Coupeville Sports

Tamsin Ward begins her state meet odyssey. (Photo courtesy Jandellyn Ward)

Day one is in the books.

A pack of Coupeville High School athletes traveled from moderately sunny Whidbey Island to blazing-hot Yakima Thursday, with three Wolves competing in the opening moments of the 2B state track and field championships.

With temps pushing the mid-90’s on the Eastern side of the state, CHS freshman Tamsin Ward finished 14th in the shot put.

One of just three fab frosh to make the cut for the big dance in the event, she chucked her weapon of choice 30 feet, seven inches.

It’s the first of two competitions for Ward at state, as she will vie in the high jump Saturday as well.

Rounding out Coupeville’s day one competitors, freshman Cyrus Sparacio and senior George Spear ran in the 1600-meter race.

Sparacio claimed 11th in a personal-best time of four minutes, 38.14 seconds, with his older teammate earning 18th in 5:12.49.

With his run to the tape, the Wolf frosh shattered his PR by five-plus seconds and missed out on a medal by just four ticks.

One of the three youngest runners in the event (two freshmen and an 8th grader), Sparacio was the fastest of the trio.

Liam Blas dreams of running really fast. (Photo courtesy Kevin Blas)

Coupeville returns to action Friday at Zaepfel Stadium for day two of the three-day royal rumble.

The Wolves are slated to have Lillian Ketterling (Discus, Pole Vault), Zachary Saho (Shot Put), and the duo of Wyatt Fitch-Marron and Davin Houston (High Jump) in action.

The latter two will also link up with Liam Blas and Marquette Cunningham to run in the 4 x 100 prelims.

The Thursday trio return to action in the meet finale Saturday, with Ward in the high jump and Sparacio and Spear in the 3200.

If the 4 x 1 relay unit makes it to the finals, they’ll also run that day.

The Wolves gather for a team photo op before heading off to Yakima. (Photo courtesy Jandellyn Ward)