Costco pizza, the fuel of championship track stars. (Jon Gabelein photos)
They survived and prospered.
Traveling to the wilds of Sultan Thursday, Coupeville Middle School track and field athletes combined to win 11 events and notch 66 PR’s at a three-team meet.
The Wolf 6th/7th grade boys won the team title, while their female counterparts finished a close second to South Whidbey.
Coupeville’s next-door neighbors, who had the deepest roster, won both 8th grade team titles.
CMS 7th graders Beckett Green and Nick Laska were three-time winners Thursday, including teaming up with Nathan Niewald and Roger Merino-Martinez to claim the title in the 4 x 100 relay.
Green also hit the tape first in the 100 and 200, while Laska finished on top in the shot put and discus.
Merino-Martinez (long jump), Shiloh Sandlin (800), and 6th grader Daniel Payan Vasquez (400) were winners while Tamsin Ward (100, shot put) and the girls 4 x 200 relay unit also triumphed.
All five girls to finish atop the podium are 6th graders, with the relay squad comprised of Hyley Farrell, Elizabeth Marshall, Kennedy O’Neill, and Sage Stavros.
With her two wins, Ward has piled up 10 victories this season, which puts her in big-time company.
Lindsey Roberts won 22 times as an 8th grader in 2015, after notching eight wins as a 7th grader, while Makana Stone finished first 12 times as an 8th grader in 2012.
The duo, who finished with eight and seven state meet medals during their high school days, respectively, never competed as 6th graders as eligibility rules have changed since their middle school days.
Whether they won, PR’d, or just came close Thursday, each Wolf in uniform had an impact, said CMS coach Jon Gabelein.
“Our athletes performed really well during the longest road trip of the season,” he said. “The athletes again proved that the harder they work, the better they get.
“I hope they are as proud as I am of the clear improvements they are showing.”
The Wolves return to action next Thursday, May 25 with an appearance at the Cascade League Championships, which are held at Lakewood High School.
The season-ending rumble is a two-day affair, with day #2 set for May 31 at the same location.
Inaura Maund launches the shot put.
Thursday’s results:
GIRLS:
8th grade:
100 — Tirsit Cannon (2nd) 14.59 *PR*; Lexis Drake (7th) 15.55 *PR*; Ivy Rudat (8th) 15.93 *PR*; Natalie Perera (13th) 17.23 *PR*; Inara Maund (14th) 17.62
4 x 100 Relay — Rudat, Cannon, Drake, Lydia Price (2nd) 1:01.19
Shot Put — Price (11th) 13-05
Long Jump — Cannon (4th) 11-05; Rudat (6th) 10-11; Drake (11th) 9-09; Perera (14th) 9-07; Price (18th) 8-08; Maund (20th) 6-06
6th/7th grade:
100 — Tamsin Ward (1st) 14.00 *PR*; Isabella De Souza Oliveira McFetridge (8th) 15.13 *PR*; Amayia Curry (15th) 15.74 *PR*; Willow Leedy-Bonifas (17th) 15.82; Niella Bryan (24th) 16.92 *PR*; Lisette Bentabou (26th) 17.08 *PR*; Lily Fisher (27th) 17.17 *PR*; Denali Kalwies (29th) 17.91 *PR*; Maci Wofford (31st) 18.46 *PR*; Kaleah Matros (32nd) 18.89 *PR*; Lucille Humpfries (35th) 25.17
200 — Laken Simpson (2nd) 31.63; Olivia Hall (5th) 33.59 *PR*; Anmarie Solis (8th) 34.10 *PR*; Arianna Cunningham (11th) 35.35 *PR*; Elizabeth Marshall (12th) 36.03 *PR*; Sage Stavros (13th) 36.49 *PR*; Camilla Wolfe (14th) 37.80 *PR*; Savannah Niewald (17th) 40.00; Alexandra Lo (18th) 45.40 *PR*
