Coupeville Sports

Freshman Ayden Wyman set a PR in the 1600 Thursday at an 11-team track meet in Mount Vernon. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Their time will come.

Facing off with a long-established track and field powerhouse Thursday, the Coupeville High School boys team came within one first-place performance of upending host Mount Vernon Christian.

But while the Wolves came up just short, with the Hurricanes edging them 152-146.5 at an 11-team meet, a statement was made.

Slice a few seconds here, get an inch or two higher there, have an athlete or two nail a PR, and the tables will turn.

Maybe not today, but soon, very soon.

At the league championship meet, at districts, at state, perhaps?

The suspense builds as the Wolves get right back to work.

The strong showing from the CHS boys was the highlight of the day, but a Wolf girls squad which wasn’t quite as deep in numbers also came away looking pretty good, as well.

Coupeville’s girls claimed a pair of individual wins en route to finishing third in the team standings with 88 points, trailing just La Conner (144) and MVC (137).

The meet, held at Mount Vernon High School, featured athletes from four Northwest 2B/1B League schools, with Friday Harbor joining Coupeville, MVC, and La Conner.

Non-league rivals Grace Academy, Lopez Island, Crescent, Shoreline Christian, Fellowship Christian, Cedar Park Christian-Mountlake Terrace, and Lummi Nation rounded out the competitors.

Coupeville finished with 35 PR’s on the day, with Ryanne Knoblich (high jump), Ja’Kenya Hoskins (long jump), and Aidan Wilson (800) finishing atop the trophy stand.

The Wolves have a break in their competition schedule, as they don’t compete again until April 16, when they travel to North Kitsap for the Lil Norway Invitational.

Dominic Coffman finished 2nd in the high jump Thursday as the Wolf boys battled powerhouse Mount Vernon Christian to the very end in the team standings.

Complete Thursday results:

GIRLS:

100 — Ava Mitten (11th) 15.16; Mercedes Kalwies-Anderson (27th) 17.15

400 — Lyla Stuurmans (2nd) 1:07.24

800 — Cristina McGrath (8th) 3:24.94

1600 — Ayden Wyman (5th) 6:45.89 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Ryanne Knoblich (8th) 22.86 *PR*; Claire Mayne (11th) 25.14

300 Hurdles — C. McGrath (8th) 1:13.08

4 x 100 Relay — Mayne, Taygin Jump, Issabel Johnson, Mitten (3rd) 57:50

4 x 200 Relay — A. Wyman, Knoblich, Stuurmans, Ja’Kenya Hoskins (3rd) 2:01.22

4 x 400 Relay — Mitten, Carolyn Lhamon, Hoskins, Mayne (3rd) 5:10.04

Shot Put — Lhamon (3rd) 28-02; Reese Wilkinson (7th) 22-09; Erica McGrath (10th) 19-01 *PR*

Discus — Lhamon (2nd) 74-06; Wilkinson (4th) 69-02.50 *PR*; E. McGrath (11th) 58-02; Aby Wood (15th) 38-05

Javelin — Wood (8th) 55-09 *PR*; E. McGrath (9th) 57-00; Wilkinson (11th) 55-03; Mayne (12th) 54-05 *PR*

High Jump — Knoblich (1st) 4-10

Long Jump — Hoskins (1st) 13-08; Knoblich (4th) 13-04; A. Wyman (7th) 11-09

Triple Jump — Stuurmans (4th) 27-01; C. McGrath (7th) 26-01 *PR*

BOYS:

100 — Dominic Coffman (3rd) 12.30; Nehemiah Myles (15th) 13.18 *PR*; Preston Epp (29th) 13.91 *PR*; Alex Bowder (37th) 15.97

200 — Caleb Meyer (2nd) 24.38 *PR*; Nick Guay (6th) 25.38 *PR*; Cael Wilson (18th) 27.92 *PR*; P. Epp (19th) 27.95 *PR*; Myles (21st) 28.29

400 — Meyer (2nd) 54.49; Hank Milnes (5th) 1:03.81 *PR*

800 — Aidan Wilson (1st) 2:15.95; Alex Merino-Martinez (6th)

1600 — Mitchell Hall (3rd) 5:14.80; Thomas Strelow (6th) 5:38.48 *PR*; Merino-Martinez (8th) 5:54.26 *PR*; Tate Wyman (12th) 6:36.36

3200 — Cameron Epp (2nd) 12:35.32 *PR*; Mikey Robinett (4th) 13:24.54 *PR*; Nick Shelly (9th) 13:52.10 *PR*; Bowder (11th) 15:38.39 *PR*

110 Hurdles — Reiley Araceley (4th) 19.11 *PR*; C. Wilson (7th) 20.58

300 Hurdles — T. Wyman (11th) 55.22 *PR*; Milnes (12th) 58.52 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Araceley, Meyer, A. Wilson, Coffman (2nd) 46.55; Myles, P. Epp, N. Guay, Robinett (4th) 49.99

4 x 400 Relay — Hall, C. Epp, Araceley, A. Wilson (3rd) 4:07.33

Shot Put — Logan Martin (3rd) 34-08; Zac Tackett (10th) 30-05; Josh Guay (19th) 18-11 *PR*

Discus — Tackett (3rd) 108-01.50 *PR*; C. Epp (12th) 72-09 *PR*; J. Guay (15th) 62-04 *PR*; Shelly (17th) 61-01 *PR*

Javelin — Hall (3rd) 110-04 *PR*; Tackett (6th) 100-05 *PR*; C. Epp (10th) 88-07; Shelly (16th) 72-09 *PR*; J. Guay (24th) 54-09 *PR*

High Jump — Coffman (2nd) 5-08; N. Guay (3rd) 5-04; Meyer (3rd) 5-04; C. Wilson (6th) 5-00 *PR*

Long Jump — Coffman (2nd) 16-11.50; A. Wilson (5th) 16-06.50; Robinett (10th) 15-09.50 *PR*; Araceley (11th) 15-05.50; Milnes (17th) 14-06; Bowder (28th) 8-07; Merino-Martinez (29th) 7-11

Triple Jump — Milnes (7th) 30-07.50; Hall (11th) 28-04.50 *PR*