Coupeville Sports

Richmond Bandong was part of a record-setting relay unit Saturday. (Marquette Cunningham photo)

One of the smallest schools made some of the biggest noise.

Competing at the 23-team Dave Snyder’s Lil’ Norway Meet in Poulsbo Saturday, Coupeville High School shocked the track and field world in the mixed 4 x 100 relay.

Lining up against big school rivals North Kitsap, Bremerton, Lindbergh, and Clover Park, the Wolves, repping a 2B-sized student body, hit the tape first in a meet record 52 seconds, almost two seconds ahead of the second-place school.

The CHS unit, comprised of Lillian Ketterling, Richmond Bandong, Tamsin Ward, and Liam Blas, includes three sophomores and a freshman.

“Great way to end the meet!!!” said CHS coaches Elizabeth Bitting and Bob Martin as they likely exchanged high fives all the way back to Cow Town.

The spoils of (track) war. (Bob Martin photo)

Coupeville made a last-second detour to even attend the Lil’ Norway meet, as it was originally slated to travel to Forks Saturday before shuffling things.

Bellarmine Prep and Aberdeen took full advantage of deep rosters to claim the girls and boys team titles, respectively, while the Wolves were 17th and 19th.

Along with the huge win in the mixed 4 x 100, Coupeville picked up 12 PRs on the day.

CHS is back in action next Saturday, April 25, but much closer to home, when the Wolves host the Cow Town Classic Invite at Mickey Clark Field.

Lexis Drake debates how many relay teams she wants to run with. (Marquette Cunningham photo)

Saturday’s results:

GIRLS:

100 — Isa Mc Fetridge (29th) 14.09 *PR*

200 — Mc Fetridge (16th) 28.95 *PR*

400 — Taylor Marrs (20th) 1:14.52 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Myra McDonald (25th) 23.05; Frankie Tenore (26th) 24.54

300 Hurdles — Kennedy O’Neill (22nd) 59.98 *PR*; Devon Wyman (27th) 1:11.16

4 x 100 Relay — Arianna Cunningham, Lexis Drake, Willow Leedy-Bonifas, Mc Fetridge (13th) 56.72

4 x 200 Relay — Lillian Ketterling, Leedy-Bonifas, Drake, Mc Fetridge (15th) 2:03.62

DMR 4000 Relay — Mikayla Wagner, A. Cunningham, Wyman, Laken Simpson (7th) 15:37.79

Shot Put — Ward (10th) 30-03

Discus — Ketterling (11th) 74-04; Ward (23rd) 58-02

Javelin — A. Cunningham (11th) 76-10

High Jump — Ward (10th) 4-08; Tenore (15th) 4-04

Pole Vault — Ketterling (7th) 7-06

Long Jump — McDonald (33rd) 9-05.75; O’Neill (35th) 9-02.75

Triple Jump — Leedy-Bonifas (13th) 28-00.50 *PR*; A. Cunningham (14th) 25-11.25

BOYS:

100 — Marquette Cunningham (29th) 12.26; Liam Blas (36th) 12.46

200 — Nathan Coxsey (33rd) 25.55 *PR*; Shiloh Sandlin (38th) 27.83 *PR*

400 — Brian Thompson (21st) 58.55 *PR*

800 — Ossian Merkel (27th) 2:24.07 *PR*; Johnathan Jacobsen (33rd) 2:33.58 *PR*

1600 — George Spear (22nd) 5:01.66; Hunter Atteberry (37th) 5:56.87 *PR*

3200 — Spear (15th) 11:24.72; Kenneth Jacobsen (20th) 11:34.53

300 Hurdles — Edmund Wilson (22nd) 50.12

4 x 100 Relay — M. Cunningham, Blas, Beckett Green, Houston (16th) 47.79

4 x 200 Relay — Richmond Bandong, Sage Arends, Coxsey, Wilson (10th) 1:43.25

4 x 400 Relay — Wilson, Thompson, Will Tierney, Green (14th) 4:00.69

DMR 4000 Relay — Merkel, Tierney, K. Jacobsen, Cyrus Sparacio (4th) 11:56.71

Shot Put — Zachary Saho (11th) 38-09.75 *PR*; Khanor Jump (29th) 33-03.25

Discus — Jump (18th) 105-03; Blas (24th) 97-01

Javelin — Bandong (25th) 101-05; J. Jacobsen (30th) 78-10

Long Jump — Arends (12th) 18-05; Thompson (26th) 17-01

CO-ED:

Mixed 4 x 100 Relay — Ketterling, Bandong, Ward, Blas (1st) 53.80

Heading home after a successful day on the mainland. (Amber Wyman photo)