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Cream rises to the top!!

Posted in Track, tagged 1A, CHS Wolves, Dalton Martin, Jacob Smith, Lauren Grove, relays, track and field on May 16, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Lauren Grove stands high above the crowd, one fourth of two of the fastest relay squads in the state. (John Fisken photos)

Jacob Smith, seen here during a relay at sub-districts, has the 7th fastest time in the 200 among all 1A runners.

The magnificent seven continues to ride high.

With just two meets left in the track and field season (districts and state), Coupeville has seven athletes who currently own one (or more) of the best marks set in 1A this year.

Senior Makana Stone is the leader of the pack, with Top 10 times in two individual events as well as two relays.

One of those relay squads — the 4 x 200 girls — was nudged out of a top spot over the weekend.

After sitting #1 for much of the way, the Wolves (1:47.00) are now .22 of a second behind Cascade (Leavenworth), which posted its time of 1:46.78 at the Caribou Trail League Meet Saturday.

What does that mean? Showdown in Cheney in two weeks!

Of course, the Wolves can always move back up to the top at this weekend’s district meet in Bremerton, as well.

As strategy is planned, and the final days of the season unfold, take a quick moment to ogle where the Wolves stand as of May 16:

Girls:

400 — Makana Stone (2nd in 1A) 58.55

800 — Stone (8th in 1A) 2:21.89

4 x 100 — Lauren Grove, Lindsey Roberts, Stone, Sylvia Hurlburt (5th in 1A) 51.10

4 x 200 — Grove, Roberts, Hurlburt, Stone (2nd in 1A) 1:47.00

Boys:

200 — Jacob Smith (7th in 1A) 23.01

300 Hurdles — Lathom Kelley (5th in 1A) 41.48

Discus — Dalton Martin (3rd in 1A) 161-07

To see how Coupeville compares to the rest of the track world, hop over to:

http://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/Division/Top.aspx?DivID=73261

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Still faster than you and me!!

Posted in Track, Wolves in college, tagged 10000, Huskies, Pac-12, track and field, Tyler King, U-Dub on May 16, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Tyler King, breakin’ ankles and hearts.

Tyler King is getting older, but he hasn’t slowed down.

The Coupeville High School grad, now a senior at the University of Washington, is almost at the end of his college running career, but he continues to churn out top times.

Over the weekend, he finished third in the 10,000 and 13th in the 5,000 while running for the Huskies at the Pac-12 Championships in Seattle.

King tore through the shorter race in 14:07.06, finishing in the top third of a 39-man field, then kicked it into another gear in the longer race.

Covering 10,000 meters in 29:09.15, he picked up six points for the U-Dub, helping the Husky men match the best showing in program history.

Washington finished second, behind only Oregon, which won its ninth straight mens’ team title, and the 122 points piled up were the most ever by a UW mens’ squad.

The only other time the Huskies had finished in second came back in 1976, when the league was the Pac-8.

The Washington women finished fourth, which tied a mark set three times prior (1995, 1996, 1998).

The Huskies are off to Lawrence, Kansas for the NCAA West Regionals May 26-28, then compete in the NCAA outdoor championships June 8-11.

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Clickin’ in the rain!!

Posted in Track, tagged Allison Wenzel, CHS Wolves, John Fisken photos, track and field on May 15, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Ignoring the rain drops, Connor Thompson gets positively medieval with his shot put. (John Fisken photos)

Allison Wenzel gives her braid a pep talk before the duo teams up to zip around the track oval.

Ariah Bepler slices through the weather, on his way to somewhere a little drier.

Having taken the hand-off from Madison Rixe, speedy Wolf Lauren Bayne prepares to launch the booster rockets hidden in her shoes.

Rain or shine, there’s always time for a group pic.

Guarding the safety of the baton with both hands, Danny Conlisk seeks to finish what Jared Helmstadter began.

Mckenzie Meyer (and her awesome socks) get dramatic with partner in crime Rixe.

The only moment all afternoon when rival runners were even in the same frame with speed demon Makana Stone. Seriously.

Dalton Martin dances the PR dance, launching the discus 161 feet, seven inches — three feet and two inches better than his previous top mark.

Through sun or rain, the cameraman is always there.

While the weather flip-flopped all day Saturday for the Coupeville High School track and field team as it competed at sub-districts in Bremerton, the show still went on.

Wanderin’ photo clicker John Fisken stayed warm by bouncing all around the stadium, seeking out photos both action-packed and intimate.

The nine snazzy pics above are courtesy him.

To see more, and possibly purchase some, thereby helping fund college scholarships for CHS student/athletes, pop over to:

Girls — http://www.olympicleague.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=11517&league=21&page_name=photo_store&school=0&sport=0

Boys — http://www.olympicleague.com/index.php?act=view_gallery&gallery=11513&league=21&page_name=photo_store&school=0&sport=0

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Utter domination!!

