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One final lap!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on June 7, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Junior thrower Alexxis Otto was one of 28 Wolf track stars to letter this season. (John Fisken photos)

   Junior thrower Alexxis Otto was one of 28 Wolf track stars to letter this season. (John Fisken photo)

4 x 400 (Dawnell Conlisk photo)

   State meet veterans (l to r) Jacob Smith, Danny Conlisk, Jared Helmstadter and Henry Wynn. (Dawnell Conlisk photo)

Senior Sylvia Hurlbuet won four state meet medals in four seasons. (Fisken photo)

Sylvia Hurlburt won four state meet medals in four seasons. (Fisken photos)

Mckenzie Meyer's super-powered socks.

Mckenzie Meyer’s super-powered socks.

The most successful Coupeville High School track season in a decade came to a close Tuesday night.

Still basking in the glow of the nine medals they won at the 1A state meet, the Wolves capped things with an awards banquet in which 28 athletes were honored.

CHS coach Randy King acknowledged five Wolves for staying with him for the complete run of their high school days.

He handed out four-year certificates to seniors Jared Helmstadter, Lathom Kelley, Mitchell Losey, Sylvia Hurlburt and Makana Stone.

Varsity letter winners:

Chris Battaglia
Jakobi Baumann
Lauren Bayne
Ariah Bepler
Mitchell Carroll
Danny Conlisk
Gabe Eck
Jordan Ford
Lauren Grove
Naika Hallam
Jared Helmstadter
Sylvia Hurlburt
Lathom Kelley
Skyler Lawrence
Mitchell Losey
Dalton Martin
Jacob Martin
Mckenzie Meyer
Alexxis Otto
Abby Parker
Grey Rische
Lindsey Roberts
Ashlie Shank
Jacob Smith
Makana Stone
Connor Thompson
Allison Wenzel
Henry Wynn

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Sole Sisters sizzle!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , , on May 28, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Wolf freshman Lindsey Roberts, roaring up the outside,

   CHS frosh Lindsey Roberts, here with coach Chad Felgar, roared up the outside lane Saturday, claiming fourth in the 100 hurdles. (Sherry Roberts photo)

(Sylvia Hurlburt photo)

   The Sole Sisters — Lauren Grove, Roberts, Sylvia Hurlburt and Makana Stone, broke school records in both relays this weekend. (Sylvia Hurlburt photo)

Jacob

   Jacob Smith (and his mom) bask in the glow of his first state meet medal. (Deb Smith photo)

Sole Sisters (Eileen Stone photo)

Sole Sisters 4 Ever. (Eileen Stone photo)

This will go down as one of the great years in Coupeville High School track history.

Capping a brilliant two-day run through the 1A state meet in Cheney, the Wolves picked up six more medals Saturday, running their total to nine.

That’s the most medals won at one state meet since the 2008 CHS squad also claimed nine.

While 2016 doesn’t match 2006, when the CHS boys won four state titles, including the only relay crown in school history, this year’s pack of Wolves can stand proud.

The girls finished 11th in the team standings, the best of any District 3 school, while the boys placed 15th, just a point-and-a-half behind Port Townsend.

Naches Valley won the girls title (South Whidbey was 17th), while Zillah took the boys trophy home.

Entering this year’s meet, Coupeville had four athletes who had won three or more medals at a single state meet — Jon Chittim (who won four in 2006), Tyler King, Kyle King and Brian Miller.

They nearly doubled that this weekend, with seniors Makana Stone and Dalton Martin and freshman Lindsey Roberts all hitting the trifecta.

Martin is the first Wolf in history to win three throwing medals at the same state meet (2nd in discus, 8th in both javelin and shot put), while Roberts and Stone became the first CHS girls to reach the three-medal, one-meet level.

The irrepressible freshman was the first to do what even former Wolf greats like Natasha Bamberger, Jennie Cross and Madison Tisa McPhee had not, when she sandwiched a shocker in the 100 hurdles in between legs on two relay squads.

Roberts, who was the only frosh to toe the starting line in the hurdles, was seeded eighth, but came roaring up on the outside to knock off half the pack and finish fourth.

Packaged around that, she teamed with the “Sole Sisters,” — Stone, Sylvia Hurlburt and Lauren Grove — to run strong in both the 4 x 100 and 4 x 200 races.

