Coupeville cross country runners, ready to rumble. (Photos courtesy Elizabeth Bitting)
They finished the season like they started it — leaving everything out on the course.
Putting in some of their best times of the campaign Saturday at the 2B state cross country championships in Pasco, the Coupeville High School harriers closed with a bang.
“They all ran beautifully!” said Wolf coach Elizabeth Bitting. “What a cap off to an already great season!!”
Coupeville, which revived its cross country program in 2017 after a two-decade shut down, sent 11 runners East this time, most of the new era.
The Wolf boys had a full team in the competition and earned 9th place, one spot better than their finish last year.
Cle Elum-Roslyn claimed the boys’ team title, while Coupeville’s Northwest 2B/1B League rival Mount Vernon Christian was 7th.
Dexter Delaney, a senior from Liberty, won the individual crown.
The Wolf girls ran strongly.
On the girls’ side of things, it was incredibly close, with Rainier nipping Pope John Paul II 71-72 for the team crown.
Friday Harbor finished 8th as a unit to give the NWL its best showing among schools which qualified a full female team.
Top individual honors on the 5,000-meter course at the Sun Willows Golf Course went to Regan Thomas, a junior from Saint George’s.
Seniors (left to right) Carson Field, Landon Roberts, and Thomas Strelow score a photo op with their running guru.
Saturday’s meet was the last one for three Wolf seniors, as Carson Field, Landon Roberts, and Thomas Strelow reached the final finish line after helping rebuild their school’s running program.
“It’s an end of an era!” Bitting said. “Missing those senior boys already. Heavy sigh.”
But the future is a bright one, as eight of the 11 Wolves who ran in Pasco can return next year.
That group includes two freshmen (Mikayla Wagner, Devon Wyman), two sophomores (Kenneth Jacobsen, Ethan Walling), and four juniors.
Aleksia Jump, Ezekiel Allen, Aleera Kent, and George Spear will be seniors next year, as will be Noelle Western, a two-time state meet qualifier who was denied a third trip by injuries.
Saturday results:
GIRLS:
Mikayla Wagner (36th) 21:45.60
Aleera Kent (69th) 23:05.10
Aleksia Jump (81st) 23:31.30
Devon Wyman (90th) 24:02.90
BOYS:
Carson Field (28th) 17:48.40
George Spear (37th) 18:14.30
Landon Roberts (38th) 18:16.20
Ezekiel Allen (49th) 18:33.80
Kenneth Jacobsen (55th) 18:51.20
Thomas Strelow (81st) 19:43.70
Ethan Walling (94th) 20:40.20
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