Coupeville Sports

Coupeville sophomore Lyla Stuurmans wants all your medals. (Photo courtesy Sarah Stuurmans)

One meet left to go, and it’s the big one.

Coming off of a sweep of the team titles at Saturday’s District 1/2 Track and Field Championships, Coupeville High School athletes now have their eyes set firmly on the state meet in Yakima.

Counting alternates for two relay teams, CHS coaches expect to pack 22 Wolves into a school bus, with the big dance playing out May 25-27.

With its body of work fully displayed, Coupeville boasts a fair number of athletes in the top 10 among students from 2B schools.

Though, thanks to the cutthroat nature of high school track and field, a couple of those top 10 performances didn’t translate to state meet berths for the Wolves or athletes from rival teams.

Only the winner of each event at Bi-Districts advanced, and several duels Saturday featured multiple contenders throw down stellar performances at the exact same time.

One example is the 1600, where CHS senior Mitchell Hall PR’d and delivered the 9th best performance in 2B this season, while Northwest Christian’s Asher Ingram hit the tape less than a second ahead of him.

You have to earn the right to advance as well, which is why Wolf junior Nick Guay is not state-bound in the high jump, despite having the 6th best mark in the event.

He didn’t compete at the bi-district meet, which left the door open for teammate Dominic Coffman (9th best in 2B) to claim a title, and a trip to state.

Dominic Coffman jumps to victory. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Or there’s the case of Coupeville senior Taygin Jump, who is #3 in 2B in the hammer throw.

Unfortunately, the event is not part of the state meet, denying her a chance to let it rip on the big stage.

And, in one final quirk, the CHS girls 4 x 400 relay team is ranked #4 in 2B, but when the Wolves won a bi-district title and punched their ticket to state Saturday, they did so with a different, and slightly slower, lineup.

Where CHS athletes rank in 2B through May 15, with (*) indicating an impending trip to the state meet:

GIRLS:

100 — Monroe Myles (8th) 13.28 (*)

200 — Myles (6th) 27.17 (*)

400 — Lyla Stuurmans (7th) 1:03.60 (*)

100 Hurdles — Claire Mayne (8th) 17.41 (*)

4 x 100 Relay — Myles, Ryanne Knoblich, Issabel Johnson, Mayne (8th) 53.72

4 x 400 Relay — Mayne, Aleera Kent, Carly Burt, Stuurmans (4th) 4:27.11 (*)

Shot Put — Carolyn Lhamon (4th) 35-00 (*)

High Jump — Knoblich (3rd) 5-00 (*)

Hammer Throw — Taygin Jump (3rd) 56-08

BOYS:

400 — Aidan Wilson (8th) 53.08

800 — Wilson (2nd) 2:01.22 (*)

1600 — Mitchell Hall (9th) 4:40.16

110 Hurdles — Tate Wyman (8th) 16.90

4 x 100 Relay — Reily Araceley, Wyman, Wilson, Dominic Coffman (2nd) 45.02 (*)

4 x 400 Relay — Preston Epp, Hall, Wyman, Wilson (10th) 3:39.69

High Jump — Guay (6th) 6-00; Dominic Coffman (9th) 5-10 (*)

Long Jump — Alex Murdy (6th) 20-03 (*)

Triple Jump — Wilson (7th) 41-05.50 (*)