Posted in Track, tagged CHS Wolves, postseason, PR's, sub-districts, Sylvia Hurlburt, track and field on May 15, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Danny Conlisk, seen here earlier this season, won the 800 at sub-districts Saturday, his first win as a high school runner. (John Fisken photo)

Sylvia Hurlburt, seen here with mom Kristin on a sunnier day than Saturday was, won three races Saturday and qualified for districts in a fourth.

Sylvia Hurlburt, here with mom Kristin on a sunnier day than Saturday, won three races Saturday and qualified for districts in a fourth.

Sylvia Hurlburt stalked the oval like a caged lioness, her eyes burning through anyone who dared to step into her path.

Then, a slight hidden smile, and the Coupeville High School senior dropped the hammer, taking the baton from close friend Makana Stone and hitting the jets to completely obliterate whatever small resistance still stood in the path of the Wolf 4 x 100 relay squad.

As Hurlburt blazed down the back stretch, ballet-trained legs churning, she romped across the finish line nearly two seconds ahead of her closest rival — an eternity in the event.

A solid punch to the solar plexus of anyone who dared to step to her and teammates Stone, Lauren Grove and Lindsey Roberts, it was the perfect stamp to a very impressive Saturday for the CHS track and field squad.

Competing head-to-head with their three 1A Olympic League rivals at the sub-district meet in Bremerton, the Wolves piled up 12 wins and 13 PRs while sending a wave of athletes on to next weekend’s district meet.

The final stop before the state tourney, districts, which pits the best of the Olympic League vs. the cream of the Nisqually League, will be May 20-21, back in Bremerton.

To get there, the Wolves had to claim a top three finish Saturday.

For those who finished fourth, a small flicker of hope will live on, until they find out if their time or distance was better than the fifth-place finisher from the Nisqually League meet.

Demonstrating depth across the board, Coupeville tied Klahowya 77-77 for the 1A girls title, edging out Port Townsend (76) and Chimacum (24).

The Wolf boys finished second, narrowly nipped 82-78 by Klahowya in a case of what-could-have-been.

Port Townsend (65) and Chimacum (38) rounded out the team scores.

The question mark comes from two injuries suffered early in the meet.

Lathom Kelley and Gabe Eck both claimed PRs in the long jump, but tweaked things while jumping in hazy rain conditions and sat out the rest of the meet.

Those who did stay on their feet had huge days, topped by Dalton Martin, who shattered PRs in the shot put, discus and javelin by a combined total of nearly 10 feet.

His wins in the shot put and discus were matched by victories from Danny Conlisk (800), Jordan Ford (pole vault), Mitchell Carroll (triple jump), Stone (400, 800), Hurlburt (200), Roberts (long jump) and both the 4 x 1 and 4 x 2 girls relay squads.

The Wolves netted 32 district qualifiers, and may kick that up to 35 after the Olympic and Nisqually League compare sub-districts results.

A preliminary scan of Athletic.net seems to indicate Jared Helmstadter (400) and Eck (long jump) will slide through, as their fourth-place marks Saturday trump the #5 result posted in the Nisqually League.

Wolf frosh Chris Battaglia, who went 4-10 in the high jump to finish fourth, has the exact same mark as that put up by Zach Douglass of Bellevue Christian, fifth in the Nisqually League.

How that tie will be decided is unknown.

Complete CHS results:

GIRLS:

100 — Sylvia Hurlburt (3rd) 13.43; Ashlie Shank (7th) 14.44 *PR*

200 — Hurlburt (1st) 27.50; Lauren Grove (2nd) 27.75; Shank (7th) 30.39 *PR*; Madison Rixe (8th) 30.71

400 — Makana Stone (1st) 1:00.34

800 — Stone (1st) 2:31.03

100 hurdles — Lindsey Roberts (2nd) 16.84 *PR*

300 hurdles — Mckenzie Meyer (3rd) 55.75; Allison Wenzel (5th) 1:00.79

4 x 100 relay — Grove, Roberts, Stone, Hurlburt (1st) 51.25

4 x 200 relay — Grove, Roberts, Hurlburt, Stone (1st) 1:47.39

4 x 400 relay — Wenzel, Rixe, Lauren Bayne, Meyer (3rd) 5:01.69

Shot put — Skyler Lawrence (1st) 31-05; Alexxis Otto (6th) 26-02

Discus — Wenzel (4th) 74-02; Otto (6th) 72-03

Javelin — Naika Hallam (2nd) 82-11; Wenzel (3rd) 81-08; Bayne (4th) 76-01; Abby Parker (5th) 75-11

