
Laken Simpson prepares to be awesome. (Ana McFetridge photo)
The weather was nice, the results nicer.
Coupeville Middle School track and field athletes took advantage of sunny skies and warm temps Wednesday, capturing 16 wins and 84 PR’s at the last home meet of the season.
The Wolves, who head to Sultan May 18, before competing in the Cascade League Championships the following week, faced off with next-door neighbor South Whidbey during Wednesday’s rumble.
The CMS boys won the 6th/7th grade battle, while the Falcons were victorious in 6th/7th girls, and both 8th grade battles.
Wolf 6th grader Tamsin Ward, continuing a torrid start to her school career, led the way with wins in the 100, shot put, and high jump.
That gives her eight victories across her first three middle school meets.
CMS 7th graders Nick Laska (Shot Put, Discus), Beckett Green (100, 200), and Shiloh Sandlin (800, Long Jump) were double winners, while Kayla Crane (800) was the lone Wolf 8th grader to nab a title.
Other Coupeville winners included 7th graders Wyatt Fitch-Marron (High Jump), Mikayla Wagner (1600), Arianna Cunningham (Discus), and Nathan Niewald (400), as well as two relay squads.
The girls 4 x 200 unit was comprised of 6th graders Hyley Farrell, Sage Stavros, Kennedy O’Neill, and Elizabeth Marshall, with the boys 4 x 1 crew featuring Laska, Niewald, Roger Merino-Martinez, and Green.
The strong performances from everyone on the roster left coaches Jon Gabelein and Amber Wyman pleased.
“The athletes seemed to prefer the warm and dry environment today after surviving last week’s cold and wet adventure,” Gabelein said.
“The improvements shown allowed a lot of them to walk away feeling proud of new PR’s instead of just sunburn.”
Wyman, who also “appreciated the warm dry weather!” praised her young athletes as well.
“Every week these athletes impress me with their hard work and dedication,” she said. “Today was no different!
“We had a few push through injuries to not let their team down,” Wyman added. “And so many that pushed themselves outside their comfort zone to try something new.
I’m so proud of this team!”

Axel Marshall soars over the high jump bar. (Jon Gabelein photo)
Wednesday’s results:
GIRLS:
8th grade:
100 — Tirsit Cannon (2nd) 15.26; Lexis Drake (4th) 16.20; Natalie Perera (11th) 17.90; Inara Maund (12th) 18.32
200 — Cannon (3rd) 30.76 *PR*; Ivy Rudat (4th) 35.01 *PR*; Perera (5th) 38.68 *PR*
800 — Kayla Crane (1st) 3:06.90 *PR*
1600 — Crane (2nd) 6:51.13 *PR*
100 Hurdles — Drake (5th) 23.46 *PR*
4 x 100 Relay — Drake, Lydia Price, Perera, Rudat (2nd) 1:05.21
Shot Put — Maund (4th) 17-11.50 *PR*; Price (7th) 15-02 *PR*
Long Jump — Rudat (2rd) 11-04.50 *PR*; Perera (4th) 11-02 *PR*; Drake (6th) 10-11 *PR*; Price (10th) 10-05 *PR*; Maund (13th) 9-08 *PR*
6th/7th grade:
100 — Tamsin Ward (1st) 14.55; Laken Simpson (6th) 15.64; Isabella De Souza Oliveira McFetridge (7th) 15.70; Willow Leedy-Bonifas (9th) 15.73; Amayia Curry (12th) 16.47; Lisette Bentabou (15th) 17.34 *PR*; Niella Bryan (16th) 17.95; Devon Wyman (19th) 18.81 *PR*; Denali Kalwies (20th) 18.95; Maci Wofford (21st) 18.98 *PR*; Kaleah Matros (23rd) 19.48; Alexandra Lo (24th) 20.79; Lucille Humpfries (27th) 24.58 *PR*
200 — Hyley Farrell (2nd) 31.51 *PR*; Simpson (3rd) 31.84; Tenley Stuurmans (4th) 32.42 *PR*; Olivia Hall (9th) 34.32 *PR*; Arianna Cunningham (11th) 36.09 *PR*; Sage Stavros (12th) 37.24; Elizabeth Marshall (13th) 37.39 *PR*; Savannah Niewald (15th) 39.45; Lily Fisher (17th) 40.61 *PR*; Lo (18th) 45.66 *PR*
800 — Wyman (6th) 3:58.21
1600 — Mikayla Wagner (1st) 6:52.79
