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   Jacob Smith is among the best in 1A this spring in the 100 and 200. (Deb Smith photo)

What have you done for me lately?

Track and field is a fickle world, and while Coupeville High School has athletes with Top 10 performances in eight different categories in 1A this spring, not all of those Wolves are guaranteed to be competing in two weeks at Districts.

For example, Jacob Martin has the 7th best performance in the long jump among all 1A boys, but it came back on Mar. 16 at the Island Jamboree.

A fourth-place finish at the Olympic League’s Sub-District meet Saturday, where he missed his PR by two feet, puts him, like several of his teammates, in a precarious position.

Only the top three finishers at Sub-Districts are guaranteed berths at Districts May 19-20 in Renton.

Fourth-place finishers, like Martin, have to wait until the Nisqually League holds its Sub-District meet next weekend.

After that, the #4 finisher in the OL will be compared to the #5 finisher from the NL, with the better time or place grabbing the 8th and final slot to Districts.

It would be cruel if Martin, or high jumper Cassidy Moody or the CHS girls 4 x 100 relay team, which dropped a baton at Sub-Districts, were denied a chance to go to Districts, but it’s possible.

High school track and field both honors those who excelled early in the season and then ignores your credentials and demands you produce at every step in the postseason to keep moving forward.

Which, in the end, is no different than say, an undefeated baseball team taking its first loss at state and being denied a championship.

We’ll see how track plays out in the next four weeks, but, for now, we stop to pay tribute to those who, postseason results or not, currently sit among the best that 1A has produced in 2017.

Rankings valid as of 10:12 AM Sunday:

Girls:

100 Hurdles — Lindsey Roberts (8th) 16.17

4 x 100 Relay — Lauren Grove, Mallory Kortuem, Maya Toomey-Stout, Roberts (9th) 52.11

4 x 200 Relay — Grove, Kortuem, Toomey-Stout, Roberts (4th) 1:48.62

High Jump — Cassidy Moody (6th) 5-00

Boys:

100 — Jacob Smith (8th) 11.32

200 — Smith (5th) 23.05

Long Jump — Jacob Martin (7th) 20-07

Triple Jump — Mitchell Carroll (6th) 42-06.50

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   CHS freshman Gabe Carlson, shadowed by lil’ sis Emmy, set PRs in the 800 and pole vault Saturday at Sub-Districts. (Angi Carlson photo)

   Wolves (l to r) Raven Vick, Ja’Tarya Hoskins, Cassidy Moody (blanket) and Willow Vick hang out in the sun. (Maria Reyes photo)

   With wins in the 100, 200 and 4 x 400, Jacob Smith was picked as the 1A Male Track Athlete of the Meet. (Dawnelle Conlisk photo)

   After a strong day at Sub-Districts, Lauren Bayne is headed to Districts in the javelin and high jump. (Reyes photo)

They had themselves quite a day.

The Coupeville High School track and field team dominated Saturday at the 1A Olympic League Sub-District meet in Poulsbo.

Where to start?

At the top, where the Wolf girls ended up, and they will add a plaque to the school’s Wall of Fame.

Paced by freshman Maya Toomey-Stout and senior Skyler Lawrence, Coupeville collected five wins and 12 PRs while advancing at least 13 girls on to Districts.

With 102 points, the Wolves topped Klahowya (93), Port Townsend (50) and Chimacum (19) to reign as 1A League/Sub-District champs.

CHS finished 5th overall (out of 11 teams) in the Olympic League Championships.

That scoring system pitted the four 1A schools against the seven 2A schools which also sit under the league’s banner.

Toomey-Stout, who won the 100 and 200, while also running a leg on a victorious 4 x 200 relay team, was picked as the 1A Female Track Athlete of the Meet.

Lawrence, who claimed first in shot put and second in discus, was the 1A Female Field Athlete of the Meet.

Naika Hallam rounded out the female Wolf winners, capturing the javelin title.

On the boys side, CHS finished second in Sub-Districts, 5th in the OLC.

Port Townsend won the 1A boys title with 93 points, while Klahowya (75) narrowly edged Coupeville (74). Chimacum (19) was a distant fourth.

Ginormous 2A school North Kitsap won both team titles in the OLC tally.

The Coupeville boys were led by sprinter Jacob Smith, who was tabbed as the 1A Male Track Athlete of the Meet.

He won the 100 and 200 (a race in which his winning 1A time was better than any 2A runner) and ran a leg on a triumphant 4 x 400 unit.

Super sophomore Danny Conlisk joined Smith as a three-time winner, capturing the 400 and 800 in addition to being on the relay squad.

Ariah Bepler (High Jump) and Mitchell Carroll (Triple Jump) rounded out the Wolf boys who won league titles.

Carroll won his event by edging Port Townsend’s transcendent Seren Dances, who won three events (Long Jump, 110 Hurdles, 300 Hurdles).

