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Tie those shoelaces tight, boys!!

Posted in Track, tagged CHS Wolves, Lathom Kelley, Makana Stone, Track on May 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »

The Kelley boys (Lathom, left, and big bro Brandon) are coming for all your track titles. (Shawna Kelley photo)

Makana Stone: An unstoppable force of nature. (John Fisken photo)

Now it gets freakin’ serious.

The regular season meets are done, and it’s on to the postseason run for the Coupeville High School track and field squads.

First up is the Cascade Conference championships Thursday, where the Wolves will face off with fellow 1A schools King’s and South Whidbey and the league’s five 2A teams.

It will be the final appearance for CHS, which moves to the 1A Olympic League in the fall.

After that comes the Last Chance Qualifier Friday, which gives athletes on the outside exactly what the title implies — a last chance to nab a qualifying time or throw to advance on to districts.

Districts run Wednesday, May 14 and Friday, May 16, and, after that, at least some Wolves would be expected to advance on through tri-districts (May 22, 24) and on to state (May 30-31).

Current Coupeville stars Makana Stone, Sylvia Hurlburt and Marisa Etzell are all state meet veterans and are aiming for a return trip to Cheney, while fellow young guns like Lathom Kelley and Jared Helmstadter would like to make it a co-ed trip this year.

Wolves currently in the Top 10 for District 1:

GIRLS:

200 — Makana Stone (2nd) 27.22

400 — Stone (1st) 59.75

4 x 100 Relay — Marisa Etzell, Stone, Sylvia Hurlburt, Lauren Grove (6th) 53.21

4 x 200 Relay — Grove, Stone, Hurlburt, Etzell (4th) 1:51.58

4 x 400 Relay — Etzell, Carlie Rosenkrance, Mattea Miller, Stone (6th) 4:39.73

Shot Put — Skyler Lawrence (7th) 29-11

BOYS:

100 — Lathom Kelley (9th) 11.80

200 — L. Kelley (5th) 23.85

400 — L. Kelley (5th) 53.30

300 Hurdles — Brandon Kelley (7th) 45.26

4 x 100 Relay — Ryan Griggs, B. Kelley, Jared Helmstadter, L. Kelley (4th) 46.31

4 x 400 Relay — B. Kelley, L. Kelley, Helmstadter, Sebastian Davis (5th) 3:46.87

Shot Put — Nick Streubel (5th) 45-9.50

Discus — Streubel (7th) 129-00; Dalton Martin (8th) 127-1.00

High Jump — Griggs (6th) 5-06

Triple Jump — Griggs (10th) 35-10

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CHS principal, AD both depart!!

Posted in Administration, Girls Basketball, Girls Soccer, Track, tagged Carlie Rosenkrance, CHS Wolves, Lori Stolee, Sheldon Rosenkrance on May 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville High School Athletic Director Lori Stolee. (John Fisken photos)

CHS Principal Sheldon Rosenkrance and wife Janie attend a Wolf basketball game.

The administration at Coupeville High School will look radically different next school year.

Principal Sheldon Rosenkrance and Assistant Principal/Athletic Director Lori Stolee will both leave the school district at the end of the year.

One was by choice, the other by forced move.

Rosenkrance has accepted a superintendent position in Estes Park, Colorado.

Stolee’s position was cut after declining enrollment at CHS — the school is down 48 students over the past year — resulted in a “reduction in force.” The high school has six administrators and the state only funds 3.5 of them.

She will finish out the school year and will seek another job in school administration, most likely off the Island.

“I adore this community and have given my heart to them and to their kids,” Stolee said. “This community has been really good to me and I’ve made some close friends here.”

She is proudest of her work to move Coupeville, the smallest 1A school in the state, out of the 1A/2A Cascade Conference, where it routinely faced schools three times its size.

The Wolves will join the 1A Olympic League in the fall, something that was accomplished after long hours and much behind the scenes work by Stolee.

“Our greatest win was moving conferences. It will give the athletes, the coaches and the parents a new beginning,” Stolee said. “I’m just very sorry I will not be part of it.

“I will keep watching how they do, though,” she added. “I will always want to see that.”

When he departs, Rosenkrance will take with him wife Janie, the track coach at Coupeville Middle School, and their youngest daughter, Carlie, one of the more promising Wolf athletes.