High Jump — Bayne (3rd) 4-02

Long Jump — Roberts (1st) 15-01.75 *PR*; Grove (3rd) 14-04.25

BOYS:

100 — Jacob Smith (3rd) 11.51 *PR*

200 — Smith (3rd) 23.68; Jared Helmstadter (8th) 25.01

400 — Helmstadter (4th) 55.28

800 — Danny Conlisk (1st) 2:15.86

1600 — Henry Wynn (2nd) 5:03.64 *PR*; Conlisk (3rd) 5:06.15

3200 — Wynn (5th) 12:12.59; Jakobi Baumann (7th) 12:34.27 *PR*

110 hurdles — Ariah Bepler (5th) 21.31 *PR*

300 hurdles — Bepler (5th) 50.76

4 × 400 — Smith, Wynn, Helmstadter, Conlisk (3rd) 3:46.35

Shot Put — Dalton Martin (1st) 45-09.50 *PR*; Connor Thompson (8th) 33-10

Discus — D. Martin (1st) 161-07 *PR*; Chris Battaglia (6th) 90-07

Javelin — D. Martin (2nd) 135-11 *PR*; Mitchell Losey (3rd) 122-02; Grey Rische (4th) 119-05; Battaglia (7th) 108-08

High Jump — Jordan Ford (2nd) 5-02; Thompson (3rd) 5-00; Battaglia (4th) 4-10

Pole Vault — Ford (1st) 12-0

Long Jump — Lathom Kelley (2nd) 19-09.75 *PR*; Gabe Eck (4th) 18-08.50 *PR*; Jacob Martin (5th) 18-03.50; Mitchell Carroll (7th) 17-07.50; Ryan Griggs (8th) 17-05.00

Triple Jump — Carroll (1st) 39-08; Thompson (3rd) 35-06.75; Bepler (6th) 32-00

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Run wild, young Wolves!!

Posted in Middle School, Track, tagged CMS Wolves, Morgan Pease, Sean Toomey-Stout, Sequim, track and field on May 11, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Mallory Kortuem puts in work during a practice. (John Fisken photos)

Jaylen Nitta flies by the camera.

They went a long way for a lot of PRs.

Having made it off the Island — unlike the high school softball squad, which was left high and dry by a low tide — the Coupeville Middle School track and field team made it to the mainland Tuesday and wandered down to Sequim.

Once there, the Wolves put on a run ‘n gun show, battling their hosts and Forks in a three-team meet.

“LOTS of PR’s!!!!,” said a very happy coach, Elizabeth Bitting, after she, fellow track guru Bob Martin and their team completed the long trek and finally made it back home.

The track sheets I have only listed yesterday’s times, though, so you’ll have to guess where the records were set.

Think of it as a fun little side game.

Complete results:

GIRLS:

60 — Cassidy Moody 8.50; Ja’Tarya Hoskins 8.87; Raven Vick 9.67

100 — Mallory Kortuem 13.96; Morgan Pease 13.96; Natalie Hollrigel 15.02; Ashleigh Battaglia 15.27; Vick 15.31; Mikaela Labrador 15.88; Helen Sinclair 16.39; Zara Bradley 16.49

200 — Moody 30.00; Lucy Sandahl 32.07; Zoe Trujillo 33.84; Labrador 33.88

400 — Sandahl 1:13.39; Trujillo 1:18.21

800 — Pease 2:48; Tia Wurzrainer 2:58

75 hurdles — Moody 14.85; Hoskins 14.89; Battaglia 15.84

200 hurdles — Kortuem 33.08

4 x 100 relay — Hoskins, Kortuem, Moody, Sandahl 56.09; Bradley, Hollrigel, Avalon Renninger, Wurzrainer 1:02.59

4 x 200 relay — Hollrigel, Renninger, Trujillo, Wurzrainer 2:07.90

Shot put — Pease 25-11; Jillian Mayne 19-08

Javelin — Vick 75-02; Mayne 60-03; Sinclair 48-08

Long Jump — Pease 12-09; Sinclair 11-06

BOYS:

60 — Sean Toomey-Stout 7.90; Nick Wielandt 8.29; Matthew Kelley 8.48; Ethan Clavette 8.53; Gabe Carlson 8.74; Sage Downes 8.80; Ben Smith 9.14; Jaylen Nitta 9.47

100 — Toomey-Stout 12.60; Jean Lund-Olsen 12.65; Jake Mitten 13.13; Wielandt 13.24; Clavette 13.59; Carlson 13.88; Downes 13.90; B. Smith 15.57; Trevor Bell 16.83; James Mayne 16.87; Trystan Ford 18.14; Ricky Rebischke-Smith 19.34