Coupeville Sports

Taygin Jump (center) is escorted by bodyguards/siblings Aleksia and Khanor. (Photo courtesy Christina Jump)

The long layoff is over.

Coupeville grads Taygin Jump and Logan Martin returned to college track and field action Saturday in different parts of the country.

Jump, a freshman at Plattsburgh State in New York, enjoyed her first meet in six weeks, competing at the Middlebury Winter Classic in Vermont.

While there the former Wolf finished 10th in the weight throw and 24th in the shot put.

Jump tossed her implement 36 feet, five inches in the former, and 25-0.50 in the latter.

With the holidays behind them, the Cardinals get busy again, with eight indoor meets between now and early March.

First up is the St. Lawrence Invitational Jan. 27 in Canton, New York.

Live on your TV set, it’s Logan Martin standing next to the performance sign. (Aaron Wiley photo)

Martin, a sophomore at Central Washington University, wasn’t originally planning on competing during the indoor track season.

But then he decided he liked heat and was talked into adding the shot put and weight throw while he waits for hammer season to arrive outdoors.

Kicking off a new season at the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open in Moscow, Idaho, Martin claimed 16th in the weight throw (43-01) and 20th (38-09) in the shot put while appearing on ESPN+.

Central Washington returns to action Jan. 26-27 at the University of Washington Invitational.