The most-successful female runner in CHS history came back around to coach in later years. (Dawnelle Conlisk photo)
They’re still chasing her.
Here we are in 2024 and Natasha Bamberger still rules the Coupeville High School track and field record books.
The five-time state champ — four in track, one in cross country — holds the oldest marks on the big board that welcomes you to the CHS gym.
Bamberger’s top times in the 1600 and 3200, set back in 1984, are the only Wolf girl records to survive from the Greed is Good Decade.
On the boys’ side, marks from ’86 and ’88 endure, while Jennie Cross has held the shot put and discus records since 1990.
Other than those, every CHS track record comes from a year starting with a two.
One of those — Ryanne Knoblich tying the record in the high jump last season — is still to be added, but the recent Wolf grad will soon join Yashmeen Knox on the board.
As current Coupeville athletes head down the hallway to the gym and locker rooms, they can gaze up and see the numbers they’re shooting at.
Will someone one day topple Bamberger?
Only time will tell, but for the last four decades, no one has come even close, helping her legend endure.
The big board as it stands today. (Brad Sherman photo)
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