400 — Taylor Marrs (3rd) 1:26.63 *PR*; Lo (4th) 1:49.07 *PR*
800 — Lillian Ketterling (2nd) 3:07.53; Devon Wyman (8th) 3:57.37
1600 — Mikayla Wagner (2nd) 7:10.84; Rebekah Dangerfield (4th) 7:15.95 *PR*
100 Hurdles — Tenley Stuurmans (8th) 20.80; E. Marshall (10th) 21.25 *PR*; Kennedy O’Neill (11th) 21.38 *PR*; Cunningham (12th) 21.44 *PR*; Fisher (18th) 26.21 *PR*; Amelia Crowder (19th) 27.54
4 x 100 Relay — Cunningham, Curry, Leedy-Bonifas, Stuurmans (3rd) 1:01.73; Hall, Simpson, O’Neill, Wagner (5th) 1:04.22
4 x 200 Relay — Hyley Farrell, E. Marshall, O’Neill, Stavros (1st) 2:16.94; Bentabou, Crowder, Bryan, Kalwies (3rd) 2:34.25
Shot Put — Ward (1st) 30-09 *PR*; Marrs (3rd) 22-07.50; Bentabou (5th) 21-02; Simpson (11th) 19-00.50; Wofford (13th) 17-02.25 *PR*; S. Niewald (15th) 16-01 *PR*; Humpfries (16th) 15-09; Matros (17th) 12-05.75
Discus — Cunningham (2nd) 59-05.50; Ketterling (5th) 56-09.75; Bentabou (8th) 53-03.25 *PR*; Marrs (10th) 52-00; Matros (19th) 28-09; Curry (20th) 28-07 *PR*; Crowder (21st) 27-07
High Jump — Crowder (2nd) 3-10 *PR*
Long Jump — Ward (5th) 12-07; Leedy-Bonifas (7th) 12-03; Farrell (8th) 12-00; McFetridge (11th) 10-11; O’Neill (11th) 10-11; E. Marshall (15th) 10-03; Ketterling (16th) 9-11; Stavros (17th) 9-08; Wagner (22nd) 9-02; Hall (23rd) 9-01; Wyman (24th) 9-00; Bryan (25th) 8-10 *PR*; S. Niewald (26th) 8-08; Solis (29th) 8-07 *PR*; Kalwies (32nd) 8-00; Wolfe (34th) 6-10 *PR*; Fisher (35th) 6-07; Lo (36th) 6-02; Wofford (38th) 5-08
Davin Houston flies the friendly skies.
BOYS:
8th grade:
100 — Davin Houston (3rd) 12.93 *PR*
400 — Axel Marshall (4th) 1:11.69 *PR*; Zach Blitch (5th) 1:21.92 *PR*
1600 — Kenneth Jacobsen (3rd) 5:28.74 *PR*
110 Hurdles — A. Marshall (5th) 21.02
Shot Put — Jacobsen (7th) 24-10.50; Blitch (13th) 17-08 *PR*
Discus — Blitch (17th) 54-01
High Jump — Houston (3rd) 5-02 *PR*; A. Marshall (4th) 4-08 *PR*
Long Jump — Houston (2nd) 17-00 *PR*; Jacobsen (6th) 13-09
6th/7th grade:
100 — Beckett Green (1st) 13.20 *PR*; Daniel Payan Vasquez (3rd) 13.70 *PR*; Roger Merino-Martinez (4th) 13.75 *PR*; Wyatt Fitch-Marron (6th) 13.94 *PR*; Max Ohme (10th) 14.58 *PR*; Carson Grove (13th) 14.83; Leonardo Rodriguez (15th) 14.93; Benji Wertz (23rd) 15.97 *PR*; Collin Mirabile (24th) 16.04; Khanor Jump (26th) 16.22 *PR*; Isaiah Allen (27th) 16.27 *PR*; Kion Tellery (31st) 16.64
200 — Green (1st) 28.04 *PR*; Merino-Martinez (4th) 29.09
400 — Payan Vasquez (1st) 1:05.69 *PR*; Nick Laska (2nd) 1:06.36 *PR*; Nathan Niewald (6th) 1:16.62 *PR*
800 — Shiloh Sandlin (1st) 2:36.68; Edmund Kunz (4th) 3:10.45 *PR*
1600 — N. Niewald (2nd) 6:38.90; Kunz (5th) 6:58.39
110 Hurdles — Rodriguez (3rd) 20.91 *PR*
4 x 100 Relay — Green, Laska, N. Niewald, Merino-Martinez (1st) 53.89
Shot Put — Laska (1st) 32-09.50 *PR*; Mirabile (4th) 22-11; Jump (5th) 22-09.50 *PR*; Green (7th) 22-02; Tellery (8th) 18-01 *PR*; Allen (9th) 17-02
Discus — Laska (1st) 88-01 *PR*; Grove (4th) 68-09.50; Jump (5th) 66-03; Ohme (6th) 65-05 *PR*; Kunz (19th) 38-06
High Jump — Fitch-Marron (4th) 4-04; Mirabile (6th) 4-00
Long Jump — Merino-Martinez (1st) 14-09; N. Niewald (3rd) 14-03 *PR*; Sandlin (4th) 13-10; Fitch-Marron (4th) 13-10; Ohme (11th) 12-02 *PR*; Rodriguez (12th) 12-00; Grove (17th) 11-05; Kunz (23rd) 10-05; Tellery (26th) 8-06 *PR*
“Save me some pizza!!”
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