100 Hurdles — Stuurmans (3rd) 20.45; E. Marshall (6th) 21.70 *PR*; Kennedy O’Neill (7th) 21.78; Cunningham (8th) 21.79 *PR*; Fisher (13th) 26.66 *PR*; Amelia Crowder (15th) 27.92
4 x 100 Relay — Cunningham, Leedy-Bonifas, Curry, Stuurmans (2nd) 1:01.16; Hall, Marin Winger, Wagner, Simpson (3rd) 1:02.94
4 x 200 Relay — Farrell, Stavros, O’Neill, E. Marshall (1st) 2:21.97; Bentabou, Crowder, Bryan, Kalwies (3rd) 2:29.50
Shot Put — Ward (1st) 30-07 *PR*; Winger (3rd) 21-04.50; Bentabou (4th) 21-02 *PR*; McFetridge (6th) 19-07.50 *PR*; Simpson (7th) 19-02; Humpfries (9th) 15-10 *PR*; S. Niewald (10th) 14-06.50; Wofford (11th) 14-03; Matros (13th) 11-02.50
Discus — Cunningham (1st) 62-09 *PR*; Bentabou (3rd) 51-03 *PR*; Crowder (4th) 43-02; Matros (8th) 30-10 *PR*
High Jump — Ward (1st) 4-02 *PR*; Crowder (5th) 3-06
Long Jump — Ward (3rd) 13-02.25; Leedy-Bonifas (4th) 12-10 *PR*; Stuurmans (5th) 12-09.50 *PR*; Farrell (9th) 12-00; McFetridge (11th) 11-06; Hall (14th) 10-11.50; E. Marshall (17th) 10-06 *PR*; Wagner (18th) 10-05.50 *PR*; Stavros (19th) 10-00; O’Neill (21st) 9-11.25; Wyman (23rd) 9-09 *PR*; Wofford (25th) 9-05 *PR*; S. Niewald (26th) 9-00; Kalwies (27th) 8-10 *PR*; Fisher 8-03 *PR*; Lo (32nd) 7-02.50; Humpfries (35th) 5-07.50 *PR*

Niella Bryan hits warp speed. (Jon Gabelein photo)
BOYS:
8th grade:
100 — Davin Houston (3rd) 13.35; Ethan Walling (8th) 14.72; Captain Teuscher (13th) 15.16 *PR*
400 — Zach Blitch (2nd) 1:23.55 *PR*
1600 — Kenneth Jacobsen (3rd) 5:44.45; Axel Marshall (5th) 6:26.86
110 Hurdles — A. Marshall (5th) 20.93
Shot Put — K. Jacobsen (10th) 22-02; Teuscher (11th) 21-04 *PR*; Blitch (12th) 16-09.50
Discus — A. Marshall (12th) 57-11; Blitch (14th) 56-09
High Jump — A. Marshall (7th) 4-04
Long Jump — Houston (2nd) 16-06; K. Jacobsen (6th) 14-02 *PR*; Walling (10th) 13-06 *PR*
6th/7th grade:
100 — Beckett Green (1st) 13.54; Roger Merino-Martinez (2nd) 13.84; Leonardo Rodriguez (5th) 14.69; Wyatt Fitch-Marron (6th) 14.69; Daniel Payan Vasquez (7th) 14.90 *PR*; Carson Grove (9th) 14.94; Collin Mirabile (11th) 15.68 *PR*; Johnathan Jacobsen (12th) 15.77; Kion Tellery (13th) 16.56 *PR*; Khanor Jump (15th) 16.77 *PR*; Benji Wertz (16th) 16.89; Isaiah Allen (20th) 18.59
200 — Green (1st) 28.30; Merino-Martinez (2nd) 28.48 *PR*
400 — Nathan Niewald (1st) 1:17.08 *PR*; Diego Gonzalez (2nd) 1:22.15 *PR*
800 — Shiloh Sandlin (1st) 2:31.47 *PR*
1600 — N. Niewald (3rd) 6:38.10; Brantley Campbell (4th) 6:54.62; Edmund Kunz (5th) 6:56.14; Gonzalez (7th) 7:21.20; Ossian Merkel (9th) 7:29.17 *PR*
110 Hurdles — Rodriguez (3rd) 21.26 *PR*; Nick Laska (4th) 21.33 *PR*; Campbell (7th) 22.63; Payan Vasquez (8th) 24.17 *PR*
4 x 100 Relay — Laska, N. Niewald, Merino-Martinez, Green (1st) 54.08
Shot Put — Laska (1st) 31-08 *PR*; Mirabile (3rd) 26-04.50 *PR*; Green (4th) 25-10 *PR*; Sandlin (6th) 22-11 *PR*; Jump (7th) 21-08.50 *PR*; J. Jacobsen (8th) 19-10 *PR*; Allen (12th) 17-00; Tellery (13th) 16-10 *PR*; Wertz (14th) 16-06.50 *PR*; Kunz (15th) 13-03.50
Discus — Laska (1st) 86-05 *PR*; Campbell (2nd) 76-10 *PR*; Jump (4th) 64-11; Grove (5th) 64-01; Kunz (10th) 45-04 *PR*; Gonzalez (11th) 37-09 *PR*; Tellery (15th) 31-00 *PR*
High Jump — Fitch-Marron (1st) 4-08; J. Jacobsen (2nd) 4-04 *PR*; Mirabile (3rd) 4-04 *PR*; Merkel (5th) 3-10 *PR*; Payan Vasquez (6th) 3-10 *PR*; Wertz (7th) 3-10 *PR*; Allen (8th) 3-08
Long Jump — Sandlin (1st) 15-02 *PR*; Merino-Martinez (2nd) 14-10; Fitch-Marron (3rd) 13-11.50 *PR*; N. Niewald (5th) 13-10 *PR*; Grove (6th) 13-00; Gonzalez (7th) 12-09 *PR*; Rodriguez (9th) 12-01; Campbell (10th) 11-02.50; Kunz (14th) 10-04; Merkel (18th) 8-01; Tellery (20th) 7-05 *PR*
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