The 4 x 2 team equaled last year’s 3rd place showing, breaking a school record, while the Wolves claimed sixth in the 4 x 1.

Coupeville broke the school record in the shorter race during Saturday’s prelims.

Stone then capped her prep career with a second-place showing in the 400, trailing only three-time state champ Maya Jackson of Northwest across the line.

That left the Wolf senior with seven state meet medals, while her quicksilver running mate since 7th grade, Hurlburt, zoomed away with four of her own for her stellar career.

While the Wolf girls were running wild on the oval, Martin was pulling off his second surprise of the meet.

Jumping from a #16 seed in the javelin to medal Friday, he vaulted from a #12 seed in the shot put to put the final stamp on his life as a Wolf.

With a second-place showing in his premier event, the discus, Martin finished with four state meet medals for his high school run.

After freshman Chris Battaglia tied his PR in the high jump with a leap of 5-04, sophomore Jacob Smith delivered the final high note for Wolf Nation.

Roaring to a fourth-place finish, he put the track community on notice he’ll be back, and he wants more medals.

Many more.

While Wolf seniors Hurlburt, Stone, Martin, Jared Helmstadter, Lathom Kelley and Jordan Ford (8th in the pole vault Friday) depart, Coupeville should return several marquee athletes next season.

Eight of the 13 Wolves who competed in Cheney are underclassmen, led by Roberts, Smith and Grove, who now has three state meet medals of her own.

Other potential returnees with state experience include Skyler Lawrence, Danny Conlisk, Mitchell Carroll, Henry Wynn and Battaglia, as well as Allison Wenzel, Connor Thompson, Ashlie Shank and Grey Rische, who were alternates this year.

Complete Day 2 results:

Girls:

400 — Makana Stone (2nd) 58.74

100 hurdles — Lindsey Roberts (4th) 16.39 *PR*

4 x 100 relay — Lauren Grove, Roberts, Stone, Sylvia Hurlburt (6th) 50.98

4 x 200 relay — Grove, Roberts, Hurlburt, Stone (3rd) 1:46.41 *SCHOOL RECORD*

Boys:

200 — Jacob Smith (4th) 23.06

Shot Put — Dalton Martin (8th) 47-07.75 *PR*

High Jump — Chris Battaglia (14th) 5-04 *PR*

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Halfway to history!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on May 27, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Dalton

   Wolf senior Dalton Martin (right) hangs out with the only man in 1A to throw a discus farther than him, Chelan’s Jose Padilla. (Abbie Martin photo)

Sole Sisters (Eileen Stone photo)

   Coupeville’s Sole Sisters relay team — (l to r) Ashlie Shank (alternate), Lauren Grove, Lindsey Roberts, Sylvia Hurlburt, Makana Stone. (Eileen Stone photo)

It was Dalton’s day.

Coupeville High School senior Dalton Martin put on a show Friday in Cheney at the 1A state track and field meet.

Coming off of a 5th place showing in the discus as a junior, he entered his final go-around at state qualified in three throwing events.

And he immediately made his impact felt, in the most surprising way.

Having only picked up the javelin just a few weeks ago, he slipped into the state meet seeded #16 in a 16-man field, then promptly flipped that ranking on its head.

Unleashing a PR of 149 feet, three inches on the very first throw of the event, he sailed on to the awards podium, claiming an 8th place medal.

What came next was far more expected, as Martin, who has been the second-best discus chucker in 1A all season, claimed his second medal of the meet, finishing runner-up to defending champ Jose Padilla of Chelan.

Martin came within 13 inches of his PR, hurling the discus 160 feet, six inches.

Padilla, who has accepted a track scholarship from the University of Washington, launched throws of 185-03 and 195-00.

The first broke the 1A state meet record, which was set in 1968.

The second shattered the record for all classifications, which had stood since 1979.

Martin’s double-dip day (he’ll back to lob the shot put with Padilla Saturday) highlighted a busy day for the Wolves.

Having sent its biggest crew in memory, 16 athletes strong, Coupeville competed in five finals and nine prelims Friday.

Of the three finals not involving Martin, the best showing came from senior Jordan Ford, who also earned a medal, finishing in a tie for 8th in the pole vault.

He went 12-06, three inches off of his school record, in an event that was shoved back two hours on the schedule and finished long after all the other competitors had left the stadium at Eastern Washington University.

