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Perfection? Pretty close!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on April 23, 2018| 1 Comment »

    Coupeville’s Kyle Burnett, modeling a puffy jacket at an earlier meet, won the pole vault Monday at a three-team home meet. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

   When Ariah Bepler gazed into his future, did he see himself shattering his PR in the high jump while his grandpa watched? If so, it came true.

   Lucy Sandahl, cruising here earlier this season, ran away with wins in two events on her home track.

A huge part of track and field is competing against yourself.

The Wolves kept that in mind Monday, as they endured the blazing sun (by Whidbey standards, at least) and limited resistance from their foes.

While Coupeville High School’s student body is small, Friday Harbor and Lopez have even fewer athletes to draw from, so there wasn’t much chance they would upend the Wolves on their home oval.

And the meet played out exactly as most would have predicted, with the CHS girls winning all 16 events and the Wolf boys capturing 11 of 15.

Coupeville swept all four relays, while Lucy Sandahl, Keahi Sorrows, Lindsey Roberts, Lauren Bayne, Jacob Smith and Sean Toomey-Stout each won two individual events.

Maybe more importantly, 18 different Wolves set a PR at the three-team meet, with seven earning two personal bests on the day.

 

Complete Monday results:

 

GIRLS:

100 — Maya Toomey-Stout (1st) 13.78; Ja’Tarya Hoskins (3rd) 14.61

200 — Lindsey Roberts (1st) 27.68 *PR*; Zoe Trujillo (4th) 31.92

800 — Lucy Sandahl (1st) 2:45.20; Natalie Hollrigel (2nd) 2:54.20

1600 — Sandahl (1st) 5:57.35; Catherine Lhamon (2nd) 6:26.04

3200 — Lhamon (1st) 13:38.80; Hollrigel (3rd) 15:05.30 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Roberts (1st) 16.09; Hoskins (2nd) 19.20

300 Hurdles — Hoskins (1st) 58.95

4 x 100 Relay — Mallory Kortuem, Roberts, M. Toomey-Stout, Ashlie Shank (1st) 52.99

4 x 200 Relay — Kortuem, M. Toomey-Stout, Shank, Roberts (1st) 1:52.65

Shot put — Emma Smith (1st) 31-04; Kylie Chernikoff (2nd) 26-07; Shank (3rd) 24-04 *PR*; Willow Vick (4th) 18-09 *PR*

Discus — Allison Wenzel (1st) 93-10.50 *PR*; E. Smith (2nd) 84-02; Hannah Davidson (3rd) 74-03.50; Abby Parker (4th) 72-03; Chernikoff (5th) 68-00.25; W. Vick (7th) 61-00.50 *PR*; Raven Vick (9th) 44-04

Javelin — Davidson (1st) 90-11 *PR*; Wenzel (2nd) 87-08; R. Vick (3rd) 84-08; Lauren Bayne (4th) 79-08; Trujillo (5th) 76-08; Parker (6th) 74-06; Chernikoff (7th) 68-07

High Jump — Bayne (1st) 4-08; Hoskins (3rd) 4-02; Cassidy Moody (4th) 4-00

Pole Vault — Kortuem (1st) 7-00

Long Jump — Moody (1st) 14-05.50 *PR*; Hollrigel (2nd) 12-05 *PR*; Parker (3rd) 10-05.50; W. Vick (4th) 10-02

Triple Jump — Bayne (1st) 30-02.75 *PR*

 

BOYS:

100 — Jacob Smith (1st) 11.72; Ethan Clavette (6th) 13.60; Chris Ruck (7th) 14.16

200 — J. Smith (1st) 23.59; Henry Wynn (2nd) 24.25; Luke Carlson (4th) 26.50; Kyle Burnett (5th) 26.60 *PR*; Clavette (7th) 27.62 *PR*

