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Tate’s fate? To be great!

Posted in Track, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on April 19, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Tate Wyman eyeballs the competition. (Photo courtesy Amber Wyman)

You can start calling him Tate the Great.

Saturday was a standout day for Coupeville grad Tate Wyman, now a sophomore track and field athlete plying his trade a state away.

Competing on his home turf at the Oregon Tech Invitational in Klamath Falls, the former Wolf put in his strongest performance of the season, winning two of three events he vied in.

Wyman soared 21 feet, eight inches in the long jump, setting a PR and finishing an impressive eight inches better than anyone else in the field.

He also ran a leg on a triumphant 4 x 100 relay unit which set a season best at 42.66 seconds, before finishing the day as part of a 4 x 400 squad which hit the tape in 3:38.27, earning 5th.

Coming off today’s home meet, the Hustlin’ Owls are slated to be back in action next Saturday, April 26, traveling to Salem, Oregon for the Berney Classic.

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She’s a triple threat, son

Posted in Track, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on April 19, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Taygin Jump whirls into action. (Photo courtesy Christina Jump)

Let it fly!

Coupeville grad Taygin Jump, now a sophomore at Plattsburgh State, kept busy Saturday, competing in three events at the Middlebury Invitational in Vermont.

The former Wolf topped out with a 4th place finish in the javelin, tossing her implement 93 feet, nine inches.

Jump also chucked the hammer 101-10 and smashed her PR in the discus with a throw of 77-05.

The triple-threat performance allowed her to keep a season of success rolling along, but she’s not done yet.

Plattsburgh State is slated to be in Canton, New York next Friday, April 25 for the SLU Twilight Invite hosted by St. Lawrence University.

Jump, who is majoring in Environmental Planning & Management/Geology, was a top-notch volleyball player (school and club) and track and field athlete during her days growing up in Coupeville.

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Sunny skies, sizzlin’ performances

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on April 17, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Aleksia Jump prepares to fly into the wild blue yonder. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

It was a day for winners.

Hosting its first home meet of the season Wednesday, the Coupeville High School track and field team went wild in the sun, racking up 12 wins, 62 PRs, and a ton of positive memories.

Toss in a team title for the Wolf boys, and the fact that an athlete accidentally left behind by Orcas Island eventually got retrieved, and things were fairly peachy all around.

“Thanks to our all-star crew, it ran smoother than a sprinter on a tailwind,” said CHS coach Bob Martin.

“Christi Messner, Jen Marzocca, Aimee Bishop, and Barbi Ford worked their magic on the timing system, Jerry Helm fired the gun like a pro, and Neil Rixe caught every finish with eagle-eyed precision.

“Huge thanks to the incredible coaches who jumped in to help run events, so every athlete had a chance to shine.

“And let’s not forget our legendary team parents — fueling the crew with hot chili, soup, and enough snacks to power a relay team. It truly takes a village to run a meet, and Coupeville showed up in style.”

The Wolf boys topped the 13-team field with a 219-point explosion, putting them way ahead of runner-up La Conner (103), while the Wolf girls (98) were third, behind Mount Vernon Christian (185) and La Conner (111.5).

Axel Marshall (left) and Cael Wilson discuss strategy.

Cael Wilson led the way, picking up three individual wins (high jump, pole vault, long jump), while also running a leg on a triumphant 4 x 400 relay squad.

Carson Field (800, 1600, 3200), Katie Marti (discus, javelin), Lyla Stuurmans (800), and Matthew Ward (triple jump) also came out on top, as did the boys 4 x 100 unit.

The Wolves get back at it this Saturday, but with a change in their game plan.

Originally slated to travel to Cashmere, they are instead trekking off to the Forks Lion Club Invitational.

