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Run to photographic glory!!

April 17, 2016 by David Svien

Zack Harris (John Fisken photos)

Zack Harris rocks epic headgear during the 10K. (John Fisken photos)

Holly Salinger

Holly Salinger flies towards the finish line during the half marathon.

Reed harbeck

   The fastest Cow Town runner Saturday? Reed Harbeck, who finished 9th in the half marathon.

Jaschon Baumann

  Taking a break from soccer practice, CHS freshman Jaschon Baumann puts in a 5K.

CHS parents Phillip Renninger and Sherry Roberts duel down the backstretch.

   CHS soccer parents Phillip Renninger (Sage’s dad) and Sherry Roberts (Lindsey’s mom) duel down the backstretch.

First with the stats, first with the photos.

The Whidbey Island Marathon had barely ended Saturday and Coupeville Sports had results posted for all the Coupeville runners.

Doubt me? Just scroll down the page a story or two.

Now, thanks to madly-clickin’ camera whiz John Fisken, we have snappy pics of Cow Town-based runners, long before any of the Canadian-funded media outlets get going.

Speed, baby. All about that speed.

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Don’t stop, run to the top!!

April 17, 2016 by David Svien

Freshman Danny Conlisk (John Fisken photo)

   Danny Conlisk is one of three Wolf freshmen to have cracked the top 10 in 1A this season in a track event. (John Fisken photo)

Wolf track continues to howl.

After competing at two meets in the past three days, Coupeville High School currently has six individuals and two relay teams sitting with a top 10 performance among all 1A athletes this spring.

Senior Makana Stone is the front-runner, with her name appearing on four different lists, two as a sprinter and two as a member of a CHS relay unit.

And one of those relay squads, the 4 x 200 team which includes junior Lauren Grove, freshman Lindsey Roberts and senior Sylvia Hurlburt, remains the fastest in its class.

Top 10 performances (through Apr. 16):

Girls:

400 — Makana Stone (5th in 1A) 1:00.78

800 — Stone (10th in 1A) 2:25.86

4 x 100 — Lauren Grove, Lindsey Roberts, Stone, Sylvia Hurlburt (3rd in 1A) 51.37

4 x 200 — Grove, Roberts, Stone, Hurlburt (1st in 1A) 1:48.40

Boys:

1500 — Danny Conlisk (10th in 1A) 4:45.09

3000 — Jakobi Baumann (9th in 1A) 11:46.14

300 Hurdles — Lathom Kelley (4th in 1A) 41.48

Shot Put — Dalton Martin (9th in 1A) 45-03

Discus — Dalton Martin (2nd in 1A, 9th in all classifications) 158-05

Pole Vault — Jordan Ford (8th in 1A) 12-00

To compare the Wolves against their competitors, jump over to:

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

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Brother, my brother!!

April 17, 2016 by David Svien

Matt Helm and fiancee Jenna Ure.

Matt Helm and fiancee Jenna Ure.

Fire Gods Jerry (left) and Matt Helm.

Fire Gods Jerry (left) and Matt Helm. (Photos courtesy Jerry Helm)

Younger days.

Younger days with sister Mollie.

Let’s mix it up and get personal.

As we send a 43rd class into the Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Fame today, it’s going to be a one-man class and I’m going to leave the heavy lifting up to someone else.

Matt Helm was (is) a superb athlete and an even better person, and older brother Jerry, already a Hall member, is stepping forward to induct his lil’ bro.

After this, you’ll find both of them sitting together atop this blog, under the Legends tab.

So, without further ado, I give up the stage to Jerry.

My brother Matthew and I were always competitive towards each other.

As hard as it is for the older brother to publicly admit, he was a much better athlete then I ever was.

I was the hot-headed older brother; he was the quiet smooth assassin.

His ability to focus on the game and shut out the noise always made me envious. He could dribble circles around me, and shoot three pointers in my face all day long.

A very unique opportunity surfaced when I started coaching the high school track and field team.