Carlie, whose older sister Chelsea was a two-time CHS Female Athlete of the Year, is a freshman at CHS and played soccer and basketball and ran track for the Wolves. She played at the varsity level in all three sports.

While he’s excited about the new job, Rosenkrance will carry fond memories of his time in Coupeville.

“I have enjoyed my time in Coupeville,” he said. “It has been a wonderful place to live and raise my family.

“I am excited to start a new adventure in Estes Park and I know Coupeville is in a great position to continue to to grow and do great things for kids,” Rosenkrance added. “Coupeville is a great school with awesome students and a dedicated and talented staff that I will truly miss.”

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Stone sizzles!!

Posted in Track, tagged CHS Wolves, Jared Helmstadter, Makana Stone, Skyler Lawrence, Track on May 4, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone: An unstoppable force of nature. (John Fisken photo)

The best is back.

Recovering from a sore knee that kept her out of action, Coupeville High School sophomore sensation Makana Stone brought the subtle swagger back to the track oval Saturday. Then she brought the big city girls to their knees.

Busting out a PR, she lit up the field in the 400 at the 6th Annual BCS Invite in Juanita, slappin’ down all 21 girls who dared to line up across from her.

Her time of 59.75 seconds was more than a full second ahead of Shoreline Christian senior Natalie McPherson.

McPherson evened the duel a bit, nipping Stone by .11 of a second in the 200.

And this is no second-rate competition, as McPherson finished in the top four in both events at state as a junior. Stone’s time in the 400 is the second-fastest of any 1A runner this season.

Away from the track, the brightest day may have belonged to Wolf freshman Skyler Lawrence, who set PRs in both the shot put and discus.

Her fourth-place showing in the shot put tied with Jared Helmstadter (400) and Brandon Kelley (300 hurdles) for the best performances by a Wolf, non-Stone division.

Coupeville finished 12th out of 18 teams in the boys’ competition and 11th out of 19 teams on the girls’ side of the battle.

Complete results:

GIRLS:

100 — Marisa Etzell (10th) 14.05; Lauren Grove (16th) 14.58; Dananecious Maxie (31st) 15.81

200 — Makana Stone (2nd) 27.58; Grove (15th) 30.17; Maxie (33rd) 33.46

400 — Stone (1st) 59.75; Etzell (13th) 1:05.77

800 — Carlie Rosenkrance (8th) 2:42.00

100 Hurdles – Rosenkrance (9th) 19.68

Shot Put — Skyler Lawrence (4th) 29-11; Heni Barnes (11th) 26-11

Discus — Barnes (10th) 80-11; Lawrence (12th) 79-10; Amanda Foley (17th) 66-00

Javelin — Barnes (12th) 69-02; Lawrence (14th) 66-06

Long Jump — Grove (9th) 13-11.50

Triple Jump — Grove (7th) 26-10

BOYS:

100 — Jared Helmstadter (10th) 12.45; Brandon Kelley (19th) 12.77; Sebastian Davis (32nd) 13.01; Stephen Edwards (36th) 13.12

200 — Helmstadter (6th) 25.31; Davis (15th) 25.98; Edwards (22nd) 26.58

400 — Helmstadter (4th) 56.38; Edwards (11th) 58.94

300 Hurdles — Kelley (4th) 47.04

4 x 100 Relay — Davis, Mitchell Losey, Matt Shank, Kelley (6th) 47.86

Shot Put — Dalton Martin (16th) 34-11

Discus — Martin (7th) 112-05; Grey Rische (27th) 76-00

Javelin — M. Shank (16th) 111-05; Davis (20th) 106-06; Rische (30th) 94-04; Brian Shank (41st) 75-10

High Jump — M. Shank (6th) 5-00

Long Jump — Edwards (15th) 17-01

Triple Jump — Connor Thompson (16th) 9-09

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Hammer Time an All-American!!

Posted in Track, Wolves in college, tagged Hunter Hammer, NCCAA nationals, Track, Trinity Lutheran on May 2, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Hunter Hammer — solid gold.

The Page Hit King is an All-American.

Coupeville High School grad Hunter Hammer, who now throws at Trinity Lutheran College, finished third in the discus at the NCCAA (National Christian College Athletic Association) outdoor track and field championships in Georgia Friday.

His throw of 46.46 meters was good enough to earn him All-American status, while scoring big points for his squad in the team battle.