 

Wednesday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

100 — Laken Simpson (13th) 14.61; Willow Leedy-Bonifas (27th) 15.43

200 — Isa Mc Fetridge (10th) 30.88

400 — Olivia Hall (5th) 1:10.63 *PR*; Marin Winger (8th) 1:16.61; Ivy Rudat (9th) 1:16.64

800 — Lyla Stuurmans (1st) 2:41.43; Mikayla Wagner (5th) 3:02.90 *PR*; I. Rudat (8th) 3:15.39; Lexis Drake (9th) 3:26.80

1600 — Stuurmans (3rd) 5:55.39 *PR*; Wagner (7th) 6:31.13 *PR*; Aleksia Jump (11th) 6:36.43; Lillian Ketterling (12th) 6:58.63 *PR*; Devon Wyman (13th) 7:58.17

100 Hurdles — Myra McDonald (8th) 20.51; Ari Cunningham (10th) 21.74; Frankie Tenore (12th) 24.57

300 Hurdles — McDonald (9th) 1:02.2; A. Cunningham (12th) 1:06.14; Tenore (13th) 1:08.00 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — A. Cunningham, Mc Fetridge, Ayden Wyman, Leedy-Bonifas (5th) 58.43

4 x 400 Relay — Hall, Winger, Drake, Simpson (2nd) 5:02.04

Shot Put — Katie Marti (2nd) 31-02; Emma McFadden (14th) 20-05 *PR*

Discus — Marti (1st) 100-06 *PR*; Ketterling (6th) 75-02 *PR*; McFadden (23rd) 49-08.50 *PR*

Javelin — Marti (1st) 99-02

High Jump — A. Wyman (6th) 4-06; Tenore (7th) 4-04

Pole Vault — A. Jump (2nd) 7-00; Ketterling (3rd) 6-00 *PR*; I. Rudat (4th) 6-00 *PR*

Long Jump — Leedy-Bonifas (7th) 13-06 *PR*; A. Cunningham (10th) 13-05 *PR*; Mc Fetridge (13th) 12-10 *PR*

 

BOYS:

100 — Chase Anderson (3rd) 11.88; Matthew Ward (8th) 12.20 *PR*; Marquette Cunningham (9th) 12.24; Davin Houston (10th) 12.29; Liam Blas (12th) 12.42 *PR*; Easton Green (21st) 12.70 *PR*; Marcelo Gebhard (23rd) 12.73; Beckett Green (27th) 12.85 *PR*; Nathan Coxsey (37th) 13.02; Will Tierney (51st) 13.67 *PR*; Richmond Bandong (52nd) 13.71; Nikolas Rogers (57th) 14.06 *PR*; Diego Gonzalez (60th) 14.52 *PR*; William Hamm (74th) 17.36 *PR*

200 — Anderson (2nd) 24.33; Houston (4th) 25.09; M. Cunningham (5th) 25.31; Ward (7th) 25.48; Blake Burrows (8th) 25.81; E. Green (9th) 25.85; B. Green (12th) 26.07 *PR*; Coxsey (21st) 27.51; Edmund Wilson (22nd) 27.61; Bandong (24th) 28.20 *PR*; Rogers (26th) 28.98 *PR*; Gonzalez (30th) 30.40 *PR*; Hamm (37th) 35.93 *PR*

400 — Preston Epp (2nd) 52.48 *PR*; Burrows (7th) 56.50 *PR*; Dane Hadsall (15th) 58.80 *PR*; Weyl (21st) 1:02.61 *PR*; Malachi Somes (24th) 1:04.38 *PR*; Tierney (25th) 1:05.14 *PR*; Rogers (27th) 1:10.44

800 — Carson Field (1st) 2:10.76; Kenneth Jacobsen (5th) 2:20.34; Joshua Stockdale (6th) 2:21.32 *PR*; Solomon Rudat (7th) 2:25.35 *PR*; Ethan Walling (8th) 2:33.65 *PR*; Johnathan Jacobsen (12th) 2:55.00; Isaiah Allen (15th) 3:07.45

1600 — Field (1st) 4:52.89; Malachi Somes (2nd) 4:59.01 *PR*; Stockdale (5th) 5:15.96; George Spear (6th) 5:22.29; Walling (18th) 5:55.52; Edmund Kunz (19th) 5:55.61 *PR*; Allen (22nd) 6:26.77

3200 — Field (1st) 10:50.81 *PR*; Spear (4th) 11:15.83; Walling (8th) 12:43.72 *PR*; Kunz (9th) 12:45.31 *PR*; K. Jacobsen (9th) 12:45.31