That year, his senior year, he decided to join the track team for the first time.

Track for me was the last sport where I thought I still had the upper hand on him.

Then during his first meet, he decided to show his older brother up and crush my best height in the high jump event.

As proud as I was, I secretly was still being the hot-headed older brother inside.

What took me four years of hard work, he was able to best it, at his first attempt.

My brother and I also shared a very hard lesson our senior years.

We both ended up breaking bones that sidelined us during our senior year of football.

While mine was in the beginning of the season and I was able to make it back for the final stretch of the season, Matt’s was towards the end, which forced him to miss a big portion of his final basketball season.

In the end we both ended up missing huge portions of the sport we loved the most.

Seeing the pain on his face while sitting on the sidelines, brought back a flood of memories and was a moment of déjà vu.

My heart hurt for him and I could totally understand what he was going through at the moment.

The love I have for my younger brother is laced with tremendous pride that we wore the same Coupeville uniform and shared the same playing fields.

His bravery and strength to this day is something that still inspires me.

His decision to join the US Navy to help protect our country shows his incredible strength and dedication.

Siblings often don’t tell each other often enough how much they love each other, but Matthew’s slower, less-talented, older brother loves him very much and is very proud of him.

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Ford flies high, touches the sky!!

April 16, 2016 by David Svien

(Deb Smith photo)

   Jordan Ford (far right) seen here with teammates (l to r) Jared Helmstadter, Gabe Eck and Jacob Smith, shattered his school record in the pole vault Saturday. (Deb Smith photo)

Jordan Ford went a long way to shatter a school record.

Having traveled 153 miles from Central Whidbey to Eastern Washington Saturday, the Coupeville High School senior still had a spring in his step and flew high enough at the 45th annual Cashmere Invitational to set a new mark in the pole vault.

He cleared an even 12 feet, good for second-place in a 16-team meet, going a good three inches beyond the previous CHS record in the event.

The athlete whose name he erased? His own.

Ford’s previous school record had stood for a whole 15 days, since he cleared 11-09 at a meet in Langley Mar. 31.

His high-flying accomplishment, and two wins — Dalton Martin in the discus and the Wolf girls (Lauren Grove, Lindsey Roberts, Makana Stone, Sylvia Hurlburt) in the 4 x 200 — topped a day in which longtime Wolf coach Randy King returned to a school he once worked at back in the olden days.

The Wolf boys finished 7th out of 15 teams in the team race, while the girls were 8th in a field of 16.

Okanogan and Cascade (Leavenworth) won team titles.

With so many teams at the invitational, schools were restricted to just two competitors in each event, which limited the number of Wolves who made the long trip.

Those who did show up set 10 PRs, led by Allison Wenzel, who set personal marks in both of her events (300 hurdles and javelin).

Jakobi Baumann (3000), Lauren Bayne (javelin), Mitchell Carroll (triple jump), Danny Conlisk (1500), Ford (pole vault), Martin (shot put), Stone (800) and Henry Wynn (1500) joined Wenzel in notching career bests.

Complete CHS results:

GIRLS:

100 — Makana Stone (3rd) 13.36

200 — Sylvia Hurlburt (10th) 28.52

800 — Stone (3rd) 2:25.86 *PR*

1500 — Lauren Bayne (17th) 6:18.59

100 Hurdles — Lindsey Roberts (8th) 18.31

300 Hurdles — Mckenzie Meyer (15th) 58.87; Allison Wenzel (17th) 1:00.41 *PR*

4 x 100 — Lauren Grove, Roberts, Stone, Hurlburt (2nd) 51.93

4 x 200 — Grove, Roberts, Stone, Hurlburt (1st) 1:48.65

Shot put — Skyler Lawrence (9th) 29-11

Discus — Lawrence (8th) 89-08; Alexxis Otto (20th) 69-10

Javelin — Bayne (7th) 97-09 *PR*; Wenzel (11th) 86-11 *PR*

High Jump — Bayne (13th) 4-04

Triple Jump — Grove (11th) 29-00.75

BOYS:

