Eastern Washington Saturday, the Coupeville High School senior still had a spring in his step and flew high enough at the 45th annual Cashmere Invitational to set a new mark in the pole vault.
He cleared an even 12 feet, good for second-place in a 16-team meet, going a good three inches beyond the previous CHS record in the event.
The athlete whose name he erased? His own.
Ford’s previous school record had stood for a whole 15 days, since he cleared 11-09 at a meet in Langley Mar. 31.
His high-flying accomplishment, and two wins — Dalton Martin in the discus and the Wolf girls (Lauren Grove, Lindsey Roberts, Makana Stone, Sylvia Hurlburt) in the 4 x 200 — topped a day in which longtime Wolf coach Randy King returned to a school he once worked at back in the olden days.
The Wolf boys finished 7th out of 15 teams in the team race, while the girls were 8th in a field of 16.
Okanogan and Cascade (Leavenworth) won team titles.
With so many teams at the invitational, schools were restricted to just two competitors in each event, which limited the number of Wolves who made the long trip.
Those who did show up set 10 PRs, led by Allison Wenzel, who set personal marks in both of her events (300 hurdles and javelin).
Jakobi Baumann (3000), Lauren Bayne (javelin), Mitchell Carroll (triple jump), Danny Conlisk (1500), Ford (pole vault), Martin (shot put), Stone (800) and Henry Wynn (1500) joined Wenzel in notching career bests.
Complete CHS results:
GIRLS:
100 — Makana Stone (3rd) 13.36
200 — Sylvia Hurlburt (10th) 28.52
800 — Stone (3rd) 2:25.86 *PR*
1500 — Lauren Bayne (17th) 6:18.59
100 Hurdles — Lindsey Roberts (8th) 18.31
300 Hurdles — Mckenzie Meyer (15th) 58.87; Allison Wenzel (17th) 1:00.41 *PR*
4 x 100 — Lauren Grove, Roberts, Stone, Hurlburt (2nd) 51.93
4 x 200 — Grove, Roberts, Stone, Hurlburt (1st) 1:48.65
Shot put — Skyler Lawrence (9th) 29-11
Discus — Lawrence (8th) 89-08; Alexxis Otto (20th) 69-10
Javelin — Bayne (7th) 97-09 *PR*; Wenzel (11th) 86-11 *PR*
High Jump — Bayne (13th) 4-04
Triple Jump — Grove (11th) 29-00.75
BOYS:
100 — Jacob Smith (8th) 12.01, Gabe Eck (14th) 12.80
200 — Smith (5th) 24.00
400 — Jared Helmstadter (9th) 56.42
1500 — Danny Conlisk (12th) 4:45.09 *PR*; Henry Wynn (17th) 4:51.64 *PR*
3000 — Jakobi Baumann (17th) 11:46.14 *PR*
300 Hurdles — Ariah Bepler (18th) 50.75
4 x 100 — Smith, Eck, Helmstadter, Jordan Ford (5th) 46.53
4 x 400 — Conlisk, Helmstadter, Smith, Wynn (9th) 3:47.74
Shot Put — Dalton Martin (2nd) 45-03 *PR*; Dominic Dausey (21st) 32-03
Discus — Martin (1st) 155-05; Chris Battaglia (17th) 94-09
Javelin — Mitchell Losey (13th) 123-07; Grey Rische (16th) 119-09
High Jump — Connor Thompson (11th) 5-02
Pole Vault — Ford (2nd) 12-00 *PR*
Long Jump — Mitchell Carroll (14th) 17-04.25
Triple Jump — Carroll (4th) 40-05 *PR*; Thompson (10th) 36-00
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