110 Hurdles — Axel Marshall (4th) 19.20

300 Hurdles — Blas (2nd) 47.32 *PR*; Marshall (5th) 48.29 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — M. Cunningham, Gebhard, Epp, Anderson (1st) 45.75; Hadsall, E. Green, B. Green, Ward (4th) 48.44; Badong, Coxsey, Tierney, E. Wilson (8th) 51.06

4 x 400 Relay — Anderson, Blas, Cael Wilson, Epp (1st) 3:46.51; Hadsall, Burrows, Badong, Weyl (4th) 4:19.58

Shot Put — Zac Tackett (7th) 34-01.50; Gebhard (8th) 33-09.50; Khanor Jump (12th) 30-06.25; Mason Butler (23rd) 27-00; David Somes (25th) 26-05.50 *PR*; K. Jacobsen (34th) 24-05.25; Zach Blitch (39th) 22-04.50 *PR*

Discus — Butler (4th) 107-03; K. Jacobsen (11th) 92-10.50 *PR*; Blas (14th) 85-07.50; J. Jacobsen (25th) 69-05.50 *PR*; Nicholas Wasik (26th) 67-03.50; D. Somes (32nd) 60-04.50 *PR*; Blitch (37th) 52-11

Javelin — Gebhard (6th) 122-08; M. Somes (14th) 102-05; D. Somes (34th) 75-00 *PR*; Rogers (38th) 68-11; J. Jacobsen (41st) 63-07 *PR*

High Jump — C. Wilson (1st) 6-01 *PR*; Wyatt Fitch-Marron (5th) 5-04; Houston (9th) 5-04; J. Jacobsen (12th) 5-02 *PR*; Tierney (19th) 4-10 *PR*

Pole Vault — C. Wilson (1st) 12-00; Marshall (3rd) 10-00; S. Rudat (6th) 8-00 *PR*; Kunz (8th) 6-06 *PR*

Long Jump — C. Wilson (1st) 20-00 *PR*; Fitch-Marron (13th) 16-03 *PR*; B. Green (15th) 16-02 *PR*; E. Wilson (18th) 16-00 *PR*; M. Somes (22nd) 15-06; S. Rudat (25th) 15-02; Coxsey (27th) 15-00 *PR*

Triple Jump — Ward (1st) 39-06.25; Marshall (3rd) 36-02 *PR*

“Fly away and pierce the sky!”

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Wolves vie for top marks

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on April 14, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Preston Epp is coming for all the top times. (Bailey Thule photo)

The Wolves had a good weekend.

Back from a two-week break, the Coupeville High School track and field squad lit up the Birger Solberg Invitational in Bellingham Saturday, and it has paid off big time.

As we scan the best times and distances statewide, there are 12 CHS athletes who currently land in the top 10 rankings for 2B schools, with nearly half of those top-level performances having been thrown down two days ago.

There’s still plenty of time, and competition, left in the season, starting with a home meet this Wednesday at Mickey Clark Field for the Wolves.

But here’s where we sit through April 14:

 

GIRLS:

800 — Lyla Stuurmans (8th) 2:33.53

Shot Put — Katie Marti (7th) 32-11

Pole Vault — Aleksia Jump (7th-tie) 7-00

 

BOYS:

400 — Preston Epp (6th) 52.62

800 — Carson Field (4th) 2:05.85

4 x 100 Relay — Marquette Cunningham, Davin Houston, Epp, Chase Anderson (8th) 45.67

4 x 400 Relay — Anderson, Blake Burrows, Cael Wilson, Epp (4th) 3:38.79

High Jump — Wilson (4th) 6-00; Houston (6th-tie) 5-08

Pole Vault — Wilson (4th-tie) 11-06; Axel Marshall (9th) 10-06

Long Jump — Wilson (10th) 19-11.25

Triple Jump — Matthew Ward (6th) 39-11

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CHS track back on the attack

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on April 12, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Laken Simpson and teammates are back in action. (Photo courtesy Rainy Simpson)

The second half run begins.

Returning from a spring break layoff, the Coupeville High School track and field squad jumped right into the deep end Saturday, competing at the 31-team Birger Solberg Invitational in Bellingham.

Despite repping one of the smallest student bodies in the field, the Wolves held their own against their big school rivals.