Hammer also finished fifth in the event named after him — the hammer throw — with a hurl of 47.39.

He will wrap up his tournament with an appearance in the shot put final Saturday. He is seeded tenth in the field.

During his time as a Wolf, Hammer was a star basketball player and shattered most of the school’s throwing records.

He continued on as a thrower for Everett Community College for two seasons before following his throwing coach to Trinity.

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Grove, Etzell rock in Granite!!

Posted in Track, tagged CHS Wolves, Lauren Grove, Marisa Etzell, Track on May 2, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Speedy freshman Lauren Grove waits for the starter’s gun. (John Fisken photos)

Nick Johnson gets medieval with a shot put.

It was all about the girls.

Even with superstar sophomore Makana Stone still largely sidelined by a sore knee, Coupeville High School’s track wins all came from feminine competitors Thursday.

Running against Lakewood and host Granite Falls, freshman Lauren Grove (triple jump), junior Marisa Etzell (400) and the 4 x 200 relay squad all came out on top.

Complete results:

GIRLS:

100 — Sylvia Hurlburt (3rd) 13.75; Marisa Etzell (4th) 14.02; Ashlyn Miller (7th) 14.35; Merle Fitzenhagen (10th) 15.04; Dananecious Maxie (11th) 15.54

200 — Hurlburt (3rd) 28.90; Miller (6th) 29.83; Fitzenhagen (9th) 31.60; Maxie (10th) 32.08

400 — Etzell (1st) 1:07.39

800 — Carlie Rosenkrance (5th) 2:44.38; Erin Rosenkranz (9th) 2:56.37

1600 — Rosenkranz (3rd) 6:29.41

100 Hurdles – Rosenkrance (5th) 19.65

4 x 100 Relay — Fitzenhagen, Rosenkrance, Maxie, Miller (2nd) 58.13

4 x 200 Relay — Hurlburt, Etzell, Lauren Grove, Makana Stone (1st) 1:52.35

Shot Put — Skyler Lawrence (3rd) 28-04; Heni Barnes (7th) 25-07; Joye Jackson (8th) 22-08

Discus — Lawrence (5th) 78-09; Barnes (6th) 75-00; Amanda Foley (10th) 62-00; Sophia Jebrail (13th) 55-00; Julia Felici (14th) 46-10; Julianne Sem (16th) 32-04

Javelin — Lawrence (6th) 70-03; Jackson (8th) 65-02; Barnes (9th) 65-00; Jebrail (14th) 57-06; Fitzenhagen (18th) 54-05; Briess Potter (22nd) 53-01; Sem (25th) 38-05; Foley (28th) 32-04

Long Jump — Grove (2nd) 13-09; Potter (5th) 11-00

Triple Jump — Grove (1st) 27-05.50

BOYS:

100 — Jared Helmstadter (6th) 12.37; Brandon Kelley (6th) 12.37; Sebastian Davis (8th) 12.57; Mitchell Losey (13th) 13.42; Connor Thompson (14th) 13.44

200 — Helmstadter (6th) 24.94; Davis (9th) 25.61; Losey (12th) 27.50

400 — Helmstadter (2nd) 55.65; Jake McCormick (4th) 1:02.67; Manuel Lopez Santillana (5th) 1:03.53

300 Hurdles — Kelley (4th) 46.23

4 x 100 Relay — Davis, Matt Shank, Helmstadter, Kelley (2nd) 48.38

4 x 400 Relay – Stephen Edwards, Lopez Santillana, McCormick, Grey Rische (2nd) 4:09.75

Shot Put — Dalton Martin (16th) 35-03; M. Shank (19th) 33-10; Nick Johnson (21st) 31-07

Discus — Martin (2nd) 118-00; Johnson (13th) 80-02; Rische (15th) 78-08; Brian Shank (20th) 59-05

Javelin — M. Shank (5th) 114-02; Rische (9th) 106-07; Losey (15th) 92-01; B. Shank (20th) 74-02

High Jump — Ryan Griggs (2nd) 5-06; M. Shank (7th) 5-00; Thompson (7th) 5-00

Long Jump — Griggs (9th) 17-00; Edwards (10th) 16-08.50; Mitchell Carroll (11th) 16-03

Triple Jump — Griggs (3rd) 35-06; Thompson (4th) 33-02; Carroll (6th) 31-04.50-

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