100 — Jacob Smith (8th) 12.01, Gabe Eck (14th) 12.80

200 — Smith (5th) 24.00

400 — Jared Helmstadter (9th) 56.42

1500 — Danny Conlisk (12th) 4:45.09 *PR*; Henry Wynn (17th) 4:51.64 *PR*

3000 — Jakobi Baumann (17th) 11:46.14 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Ariah Bepler (18th) 50.75

4 x 100 — Smith, Eck, Helmstadter, Jordan Ford (5th) 46.53

4 x 400 — Conlisk, Helmstadter, Smith, Wynn (9th) 3:47.74

Shot Put — Dalton Martin (2nd) 45-03 *PR*; Dominic Dausey (21st) 32-03

Discus — Martin (1st) 155-05; Chris Battaglia (17th) 94-09

Javelin — Mitchell Losey (13th) 123-07; Grey Rische (16th) 119-09

High Jump — Connor Thompson (11th) 5-02

Pole Vault — Ford (2nd) 12-00 *PR*

Long Jump — Mitchell Carroll (14th) 17-04.25

Triple Jump — Carroll (4th) 40-05 *PR*; Thompson (10th) 36-00

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You got me runnin’!!

April 16, 2016 by David Svien

Sherry Roberts

   Former Coupeville High School Athlete of the Year Sherry Roberts completed her first half marathon Saturday. (Photo courtesy Sherry Roberts Fan Club)

The few, the proud, the local.

Now, only about 3% of the runners involved in the four races offered as part of Saturday’s Whidbey Island Marathon claimed Coupeville as their home town.

That just makes my work a tad bit easier, as, instead of listing all 1,243 runners who participated in the marathon, half marathon, 10K or 5K, I’m just focusing on the 38 from Cow Town.

Hey, this blog ain’t called Pocatello Sports, is it?

So here we go:

Marathon (138 runners):

James Steller (7th) 3:13:00
Maria Summers (104th) 4:52:45
Daniel Verble (113th) 5:02:30

Half Marathon (727 runners)

Reed Harbeck (9th) 1:34:13
Holly Salinger (32nd) 1:41:50
Luke Summers (47th) 1:44:16
Duane Baumann (205th) 2:06:23
Allyson Hockett (210th) 2:03:40
Stephen Edwards (226th) 2:04:52
Chris Bibby (232nd) 2:05:43
Phillip Renninger (296th) 2:10:03
Sherry Roberts (297th) 2:10:04
Denise Buys (354th) 2:14:49
John Fish (509th) 2:35:41
Bobbi Bradley (652nd) 3:14:18
Jessica Larson (663rd) 3:19:08
Brian Haight (677th) 3:22:31
Elizabeth Haight (678th) 3:22:33
Christopher Bradley (687th) 3:27:47
Jon Vermillion (696th) 3:32:12
Shari Murray (700th) 3:35:56
Sheryl Sato (702nd) 3:36:34
Joan Chochon (703rd) 3:36:34
Christine Niemann (727th) 4:30:31

10K (204 runners)

Zack Harris (17th) 52:13
Brian Hunt (47th) 56:43
Terri Eggers (136th) 1:14:18
Ben Robinett (139th) 1:14:40
John Eggers (157th) 1:19:42
Claire Mietus (163rd) 1:23:16
Brett Mietus (164th) 1:23:16
Everett Winsberg (187th) 1:39:35
Sheila O’Rourke (188th) 1:39:36

5K (174 runners)

Marian Quarrier (14th) 26:56
Jaschon Baumann (20th) 27:43
Betsy Brace (32nd) 29:55
Barbara Baumann (77th) 37:04
Karen Fletcher (149th) 55:02

Want to skim the results of all 1,243 runners? Pop over to:

https://results.chronotrack.com/event/results/event/event-20959

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