400 — Danny Conlisk (1st) 53.45; Wynn (2nd) 55.56

800 — Conlisk (2nd) 2:07.62

110 Hurdles — Jakobi Baumann (2nd) 21.38

300 Hurdles — Baumann (2nd) 50.20

4 x 100 Relay — Jean Lund-Olsen, Cameron Toomey-Stout, Sean Toomey-Stout, J. Smith (1st) 45.01; Burnett, Carlson, Thane Peterson, Clavette (3rd) 49.19

4 x 400 Relay — J. Smith, Wynn, Ariah Bepler, S. Toomey-Stout (1st) 4:00.17

Shot Put — Keahi Sorrows (1st) 37-07; Ryan Labrador (2nd) 37-02; Chris Battaglia (3rd) 37-01; Andrew Martin (7th) 29-00 *PR*

Discus — Sorrows (1st) 99-08.50 *PR*; Bepler (2nd) 98-09.50 *PR*; Battaglia (3rd) 94-01; Labrador (5th) 85-04; Peterson (6th) 79-11; Clavette (10th) 67-08 *PR*; Martin (11th) 65-11 *PR*

Javelin — S. Toomey-Stout (1st) 131-03 *PR*; Bepler (2nd) 118-06; Carlson (3rd) 112-06 *PR*; Martin (4th) 93-07.50; Battaglia (9th) No distance listed

High Jump — Bepler (1st) 6-00 *PR*

Pole Vault — Burnett (1st) 7-06

Long Jump — S. Toomey-Stout (1st) 19-11 *PR*; C. Toomey-Stout (3rd) 19-07.50 *PR*; Ruck (5th) 14-04 *PR*

Triple Jump — C. Toomey-Stout (2nd) 38-08.50 *PR*; Baumann (4th) 35-08.50 *PR*

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Wolves start things off with a bang!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on March 15, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   South Whidbey’s Carl Henri Chapman (left) and Coupeville’s Jean Lund-Olsen, who both hail from Haiti, hang out at Thursday’s Island Jamboree. (Photo by Jon Chapman)

   Lauren Bayne kicked off her senior campaign with a win in the high jump. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

You know it’s a good day when you can make Randy King gush.

The longtime Coupeville High School track and field guru has been around the oval a few times, so not a lot surprises him.

But there he was Thursday, hale and hearty after recovering from surgery, and popping his buttons while watching his Wolves open the season at the Island Jamboree in Oak Harbor.

“Our work over the past two weeks is bearing fruit!,” King said. “My, oh my. Lots of good performances.

“Looking forward to next week and a full meet!”

Thursday presented the latest chapter in an annual event which brings all three Whidbey Island schools together, with 1A Coupeville and South Whidbey competing against 3A Oak Harbor.

Despite facing stiff competition, the Wolves acquitted themselves quite nicely, winning three events (and a fourth unofficially), claiming six second-place finishes and compiling 31 PR’s.

The stars of the day were Emma Smith (shot put), Allison Wenzel (discus) and Lauren Bayne (high jump), who all ended up on the highest step of the award stand.

Kylie Chernikoff, Hannah Davidson, Wenzel and Bayne also teamed up to win the only relay of the day, which was a special one for throwers.

While times weren’t recorded or posted for the event, the Wolves broke the tape first, and everyone saw it, so bow down to Cow Town.

Coupeville also got second-place finishes from Thane Peterson (discus), Danny Conlisk (800), Mallory Kortuem (400), Ryan Labrador (shot put), Lindsey Roberts (100 hurdles) and Jean Lund-Olsen (long jump).

Complete CHS results:

GIRLS:

100 — Mallory Kortuem (6th) 13.72

200 — Lindsey Roberts (3rd) 28.73; Ashlie Shank (9th) 30.47; Zoe Trujillo (13th) 31.42 *PR*

400 — Kortuem (2nd) 1:05.36 *PR*; Natalie Hollrigel (6th) 1:10.35 *PR*; Shank (8th) 1:10.60 *PR*

800 — Catherine Lhamon (7th) 2:54.21 *PR*; Lucy Sandahl (8th) 2:55.01; Hollrigel (15th) 3:25.30 *PR*