Coupeville is off until May 19-20, when it clashes with the best of the Nisqually League at the District meet in Renton.

Top three finishers from Sub-Districts are guaranteed a berth at Districts, the last stop before state.

For those who finished fourth in Poulsbo, they have to wait a week until the Nisqually League holds its Sub-District meet.

With five 1A schools to the Olympic League’s four, the Nisqually is guaranteed four slots at districts.

The #4 finisher in each event from the OL will be compared to the #5 finisher in the NL, with the better time or distance getting the eighth and final slot to districts.

Coupeville had 12 fourth-place finishes, the most shocking coming in the girls 4 x 100.

That relay unit, which is ranked #9 in all of 1A, had a baton drop and scrambled to recover against teams they would have normally thrashed.

For now, CHS knows it will advance a minimum of 20 athletes (13 girls and seven boys), with six of them having qualified in three events.

Complete Sub-Districts results: 

Girls:

100 — Maya Toomey-Stout (1st) 13.33 *PR*; Mallory Kortuem (4th) 13.55 *PR*; Ja’Tarya Hoskins (6th) 14.27

200 — M. Toomey-Stout (1st) 27.10 *PR*; Lauren Grove (2nd) 27.78

400 — Ashlie Shank (5th) 1:11.14 *PR*; Natalie Hollrigel (6th) 1:13.79 *PR*

800 — Kortuem (4th) 2:44.34; Lucy Sandahl (5th) 2:45.97

1600 — Sandahl (4th) 5:56.31 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Lindsey Roberts (2nd) 16.17 *PR*; Hoskins (4th) 19.84 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Mckenzie Meyer (2nd) 54.11 *PR*; Allison Wenzel (3rd) 1:00.60

4 x 100 Relay — Grove, Kortuem, M. Toomey-Stout, Roberts (4th) 57.26

4 x 200 Relay — Grove, Kortuem, M. Toomey-Stout, Roberts (1st) 1:48.62

4 x 400 Relay — Sandahl, Hollrigel, Shank, Meyer (2nd) 4:53.55

Shot put — Skyler Lawrence (1st) 29-02.50; Alexxis Otto (3rd) 28-00 *PR*; Emma Smith (5th) 26-03; Ema Smith (8th) 23-00

Discus — Lawrence (2nd) 84-09; Wenzel (3rd) 81-10 *PR*; Otto (4th) 79-06; Emma Smith (5th) 72-07

Javelin — Naika Hallam (1st) 91-07; Lauren Bayne (2nd) 87-09; Abby Parker (5th) 82-11 *PR*; Wenzel (6th) 82-00; Raven Vick (7th) 72-00

High Jump — Bayne (3rd) 4-06; Cassidy Moody (4th) 4-04

Pole Vault — Meyer (2nd) 6-00

Long Jump — Roberts (2nd) 15-05; Aurora Zanardi (4th) 13-08.75

Triple Jump — Zanardi (2nd) 29-08.50; Grove (5th) 29-00.50

Boys:

100 — Jacob Smith (1st) 11.60; Jacob Martin (5th) 12.03 *PR*

200 — J. Smith (1st) 23.05

400 — Danny Conlisk (1st) 52.01 *PR*

800 — Conlisk (1st) 2:11.73; Gabe Carlson (5th) 2:26.10 *PR*

1600 — Henry Wynn (5th) 5:13.06

110 Hurdles — Jakobi Baumann (5th) 22.66 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Baumann (5th) 53.14 *PR*

4 x 400 Relay — Wynn, J. Smith, Mitchell Carroll, Conlisk (1st) 3:40.18

Shot Put — Chris Battaglia (4th) 35-06; Ryan Labrador (7th) 33-01

Discus — Battaglia (4th) 109-02 *PR*; Grey Rische (6th) 104-08 *PR*

Javelin — Martin (4th) 127-11; Rische (5th) 121-08; Battaglia (7th) 115-09

High Jump — Ariah Bepler (1st) 5-06 *PR*; Battaglia (3rd) 5-06 *PR*

Pole Vault — Carlson (5th) 7-00 *PR*

Long Jump — Carroll (2nd) 19-06.25 *PR*; Cameron Toomey-Stout (3rd) 19-05.50 *PR*; Martin (4th) 18-06.75; Bepler (5th) 18-00.75 *PR*

Triple Jump — Carroll (1st) 42-06

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Cookies are handed out for PRs. (Elizabeth Bitting photo)

   A Wolf prepares to heave the shot put into the great wide open. (Deb Smith photo)

   Track — a whole lot of waiting around, followed by running as fast as you can, then waiting some more for your next event. (Susan Hulst photo)

It was a day for PRs, and cookies.

Competing at a three-team meet in Port Townsend Wednesday, the Coupeville Middle School track squad ripped up its record books.

