6th grader Tamsin Ward won two events at her first middle school track meet. (Jon Gabelein photo)
Edmund Kunz sends the shot put flying far away. (Jon Gabelein photo)
It didn’t take Tamsin Ward long to catch people’s attention.
Competing in her first middle school track meet Wednesday, the Coupeville 6th grader captured wins in both the 100 and shot put.
Besting fields of 38 and 14 athletes, respectively, Ward helped spark the CMS 6th/7th grade girls to a team win as well.
The young Wolves finished with 90 points to host South Whidbey’s 77, while Granite Falls and Northshore Christian Academy brought up the rear.
Coupeville finished 2nd in the boys 6th/7th grade team rumble, led by wins from 7th grader Nick Laska in the shot put and discus.
The Wolf 8th grade girls finished 3rd, while the CMS 8th grade boys were 4th in their battle.
Ward and Laska’s double victories led the way as Coupeville won nine events.
7th graders Marin Winger (400), Lillian Ketterling (discus), Shiloh Sandlin (800), and Roger Merino-Martinez (200) also captured the top rung on the ladder, while a girls 4 x 200 squad made up of 7th graders Niella Bryan, Denali Kalwies, Amelia Crowder, and Lisette Bentabou hit the tape first.
With the first meet of the season in the books, CMS coaches were flying high afterwards.
“The team did amazing!” Amber Wyman said. “There were some tears, scrapes and lots of nerves, but these athletes came to compete!
“I am so proud of all they accomplished.”
That was a feeling shared by Jon Gabelein.
“It was a great first meet with lots of top-notch performances!” he said.
“While some athletes may have been nervous about getting out there on week one, they can now take their first PR and generate improvements throughout the season.”
CMS hosts its next two meets, which are set for May 4 and 10.
Kennedy O’Neill (far right) prepares to leave her foes choking on her dust. (Amber Wyman photo)
Wednesday’s results:
GIRLS:
8th grade:
100 — Tirsit Cannon (3rd) 15.34; Natalie Perera (11th) 17.42
200 — Kayla Crane (3rd) 37.01
100 Hurdles — Lexis Drake (5th) 23.54
4 x 100 Relay — Cannon, Drake, Crane, Lydia Price (3rd) 1:07.68
Long Jump — Drake (9th) 10-00; Perera (14th) 7-11
6th/7th grade:
100 — Tamsin Ward (1st) 14.11; Willow Leedy-Bonifas (4th) 15.08; Laken Simpson (5th) 15.16; Isabella De Souza Oliveira McFetridge (7th) 15.37; Amayia Curry (9th) 16.11; Niella Bryan (21st) 17.53; Lisette Bentabou (26th) 18.09; Denali Kalwies (27th) 18.10; Maci Wofford (33rd) 19.10; Kaleah Matros (34th) 19.47
200 — Hyley Farrell (2nd) 31.82; Olivia Hall (4th) 34.45; Anmarie Solis (5th) 34.91; Sage Stavros (10th) 36.50; Savannah Niewald (16th) 38.70; Camilla Wolfe (17th) 40.00
400 — Marin Winger (1st) 1:21.41; S. Niewald (4th) 1:35.29; Lily Fisher (5th) 1:42.15
800 — Lillian Ketterling (2nd) 3:07.40; Devon Wyman (7th) 3:47.24
1600 — Tenley Stuurmans (2nd) 6:44.30; Mikayla Wagner (3rd) 6:55.05; Rebekah Dangerfield (5th) 7:25.06
100 Hurdles — Stuurmans (3rd) 20.18; Elizabeth Marshall (9th) 21.80; Kennedy O’Neill (10th) 21.80; Amelia Crowder (16th) 24.72; Arianna Cunningham (19th) 26.36; Wyman (24th) 30.84; Fisher (25th) 32.82
4 x 100 Relay — Hall, Wagner, Winger, Simpson (2nd) 1:03.93; Cunningham, Leedy-Bonifas, Curry, Taylor Marrs (3rd) 1:04.67
4 x 200 Relay — Bryan, Kalwies, Cunningham, Bentabou (1st) 2:29.37; Farrell, O’Neill, E. Marshall, Stavros (2nd) 2:33.61
Shot Put — Ward (1st) 24-08.50; Marrs (2nd) 22-00.50; Bentabou (3rd) 20-07; Winger (4th) 20-02.50; Simpson (5th) 19-07.25; Matros (10th) 15-03.50; Wofford (10th) 15-03.50; E. Marshall (12th) 14-11
Discus — Ketterling (1st) 50-05; Cunningham (2nd) 46-00; Marrs (3rd) 43-09; Matros (10th) 30-04; Wofford (12th) 27-01; Kalwies (13th) 26-03
Long Jump — Leedy-Bonifas (2nd) 12-06; Ward (4th) 12-02; Stuurmans (5th) 12-02; McFetridge (7th) 12-01; Farrell (8th) 12-00; Cunningham (14th) 10-08; O’Neill (15th) 10-07.50; Wagner (19th) 9-11; Ketterling (23rd) 9-04.50; S. Niewald (27th) 8-11; Wyman (27th) 8-11; Stavros (30th) 8-08; Solis (35th) 7-11; Dangerfield (35th) 7-11; Wolfe (41st) 6-09
The Wolf boys, ready to rumble on the oval. (Amber Wyman photo)
BOYS:
8th grade:
100 — Davin Houston (7th) 12.97; Kenneth Jacobsen (12th) 13.45; Captain Teuscher (25th) 15.47; Ethan Walling (26th) 15.66; Zach Blitch (29th) 17.64
1600 — K. Jacobsen (2nd) 5:42.04
110 Hurdles — Axel Marshall (5th) 21.16
Shot Put — K. Jacobsen (3rd) 26-08.75; Teuscher (9th) 19-08; Blitch (10th) 17-06
Discus — Blitch (12th) 57-01; A. Marshall (14th) 51-00
Long Jump — Houston (2nd) 16-08; Teuscher (13th) 11-09
6th/7th grade:
100 — Carson Grove (2nd) 14.54; Jonathan Jacobsen (13th) 15.74; Collin Mirabile (17th) 16.11; Benji Wertz (21st) 16.74; Ossian Merkel (28th) 17.37
200 — Roger Merino-Martinez (1st) 28.87; Beckett Green (4th) 30.57
800 — Shilo Sandlin (1st) 2:38.22
1600 — Nathan Niewald (4th) 6:20.71; Brantley Campbell (8th) 6:52.19; Edmund Kunz (10th) 7:11.73; Diego Gonzalez (12th) 7:45.65
100 Hurdles — Campbell (6th) 21.97
Shot Put — Nick Laska (1st) 28-01; Green (5th) 23-10; Mirabile (7th) 22-06.50; Sandlin (9th) 20-04.75; Wertz (16th) 14-09.50; Kunz (17th) 13-00.50
Discus — Laska (1st) 79-00; Grove (3rd) 70-01; Gonzalez (22nd) 33-03
High Jump — J. Jacobsen (2nd) 4-02; Wyatt Fitch-Marron (4th) 3-08
Long Jump — Merino-Martinez (2nd) 14-04; N. Niewald (3rd) 13-05; Campbell (6th) 12-08; Grove (7th) 12-07; Sandlin (9th) 12-03; Kunz (17th) 10-09; Merkel (30th) 7-10; Gonzalez (33rd) 6-04
Is every kid at CMS on the track team? Possibly. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
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