Dull weather, bright results

May 5, 2023 by David Svien

Olivia Hall, ready to flex on the world. (Photo courtesy Maria Summers)

Tamsin Ward is not messing around.

The Coupeville Middle School 6th grader won three events Thursday in her home track and field debut, giving her five victories across her first two meets.

Ward romped to wins in the 100, shot put, and long jump, setting PR’s in the latter two of those events.

Facing off with South Whidbey and Lakewood, the Wolves won 10 events and set 86 PR’s on a cold, wet “spring” afternoon.

Joining Ward on the victory stand was fellow 6th grader Hyley Farrell, who won the 200 and led off a victorious 4 x 200 relay unit.

That team also included 6th graders Kennedy O’Neill, Elizabeth Marshall, and Sage Stavros.

CMS 7th graders Lillian Ketterling (Discus), Wyatt Fitch-Marron (High Jump), Roger Merino-Martinez (Long Jump), and Nick Laska (Discus) came out on top as well, with Kayla Crane (1600) the lone Wolf 8th grader to win an event.

Coupeville’s 6th/7th grade girls won the team title, joining Lakewood (6th/7th boys) and South Whidbey (8th girls, 8th boys) as front-runners.

Pulling off a successful home meet, especially on a dank day, took the work of many, with high school coaches and athletes helping their middle school counterparts.

CHS alum Jaylen Nitta, who has worked with both the middle and high school teams, stepped in to be the starter, and kept everything moving smoothly.

The young Wolves return to action next Wednesday, May 10, when they host South Whidbey for the final home meet of the season.

Zach Blitch prepares to launch. (Jon Gabelein photo)

Thursday’s results:

GIRLS:

8th grade:

100 — Tirsit Cannon (3rd) 14.88 *PR*; Lexis Drake (9th) 15.94 *PR*; Myra McDonald (11th) 16.29; Natalie Perera (19th) 17.66

1600 — Kayla Crane (1st) 6:52.52 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Drake (6th) 23.86

4 x 100 Relay — Cannon, Lydia Price, McDonald, Drake (3rd) 1:08.80

Shot Put — Price (8th) 14-02.50 *PR*

Long Jump — Ivy Rudat (9th) 10-09 *PR*; McDonald (12th) 10-01; Price (13th) 9-09 *PR*; Drake (16th) 9-00; Perera (17th) 8-10 *PR*

6th/7th grade:

100 — Tamsin Ward (1st) 14.53; Laken Simpson (12th) 15.55; Isabella De Souza Oliveira McFetridge (13th) 15.57; Willow Leedy-Bonifas (17th) 15.75; Amayia Curry (21st) 15.94 *PR*; Niella Bryan (29th) 17.08 *PR*; Lisette Bentabou (31st) 17.41 *PR*; Denali Kalwies (34th) 18.33; Alexandra Lo (36th) 19.51 *PR*; Maci Wofford (37th) 19.81; Kaleah Matros (38th) 20.08

200 — Hyley Farrell (1st) 32.43; Tenley Stuurmans (2nd) 33.04 *PR*; Simpson (3rd) 33.73; Olivia Hall (5th) 35.27; Anmarie Solis (6th) 35.81; Arianna Cunningham (7th) 36.56 *PR*; Sage Stavros (9th) 38.08; Savannah Niewald (10th) 39.78

400 — Marin Winger (5th) 1:23.96

800 — Lillian Ketterling (2nd) 3:09.10; Devon Wyman (6th) 4:06.22

1600 — Mikayla Wagner (3rd) 6:51.12

100 Hurdles — Stuurmans (3rd) 20.02 *PR*; Kennedy O’Neill (10th) 21.68 *PR*; Elizabeth Marshall (11th) 21.95; Cunningham (14th) 22.28 *PR*; Bryan (17th) 23.86 *PR*; Crowder (20th) 25.36

4 x 100 Relay — Hall, Wagner, Winger, Simpson (4th) 1:04.98; Cunningham, Leedy-Bonifas, Curry, Taylor Marrs (5th) 1:05.46

4 x 200 Relay — Farrell, O’Neill, E. Marshall, Stavros (1st) 2:28.22; Lisette Bentabou, Crowder, Kalwies, Bryan (2nd) 2:33.01; McFetridge, Ketterling, Lo, Wyman (3rd) 2:41.16

