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Dirty Divas get a little messy!!

Posted in Running on May 18, 2013| 1 Comment »

Robyn (left) and Julia Myers. (Rob Myers photos)

Dirty Divas — post-race.

You can’t outrun the mud.

That moment when we were still clean.

Some people get covered in color, others get covered in mud.

While runners in Coupeville got splashed Saturday morning, a group of local women — Whidbey’s Dirty Divas — went off-Island and participated in the Dirty Girl Mud Run.

Not so much a race as an experience — where the competitors wear wild uniforms and get slightly, well, dirty — it highlights team fun and personal accomplishment over winning a medal.

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Let it rain every color of the rainbow!!

Posted in Community Sports, Running on May 18, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Mckenzie and Caleb Meyer embrace after the race. (Photos courtesy Mckenzie Meyer)

Mckenzie and lil’ brother Caleb Meyer embrace after the race. (Photos courtesy Mckenzie Meyer)

Left to right, Aiden Crimmins, Mckenzie Meyer, Lauren Bayne, Hayley Dauphinais and Maggie Crimmins.

Left to right, CMS athletic stars Aiden Crimmins, Mckenzie Meyer, Lauren Bayne, Hayley Dauphinais and Maggie Crimmins.

“We are the champions … of the world!!”

Maggie Crimmins gets up close and personal. (Jodi Crimmins photos)

Kristi Etzell (in glasses) and the adults got into the fun, too.

Nathan Kircher, king of the 5K. (Dawn Kircher photo)

Different year, same messy result.

33 years to the day Mt. St. Helen’s blew, dust was flying everywhere again.

This time, instead of ash, it was colored corn starch and water, however, as runners in the CES Color Splash Run/Walk were pelted Saturday morning.

In the end, it was just as messy as May 18, 1980, but a lot more pleasant for all involved — many of whom weren’t born when the mountain blew.

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Ty Eck has speed to burn!!

Posted in Community Sports, Running on April 29, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Ty Eck sets a winning pace. (John Fisken photo)

Ty Eck sets a quick pace. (John Fisken photos)

Kyle Jacobsen heads home.

The younger they are, the faster they go.

That seemed to be the truth at last weekend’s Eagle Run 5K in Oak Harbor, where four of the top five finishers were 14 or younger. Still, a 40-year old guy lapped them all, with Andrew Wyman holding off the youngsters by two full minutes.

12-year-old Ty Eck was the pride of Coupeville, claiming 4th overall (3rd in his age group).

The race started and finished at Windjammer Park and wound around the marina.

Complete Coupeville results (hey, it’s not called Oak Harbor/Marysville/Arlington Sports, is it?):

WOMEN’S DIVISION:

Suzanne Copenhaver (5th) 26:00.43
Michelle Renninger (6th) 26:33.34
Irais Reyes (10th) 28:01.55
Bessie Walstad (14th) 29:01.99
Kenia Eck (30th) 36:18.74
Linda Kincaid (32nd) 37:16.93
Denise Buys (33rd) 37:41.84
Renee Walstad (42nd) 43:16.71
Susan Rose (43rd) 43:17.34

MEN’S DIVISION:

Kyle Jacobsen (12th) 24:42.58
Phillip Renninger (16th) 26:28.30
Josh Wilsey (24th) 29:01.49
James Stellar (25th) 29:30.55
Mark Russell (32nd) 38:23.34

YOUTH (14 & Under) DIVISION:

Ty Eck (3rd) 21:08.58
Thomas Buys (10th) 25:16.27
Gabriel Eck (11th) 25:21.74
Logan Copenhaver (12th) 25:52.81
Brody Copenhaver (13th) 25:54.14
Grant Stellar (15th) 29:13.87
Andrew Buys (25th) 37:42.68

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Whidbey Island Marathon has a Coupeville flavor!!

Posted in Running on April 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Lindsey Helm celebrates the end of the Half-Marathon with her daughter. (Jerry Helm photo)

Former Wolf basketball star Christian Townsdin returned to the Island for the race. (Peggy Darst Townsdin photo)

Former Wolf basketball star Christian Townsdin returned to the Island from Edmonds for the race. (Peggy Darst Townsdin photos)

Townsdin crosses the finish line.

It’s quality over quantity for Coupeville.

The little town that could had only two runners in a field of 249 at the Whidbey Island Marathon Sunday, yet both finished in the top ten in their class.

James Stellar was the 10th fastest man (13th fastest overall) in three hours, thirteen minutes, 34 seconds. Meanwhile, Laura Luginbill was even better, finishing sixth among women (29th overall) and qualifying for the Boston Marathon with a time of 3:34:28.

Steve DeKoker of Seattle and Nichole Porath of Northfield, Minnesota won the titles.

Porath previously competed at the Olympic Trials and is the current world record holder for the Womens’ Indoor Marathon.

While Coupeville might not have had a huge presence in the full marathon, we were much more represented in the Half-Marathon, with 18 town residents running 13.1 miles and another three competing in the walk.

And no, I’m not going to list all 963 finishers in the Half-Marathon run and all 134 finishers in the Half-Marathon walk.

Don’t like it? Move to Coupeville before the next race then. This site is called Coupeville Sports, after all.

Half-Marathon (Run):

Jonmichael Chombeau (207th) 1:52:48
Katrina Furness (253rd) 1:55:49
Seth Luginbill (288th) 1:57:27
Sarah Chombeau (291st) 1:57:58
Suzanne Copenhaver (305th) 1:58:40
Ben Robinett (435th) 2:07:01
Jim Boer (441st) 2:07:23
Maria Hall (501st) 2:11:01
Lindsey Helm (534th) 2:12:39
Kim Robinett (571st) 2:14:52
Betsy Brace (585th) 2:15:15
Kimberly Chochon (678th) 2:21:06
Robert Bishop (682nd) 2:21:16
Terri Eggers (895th) 2:52:44
Shari Murray (903rd) 2:55:22
Lincoln Kelley (916th) 2:58:04
John Eggers (919th) 2:59:40
Carolyn Horning (930rd) 3:08:49

Half-Marathon (Walk):

Joan Chochon (87th) 3:37:30
Sheryl Soto (88th) 3:37:31
Sue Payton (103rd) 3:48:28

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Hey, Makana Stone’s brother is kinda fast, too!!

Posted in Community Sports, Running on April 14, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Andre Stone

Before Makana Stone, there was Andre Stone, and he was quick.

Maybe not as quick as his sister (who is?), but still able to put one foot in front of the other faster than most people.

The Coupeville High School grad, who was a talented soccer player during his time in the red and black, was the fastest runner from Coupeville Saturday (and 2nd of 164 runners) in the Whidbey Island 5K. The event was the lead-in to Sunday’s Whidbey Island Marathon.

Stone dueled with James Sandoral of Colorado Springs for the title, with the 29-year-old interloper edging the 19-year-old pride of Whidbey by 13 seconds.

Sandoral clocked in at 20 minutes, 31 seconds, while Stone hit the tape at 20:44. The third-place finisher was nearly four minutes off their pace.

Other Coupeville racers:

Sage Renninger (14th) 27:58
Phillip Renninger (29th) 31:16
Leslie Vance (31st) 32:01
Nora Durand (88th) 42:41
Kenia Eck (98th) 44:47
Rick Hardcastle (152nd) 1:03:53
Gayle Nixon (153rd) 1:03:54

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