Fast-rising Wolf star Carolyn Lhamon (left) plans to compete in soccer, basketball, and track and field at the high school level. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
If Coupeville wants to head to the water, I know one talented athlete who would be the first to pick up an oar.
Carolyn Lhamon, who will be a freshman at Coupeville High School this fall, where she’ll join older sister Catherine, has made it clear she’d consider rowing crew if the Wolves ever offered the sport.
But, while she waits for CHS Athletic Director Willie Smith to add the activity (don’t hold your breath), the younger Lhamon is content to plan out a future in which she’ll bounce from sport to sport over the course of the school year.
That run will start with soccer in the fall, go inside for basketball in the winter, then head back outdoors for track and field when spring arrives.
After she ran cross country in middle school, there was probably some hope Carolyn would team up with Catherine as high school harriers, chasing down rivals and carrying the Wolves back to the heights of success enjoyed in earlier decades.
There’s just one problem with that scenario — the younger Lhamon loves soccer.
“I’ve been playing it the longest and find it overall really fun,” she said.
A veteran of select soccer, SWISH, AAU, and school basketball, as well as school cross country and track, Lhamon has excelled at every sport she’s played.
Tuesday, she claimed 2nd in the shot put at the Cascade League Track and Field Championships, despite only picking up the event recently while dealing with shin splints.
Yet, she ripped off a throw at Lakewood High School which was more than five feet better than her previous PR, and is now ranked #9 in the entire state among female middle school throwers.
Lhamon, who enjoys “practices and socializing with teammates and winning,” would like to work on “stressing out less about games and meets.”
That being said, the fast-rising star, who credits mom Helene “and all my coaches and too many teammates to name” for their support, has bold plans for her athletic future.
“Varsity basketball three or four years, varsity soccer three or four years, (go to) state one to two times for track,” are her goals.
And, while she works hard in the arena, Lhamon also devotes considerable effort to the academic side of things, while still carving out time to be social.
“When I’m not playing sports I like hanging out with my friends,” she said. “And, even though I don’t like it, I spend a lot of time studying and doing homework.”
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