Shot Put — Ward (1st) 30-01.50 *PR*; Marrs (2nd) 23-08.50 *PR*; Winger (4th) 22-10.50 *PR*; Bentabou (8th) 19-08; Simpson (12th) 18-02.50; McFetridge (16th) 16-04 *PR*; S. Niewald (18th) 15-06.50 *PR*; Wofford (20th) 14-08.50; Matros (21st) 12-05; Solis (24th) 9-03 *PR*

Discus — Ketterling (1st) 58-09 *PR*; Marrs (3rd) 46-09; Crowder (5th) 44-00; Matros (15th) 27-04

High Jump — Ward (5th) 4-00 *PR*; Crowder (10th) 3-08 *PR*; Bryan (15th) 3-06 *PR*

Long Jump — Ward (1st) 13-06.50 *PR*; Farrell (4th) 12-08 *PR*; Stuurmans (6th) 12-01.25; Leedy-Bonifas (9th) 11-06; O’Neill (11th) 11-03 *PR*; Hall (12th) 11-01.50 *PR*; McFetridge (13th) 11-01; Ketterling (16th) 11-00.50 *PR*; Wagner (25th) 10-04 *PR*; E. Marshall (26th) 10-02 *PR*; Stavros (26th) 10-02 *PR*; S. Niewald (33rd) 9-05 *PR*; Lo (35th) 9-02 *PR*; Curry (37th) 8-09 *PR*; Wyman (38th) 8-08.75; Kalwies (39th) 8-08.50 *PR*; Solis (41st) 8-06.50 *PR*; Wofford (43rd) 8-02.25 *PR*

BOYS:

8th grade:

100 — Davin Houston (6th) 13.10; Ethan Walling (14th) 14.54 *PR*; Captain Teuscher (17th) 15.29 *PR*; Zach Blitch (20th) 17.56 *PR*

1600 — Axel Marshall (4th) 6:15.40 *PR*

110 Hurdles — A. Marshall (5th) 20.91 *PR*

Shot Put — Blitch (11th) 15-06

Discus — A. Marshall (9th) 58-11 *PR*; Blitch (11th) 57-08 *PR*

High Jump — A. Marshall (4th) 4-06 *PR*

Long Jump — Houston (7th) 14-07; Walling (14th) 13-00 *PR*; Teuscher (16th) 12-06 *PR*

6th/7th grade:

100 — Beckett Green (2nd) 13.53 *PR*; Roger Merino-Martinez (3rd) 13.78 *PR*; Leonardo Rodriguez (6th) 14.30 *PR*; Wyatt Fitch-Marron (9th) 14.60 *PR*; Johnathan Jacobsen (16th) 15.66 *PR*; Collin Mirabile (19th) 16.14; Isaiah Allen (21st) 16.56 *PR*; Benji Wertz (23rd) 16.70 *PR*; Khanor Jump (25th) 16.86 *PR*; Kion Tellery (29th) 17.23 *PR*

200 — Green (2nd) 28.06 *PR*; Merino-Martinez (3rd) 29.33

400 — Nathan Niewald (7th) 1:17.91 *PR*

1600 — N. Niewald (5th) 6:19.72 *PR*; Brantley Campbell (6th) 6:34.62 *PR*; Edmund Kunz (8th) 6:50.54 *PR*; Diego Gonzalez (12th) 7:03.46 *PR*

110 Hurdles — Campbell (4th) 21.65 *PR*; Rodriguez (5th) 21.68 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Merino-Martinez, Green, N. Niewald, Nick Laska (2nd) 55.95

Shot Put — Laska (2nd) 31-07.50 *PR*; Mirabile (3rd) 24-05.50 *PR*; Allen (9th) 19-01 *PR*; Kunz (19th) 14-02 *PR*

Discus — Laska (1st) 85-07 *PR*; Jump (3rd) 74-03 *PR*; Campbell (4th) 66-05 *PR*; Kunz (17th) 40-09 *PR*; Gonzalez (23rd) 31-07

High Jump — Fitch-Marron (1st) 5-01 *PR*; Jacobsen (3rd) 4-02; Allen (4th) 3-10 *PR*; Mirabile (5th) 3-10 *PR*; Wertz (6th) 3-08 *PR*

Long Jump — Merino-Martinez (1st) 15-00 *PR*; Fitch-Marron (3rd) 13-05.50 *PR*; Rodriguez (10th) 12-02.50 *PR*; Campbell (17th) 12-09; Kunz (26th) 10-07; Jump (29th) 10-01.50 *PR*; Gonzalez (33rd) 9-00 *PR*; Ossian Merkel (34th) 8-09 *PR*