Wolf junior Skyler Lawrence, who finished 16th a year ago, jumped to 12th in the shot put, while Mitchell Carroll was 15th in the triple jump.

With a strong showing across the board in Friday’s prelims, the Wolves are qualified for seven finals Saturday, and will make some history.

Freshman Lindsey Roberts and senior Makana Stone are guaranteed to bring home three medals apiece, while Martin also has a shot at three.

The last time a Wolf won three medals at a state track meet was Tyler King in 2011.

The only time three CHS athletes won three medals each in the same state meet was 2008, when Brian Miller, Kyle King and Tyler King pulled off the feat.

As far as I can find in my research, no Wolf girl has won three medals in the same state meet.

Stone, who has collected four medals over the past three years, will run in the final of the 400, while Roberts is the lone ninth grader in the 100 hurdles final.

Both will team with Lauren Grove and Sylvia Hurlburt in the 4 x 100 and 4 x 200 relay finals.

The fearsome foursome, known as “Sole Sisters,” are gunning for only the second relay title in the history of Coupeville High School.

In 2006, the quartet of Kyle King, Jon Chittim, Steven McDonald and Chris Hutchinson won the boys 4 x 400.

Complete Day 1 results:
(Top 8 in prelims advance to finals)

GIRLS:

200 (Prelims) — Lauren Grove (15th) 27.50

400 (Prelims) Makana Stone (2nd) 58.89

100 hurdles (Prelims) — Lindsey Roberts (7th) 16.57 *PR*

4 x 100 relay (Prelims) — Grove, Roberts, Stone, Sylvia Hurlburt (4th) 50.66 *SCHOOL RECORD*

4 x 200 relay (Prelims) — Grove, Roberts, Hurlburt, Stone (3rd) 1:47.08

Shot put (Finals) — Skyler Lawrence (12th) 32-03

BOYS:

100 (Prelims) — Jacob Smith (11th) 11.76

200 (Prelims) — Smith (4th) 23.18

800 (Prelims) — Danny Conlisk (17th) 2:07.83 *PR*

4 x 400 relay (Prelims) — Smith, Henry Wynn, Jared Helmstadter, Conlisk (15th) 3:44.30

Discus (Finals) — Dalton Martin (2nd) 160-06

Javelin (Finals) — Martin (8th) 149-03 *PR*

Pole Vault (Finals) — Jordan Ford (8th) 12-06

Triple Jump (Finals) — Mitchell Carroll (15th) 38-02.75

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Run on, Tyler! Run on!!

Posted in Track, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , , on May 27, 2016| Leave a Comment »

The definitive Tyler King photo? Perhaps.

The definitive Tyler King photo? Perhaps.

Not done just yet.

Thunders storms blew away his event Thursday, but, given a second chance at the crack of dawn Friday, Tyler King took advantage.

Romping to a ninth-place finish (out of 48 runners) in the men’s 10,000 meter race at the NCAA West Regionals in Lawrence, Kansas, the University of Washington senior punched his ticket to the national championships.

Now, the Coupeville High School grad will run his final collegiate race in Eugene at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, which are June 8-11.

King covered Friday’s race in 29 minutes, 57 seconds, while Oregon’s Edward Cheserek (29:45.41) claimed the title.

The top 12 finishers advance to Eugene.

The race was set to be run late Thursday night, but day one of the three-day meet in Kansas was blown away by constant thunder storms which sat right on top of Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence.

Having called it a day after only two events had started (men’s hammer and women’s javelin) meet officials jammed two days worth of events into one day.

That put King and Co. on the starting line Friday at 8:40 AM local time (6:40 Whidbey time).

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Sweet swan song!!

Posted in Middle School, Track, tagged , , , , on May 26, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Mallory Kortuem (left) plots her strategy. (Pat Kelley photos)

Mallory Kortuem (left) plots her strategy. (Pat Kelley photos)

Ja'Tarya Hoskins (left) and Cassidy Moody prepare to dominate in the hurdles.

Ja’Tarya Hoskins (left) and Cassidy Moody prepare to dominate in the hurdles.

Aram Leyva blows by on the inside.

Aram Leyva blows by on the inside.

Ashleigh Battaglia sticks the landing in the long jump.

Ashleigh Battaglia sticks the landing in the long jump.

Jean Lund-Olsen blitzes the field.

Jean Lund-Olsen blitzes the field.

Size doesn’t matter.

