Kennedy O’Neill flew further and further in the long jump as her freshman season progressed. (Jackie Saia photos)
Every track and field athlete has one huge rival, and it’s the face they see in the mirror.
Wins and losses matter, but the hunt for PRs is at the core of the sport, as each competitor vies to take a couple seconds off their time or increase the distance they fling an implement.
During the just completed 2026 spring season, Coupeville High School coaches kept a running list of how the Wolves did, tracing their first performance of the season to their best.
As they did so, CHS athletes recorded improvements across a multitude of events, with the jumps ranging from minute to life changing.
Sophomore Richmond Bandong had the single biggest increase, improving a staggering 62% in the javelin, with his distance jumping from 77 feet, three inches to 125-02 by the end of the season.
The top Wolf girl was sophomore Lillian Ketterling, who bounced up 41.7% in the pole vault, from 6-00 to 8-06, eventually medaling at the state meet in the event.
Zachary Saho had the second-biggest increase of any Wolf in an event this spring.
The top 26 in-season improvements from 2026:
1 — Richmond Bandong (Javelin) — 77-03 to 125-02 — 62.0%
2 — Zachary Saho (Discus) — 66-06 to 98-01 — 47.5%
3 — Khanor Jump (Shot Put) — 26-01.50 to 37-07.50 — 44%
4 — Lillian Ketterling (Pole Vault) — 6-0 to 8-06 — 41.7%
5 — Zachary Saho (Shot Put) — 32-09 to 44-05.50 — 35.8%
6 — Johnathan Jacobsen (Discus) — 48-01 to 65-02 — 35.5%
7 — Liam Blas (Discus) — 89-00 to 115-11 — 30.2%
8 — Johnathan Jacobsen (Javelin) — 76-00 to 98-08 — 29.8%
9 — Lillian Ketterling (Discus) — 66-03 to 85-08 — 29.3%
10 — Shiloh Sandlin (Javelin) — 73-05 to 94-05 — 28.6%
11 — Marquette Cunningham (Triple Jump) — 31-09 to 40-09 — 28.3%
12 — Russell Miller (Pole Vault) — 5-6 to 7-00 — 27.3%
13 — Willow Leedy-Bonifas (Long Jump) — 10-0.75 to 12-09.25 — 26.9%
14 — Inara Maund (Javelin) — 32-01 to 40-07 — 26.5%
15 — Khanor Jump (Javelin) — 80-03 to 99-00 — 23.4%
16 — Edmund Kunz (Pole Vault) — 7-0 to 8-06 — 21.4%
17 — Kennedy O’Neill (Long Jump) — 10-04.25 to 12-05.50 — 20.3%
18 — Zach Blitch (Shot Put) — 22-02 to 26-06 — 19.5%
19 — Zach Blitch (Discus) — 48-08 to 58-00 — 19.2%
20 — Marquette Cunningham (Javelin) — 83-08 to 99-08 — 19.1%
21 — Hunter Atteberry (1600) — 7:02.2 to 5:41.65 — 19.1%
22 — Will Tierney (Discus) — 57-04 to 67-06.50 — 17.8%
23 — Davin Houston (High Jump) — 5-02 to 6-00 — 16.1%
24 — Wyatt Fitch-Marron (High Jump) — 5-04 to 6-02 — 15.6%
25 — Zachary Saho (800) — 4:16.39 to 3:36.86 — 15.4%
26 — Taylor Marrs (Discus) — 52-04 to 59-10.5 — 14.4%
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