1600 — Lhamon (5th) 6:12.66 *PR*; Sandahl (7th) 6:22.77

100 Hurdles — Roberts (2nd) 16.17; Ja’Tarya Hoskins (5th) 19.80 *PR*

Throwers Relay — Allison Wenzel, Lauren Bayne, Kylie Chernikoff, Hannah Davidson (1st) NO TIMES RECORDED

Shot put — Emma Smith (1st) 29-09 *PR*; Chernikoff (4th) 24-06 *PR*

Discus — Wenzel (1st) 82-06; Chernikoff (3rd) 78-03 *PR*; Davidson (4th) 72-03 *PR*; E. Smith (6th) 70-10; Abby Parker (7th) 65-10

Javelin — Bayne (4th) 95-05; Wenzel (5th) 91-11; Davidson (6th) 85-11 *PR*; Raven Vick (10th) 80-04; Trujillo (11th) 78-06 *PR*; Parker (12th) 74-01

High Jump — Bayne (1st) 4-08; Cassidy Moody (3rd) 4-04; Hoskins (5th) 4-00; Willow Vick (5th) 4-00 *PR*

BOYS:

100 — Jacob Smith (3rd) 11.57, Jean Lund-Olsen (10th) 11.96 *PR*; Thane Peterson (20th) 13.47 *PR*; Chris Ruck (24th) 14.07 *PR*

200 — Kyle Burnett (10th) 26.71 *PR*; Luke Carlson (14th) 27.66; Ethan Clavette (22nd) 29.87 *PR*

400 — J. Smith (4th) 54.27; Burnett (12th) 1:02.70 *PR*

800 — Danny Conlisk (2nd) 2:15.83

1600 — Conlisk (3rd) 4:56.14 *PR*

Shot Put — Ryan Labrador (2nd) 38-05 *PR*; Chris Battaglia (4th) 36-07; Keahi Sorrows (6th) 35-04 *PR*; Matt Stevens (19th) 26-07 *PR*

Discus — Peterson (2nd) 90-05 *PR*; Sorrows (4th) 86-09; Labrador (16th) 60-00; Clavette (19th) 50-01 *PR*

Javelin — Battaglia (4th) 128-05 *PR*; Carlson (8th) 108-05 *PR*; Andrew Martin (9th) 107-10 *PR*

Long Jump — Lund-Olsen (2nd) 18-01; Ruck (7th) 10-08 *PR*

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Stick the landing!!

Posted in A freakin' American hero, tagged , , , , , on March 6, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Allison Wenzel is one of four Wolf seniors who played a sport in all 12 seasons of high school. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Missed it … by that much.

As we head towards the first official games of spring, preliminary reports have 22 of the 29 Coupeville High School athletes who played a fall and winter sport completing the trifecta and earning status as three-sport athletes.

While that’s an impressive number for a very small student body, it narrowly misses tying the best performance in the six-year history of Coupeville Sports.

The numbers:

2012-2013 — (18 three-sport athletes)
2013-2014 — (23)
2014-2015 — (20)
2015-2016 — (17)
2016-2017 — (23)
2017-2018 — (22)

That includes four Wolf seniors — Allison Wenzel, Hunter Downes, Cameron Toomey-Stout and Hunter Smith — who made it a flawless 12-for-12, playing a sport in every season of their prep careers.

Certainly nothing to sneeze at, as only three CHS athletes — Lauren Grove, Jared Helmstadter and Tiffany Briscoe — accomplished the feat in the last two years combined.

It was almost more than four, as well, as Lauren Rose and Joey Lippo each missed perfection by just a single season, opting to sit out their senior and sophomore basketball seasons respectively.

Of the 22 who are minting themselves as three-sport athletes in 2017-2018, there’s a good balance.

The breakdown shows 12 boys and 10 girls, with seven seniors, six sophomores, five juniors and four freshmen.

Wolf girls were ahead going into spring, but five of the seven who are declining to play this season, for various reasons, are female athletes.

The spotlight will swing back on the girls next year, though, as the only CHS juniors who have a shot to pull off a 12-for-12 career are Lindsey Roberts and Sarah Wright.