Logan Martin smashed his PR in the turbo javelin by an astonishing 47 feet, and that was just the start.

Others making big moves included Ben Smith (a 24-foot improvement in the javelin), Emily Fiedler (a 10-foot jump in the same event) and Catherine Lhamon (a 22-second time drop in the 800).

“I could go on and on!! It was a good day!!!,” said CMS coach Elizabeth Bitting.

The Wolves return home for their first meet on the school’s new track Tuesday, May 9.

Complete Wednesday results:

Girls:

60 — Ja’Kenya Hoskins 8.43; Emily Fiedler 9.05; Maddy Andrews 9.60

100 — Kiara Contreras 15.09; Kylie Chernikoff 16.01; Angelina Gebhard 16.02

200 — Hoskins 30.15; Bella Velasco 34.84; Alana Mihill 40.15

800 — Catherine Lhamon 3:14.40; Adair De Jesus-Ramirez 3:16.40; Mihill 3:28.70

1600 — De Jesus-Ramirez 7:00

75 Hurdles — Contreras 16.60

4 x 100 Relay — De Jesus-Ramirez, Gebhard, Noelle Daigneault, Velasco 1:04.05

4 x 200 Relay — Hoskins, Contreras, Gebhard, Velasco 2:09.07

Shot Put — Chernikoff 20-05; Daigneault 18-05; Andrews 11-07

Discus — Chernikoff 53-00

Turbo Javelin — Fiedler 72-08; Ella Colwell 52-02; Daigneault 50-02; Lhamon 32-05

Long Jump — Gebhard 13-05; Hoskins 12-01.25; Contreras 10-4.25; Colwell 8-09; Chernikoff 7-10

High Jump — Fiedler 4-02

Boys:

60 — Sam Wynn 8.02; Sage Downes 8.09

100 — Jake Mitten 12.81; Aiden Burdge 13.75; Downes 14.02; Ben Smith 14.28; Zach Murtha 14.58, Gabe Shaw 15.48; Trystan Ford 16.08; Alex Jimenez 16.78; James Mayne 17.37

1600 — Connor Barton 5:48; Wynn 5:50; Murtha 6:14; TJ Rickner 6:58

75 Hurdles — Mayne 18.75

200 Hurdles — Smith 33.06; Barton 34.28

4 x 100 Relay — Wynn, Burdge, Downes, Mitten 54.80; Murtha, Smith, Logan Martin, Barton 57.00

Shot Put — Ford 23-08; Jimenez 23-07.50; Shaw 22-09.50

Discus — Ford 57-00; Jimenez 44-02; Shaw 44-01

Turbo Javelin — Martin 144-06; Smith 98-06; Ford 76-08; Rickner 73-09; Logan Wertz 68-02; Jimenez 44-03

Long Jump — Wynn 14-05; Barton 13-09.50

High Jump — Martin 4-10; Mitten 4-10

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   Dalton Martin (right), reunited with CHS track guru Randy King. (Abbie Martin photo)

Former Wolves can be found in places other than baseball or softball diamonds.

Dalton Martin, a freshman at Everett Community College, is busy pursuing his dream of chucking the discus at the next level, and his latest stop was in Bellingham.

Competing at the 36th annual Ralph Vernacchia Track and Field Meet at Civic Stadium Saturday, he unleashed a throw of 137 feet, 10 inches.

That gave him 10th place in a field of 20 competitors.

During his high school days, Martin became the first Coupeville High School athlete in 116 years to earn three throwing medals at the same state track meet.

He finished 2nd in the discus and 8th in the shot put and javelin as a senior.

That last event was a bit of a surprise, as Martin had only thrown the javelin once in competition before that postseason.

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   CHS sophomore Lindsey Roberts (center) is in the Top 10 among all 1A athletes in three events. (Deb Smith photo)

They’re contenders.

As track and field heads to the start line for postseason action, a pack of skilled Coupeville High School athletes lead the way.

The Elite Eight, which includes three freshmen, one sophomore, one junior and three seniors, currently hold positions in the Top 10 among all 1A participants.

Lindsey Roberts is the pace car, with her name appearing three times, while Jacob Smith is the lone Wolf to pop up in two individual events.

Where CHS athletes sit (as of 11:38 AM Saturday morning):

Girls:

100 Hurdles — Lindsey Roberts (9th) 16.30

4 x 100 Relay — Lauren Grove, Mallory Kortuem, Maya Toomey-Stout, Roberts (9th) 52.11

4 x 200 Relay — Grove, Roberts, Toomey-Stout, Kortuem (4th) 1:49.36

High Jump — Cassidy Moody (5th) 5-00

Boys:

100 — Jacob Smith (7th) 11.32

200 — Smith (6th) 23.08

Long Jump — Jacob Martin (7th) 20-07

Triple Jump — Mitchell Carroll (5th) 42-06.50

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