A new milestone every day.
The Coupeville High School boys’ cross country team is headed to Pasco this weekend for the state meet, the first time Wolf male runners have advanced as a complete unit since 1977.
Now, on the eve of the biggest run of the season, Elizabeth Bitting’s pack of harriers have cracked the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association power rankings.
The Wolves, who finished 2nd at tri-districts behind powerhouse Pope John Paul II, sit at #10.
While Coupeville had an individual state champ in 2010, when Tyler King outran the field to join ’80s star Natasha Bamberger as title holders, team success is something new.
The last time a Wolf cross country team appeared in a Top 10 rankings list?
Maybe the early ’80s, when the Coupeville girls were advancing to state on a yearly basis.
But I was a young boy living in Kelso at the time, all the Whidbey News-Times back issues are now hidden in a dark warehouse off-island where the public can’t access them, and I have no clue.
What I do know, however, is Cow Town cross country is back in the spotlight in a big way.
Viva la Bitting and her boys!
Coupeville Sports 
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