Coupeville’s girls finished 17th in the team standings, with their male counterparts claiming 18th on their side of the leaderboard.

Shorecrest (girls) and Shorewood (boys), both 3A schools, finished atop the standings.

On an individual basis, Katie Marti and Matthew Ward had the best performances for the Wolves.

Marti finished 2nd in the shot put, out of 30 competitors, and 3rd (of 28) in the discus, while Ward was 4th (of 17) in the triple jump.

The Solberg meet, hosted by Sehome, featured several events the Wolves don’t normally see, such as a 4 x 800 relay and a steeplechase.

The Wolves showed up, and showed out. (Photo courtesy Bob Martin)

With the Wolves racking up 16 PRs Saturday against stellar competition, it’s a strong start to the latter part of the season.

“A bright and energetic day as we eased back into the groove after spring break,” said Wolf coaches Bob Martin and Elizabeth Bitting.

“Plenty of sunshine, strong finishes, and everyone held their own.”

Coupeville has three meets left, two at their own stadium, before beginning postseason action at the Northwest 2B/1B League Championships.

Up first is a home meet Wednesday, April 16, followed by a trip to the Cashmere Invitational three days later.

 

Saturday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

100 — Laken Simpson (35th) 14.73

200 — Isa Mc Fetridge (35th) 30.88 *PR*

400 — Noelle Western (20th) 1:13.03 *PR*

800 — Lyla Stuurmans (14th) 2:38.85

1600 — Aleksia Jump (54th) 6:44.64 *PR*; Mikayla Wagner (55th) 6:46.16

100 Hurdles — Myra McDonald (26th) 20.23 *PR*

300 Hurdles — McDonald (28th) 1:04.91

2K Steeplechase — Stuurmans (6th) 8:33.29 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Ari Cunningham, Willow Leedy-Bonifas, Ayden Wyman, Mc Fetridge (10th) 58.66

4 x 200 Relay — Simpson, Mc Fetridge, Olivia Hall, Leedy-Bonifas (9th) 2:03.12

4 x 400 Relay — Simpson, Lexis Drake, Western, Leedy-Bonifas (9th) 5:04.03

4 x 800 Relay — Ivy Rudat, Drake, Lillian Ketterling, Wagner (10th) 12:39.65

Shot Put — Katie Marti (2nd) 32-11

Discus — Marti (3rd) 98-05 *PR*; Ketterling (21st) 67-09

Javelin — Marti (12th) 84-06

Long Jump — A. Cunningham (22nd) 12-07

 

BOYS:

100 — Chase Anderson (21st) 11.76; Marquette Cunningham (25th) 11.86; Davin Houston (31st) 12.00

200 — Anderson (27th) 24.47

400 — Preston Epp (10th) 52.62 *PR*

800 — Carson Field (9th) 2:06.40

1600 — Field (39th) 4:54.38

1600 (Freshman/Sophomore) — Joshua Stockdale (33rd) 5:15.79 *PR*

3200 — George Spear (26th) 10:59.44

110 Hurdles — Axel Marshall (15th) 19.09 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Liam Blas (16th) 48.90; Marshall (20th) 50.06

2K Steeplechase — Field (11th) 7:35.51 *PR*; Spear (13th) 7:43.82 *PR*; Marshall (18th) 8:09.20 *PR*; Dane Hadsall (20th) 8:32.16 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — M. Cunningham, Houston, Epp, Anderson (5th) 45.67

4 x 400 Relay — Anderson, Blake Burrows, Cael Wilson, Epp (6th) 3:38.79

4 x 800 Relay — Kenneth Jacobsen, Solomon Rudat, Malachi Somes, Stockdale (13th) 9:51.73

Shot Put — Zac Tackett (24th) 34-01.50

Discus — Tackett (15th) 117-00; Mason Butler (27th) 101-03

Javelin — Marcelo Gebhard (21st) 122-11 *PR*

High Jump — Houston (8th) 5-06; Wyatt Fitch-Marron (14th) 5-04

Pole Vault — Wilson (9th) 11-06; Marshall (20th) 10-06

Long Jump — Wilson (5th) 19-11.25 *PR*

Triple Jump — Matthew Ward (4th) 39-11 *PR*

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