Despite being much smaller in numbers than most of its competition, the Coupeville Middle School track and field squads held up well Wednesday at the Olympic League meet.

The Wolves finished second in the boys team standings, trailing just Sequim, which feeds a 2A school, while the girls were third behind ginormous Stevens, which feeds 2A Port Angeles, and Sequim.

Forks, Blue Heron (Port Townsend) and Chimacum also competed in the six-team season finale.

When Coupeville boarded the bus for the trip home, six Wolves ascended the stairs as league champs.

Cassidy Moody (high jump), Ja’Tarya Hoskins (75 hurdles), Morgan Pease (800), Thane Peterson (discus), Matthew Kelley (high jump) and Sean Toomey-Stout (long jump) all ruled their events.

Complete CMS results:

GIRLS:

60 — Ja’Tarya Hoskins 9.12, Raven Vick 9.75; Helen Sinclair 10.20

100 — Mallory Kortuem 14.08; Morgan Pease 14.36; Natalie Hollrigel 14.86; Zara Bradley 17.12

200 — Kortuem 30.00; Lucy Sandahl 32.11; Zoe Trujillo 34.58; Mikaela Labrador 34.79

400 — Cassidy Moody 1:12.47; Sandahl 1:12.79; Labrador 1:18.04; Trujillo 1:19.55

800 — Pease 2:39.46; Tia Wurzrainer 3:00.31

1600 — Mica Shipley 6:50.13; Vick 7:14.92

75 hurdles — Hoskins 14.10; Moody 14.65; Ashleigh Battaglia 16.66; Vick 17.39

200 hurdles — Kortuem 36.03

4 x 100 relay  — Hoskins, Sandahl, Kortuem, Moody 58.81; Bradley, Hollrigel, Avalon Renninger, Wurzrainer 1:05.64

4 x 200 relay — Hollrigel, Renninger, Trujillo, Wurzrainer 2:07.47

4 x 400 relay — Lily Zustiak, Labrador, Sinclair, Battaglia 5:18.86

Shot Put — Pease 29-02.25; Bradley 22-10; Jillian Mayne 20-10.75

Discus — Renninger 46-08; Battaglia 41-07; Shipley 34-09

Javelin — Mayne 61-01; Trujillo 59-07; Vick 54-03; Sinclair 49-00

High Jump — Moody 5-00; Hoskins 4-02

Long Jump — Pease 13-05.25; Battaglia 11-09, Shipley 10-06; Sinclair 10-00.25

BOYS:

60 — Sean Toomey-Stout 8.04; Nick Wielandt 8.39; Sage Downes 8.89; Jaylen Nitta 9.10

100 — Jean Lund-Olsen 12.58; Toomey-Stout 12.69; Wielandt 13.27; Sam Wynn 14.28

200 — Jake Mitten 27.95; Wielandt 28.50; Nitta 31.14; Thane Peterson 31.83

400 — Peterson 1:08.37; TJ Rickner 1:21.94

800 — Aram Leyva 2:32.08; Koa Davison 2:46.36; Jonathan Partida 2:50.14

1600 — Leyva 5:15.65; Tucker Hall 5:37.35; James Wood 5:39.00; Davison 5:41.48

75 hurdles — Lund-Olsen 13.38; Mitten 14.49; Chris Cernick 14.68

200 hurdles — Cernick 33.68; Mason Grove 35.64; Ben Smith 39.04

4 x 100 relay — Lund-Olsen, Toomey-Stout, Nitta, Weilandt 54.23

4 x 200 relay — Nitta, Grove, Peterson, Downes 2:00.52; James Mayne, Zachary Ginnings, Trevor Bell, Wynn 2:23.02

4 x 400 relay — Leyva, Hall, Mitten, Mayne 4:36.17

Shot Put — Bell 24-06.75; Trystan Ford 20-03.25; Ginnings 19-02; Ricky Rebischke-Smith 17-04

Discus — Peterson 101-04; Matthew Kelley 73-07; Grove 67-00, Ethan Clavette 57-02

Javelin — Gabe Carlson 89-06; Ford 75-05; Hall 65-08; Tian Yu 51-04

High Jump — Kelley 5-00; Mitten 4-10

Long Jump — Toomey-Stout 17-07.75; Lund-Olsen 17-00.75; Kelley 13-03.50, Carlson 12-02.75

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