Coupeville’s three-sport athletes in 2017-2018:

Mollie Bailey (frosh) (soccer, basketball, softball)
Kylie Chernikoff (frosh) (volleyball, basketball, track)
Hunter Downes (sr) (football, basketball, soccer)
Mason Grove (soph) (tennis, basketball, baseball)
Gavin Knoblich (soph) (football, basketball, baseball)
Ryan Labrador (jr) (football, basketball, track)
Joey Lippo (sr) (tennis, basketball, baseball)
Dane Lucero (jr) (football, basketball, baseball)
Jean Lund-Olsen (soph) (football, basketball, track)
Jake Pease (jr) (football, basketball, baseball)
Chelsea Prescott (frosh) (volleyball, basketball, softball)
Avalon Renninger (soph) (soccer, basketball, tennis)
Lindsey Roberts (jr) (soccer, basketball, track)
Kyle Rockwell (sr) (football, basketball, baseball)
Hunter Smith (sr) (football, basketball, baseball)
Scout Smith (soph) (volleyball, basketball, softball)
Cameron Toomey-Stout (sr) (football, basketball, track)
James Vidoni (sr) (football, basketball, baseball)
Allison Wenzel (sr) (volleyball, basketball, track)
Genna Wright (frosh) (soccer, basketball, tennis)
Sarah Wright (jr) (soccer, basketball, softball)
Tia Wurzrainer (soph) (soccer, basketball, tennis)

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Sweet sounds of success for Wolf duo!!

Posted in Band, tagged , , , , , , on January 28, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Allison Wenzel, here playing with the CHS band at a football game, claimed two first-place finishes Sunday in a music competition. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

   Jakobi Baumann matched her finish, winning as both an individual and as part of a duo.

Both Wolves advance to the state competition in late April.

The music is in them.

Coupeville High School seniors Allison Wenzel and Jakobi Baumann combined for three wins Saturday at a San Juan Music Educators Association competition in Bellingham, punching their tickets for state.

Wenzel, who was playing the day before her birthday, captured first in French Horn while playing the first movement of “Horn Concerto No. 2 for Horn and Orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.”

Baumann matched her, winning a title in Trombone while laying down the sweet sounds of the first movement of “Concertino by Ferdinand David.”

The duo also teamed up to triumph in Brass Ensemble, besting 18 other rivals.

Wenzel and Baumann tickled the ears of the judges with the first movement of “The First Sonata for Horn and Trombone by Jean Antoine Blanc.”

Both Wolves are standout students who also find time to compete in multiple sports.

Baumann is a top tennis player and distance runner for the CHS track team, while Wenzel is one season away from finishing off a perfect 12-for-12 run as a high school athlete.

She has competed in volleyball, basketball and track all four years.

The state music competition is Apr. 27-28 at Central Washington University.

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No quit in these Wolves!!

Posted in Basketball, tagged , , , , , , on November 13, 2017| Leave a Comment »

   Allison Wenzel juggles academics, music and athletics, and is the one CHS senior girl still on target to play a sport in all 12 seasons. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

   Keeping limber helps Hunter Downes as he joins Wenzel in the chase of perfection.

Season after season, the Wolves have been able to rely on Hunter Smith.

   Setting a strong example for lil’ sis Maya, Cameron Toomey-Stout has tackled every challenge which has come his way. (Beth Stout photo)

The Class of 2018 is committed.

As of the first day of basketball season Monday, four Coupeville High School seniors remain on target to complete the ultimate athletic mission – play a sport in all 12 seasons of their prep careers.

If Allison Wenzel, Hunter Downes, Cameron Toomey-Stout and Hunter Smith are able to stick the landing, the Class of 2018 would beat the Class of 2016 and 2017, combined.

Last year, Tiffany Briscoe and Lauren Grove were the only Wolves to complete the journey, while, two years ago, Jared Helmstadter was a lone hero.

Now, of course, pulling off the 12-for-12 run at CHS is a mix of skill, commitment, a love of basketball and a bit of luck.

If it wasn’t for an off-season leg injury which erased her entire junior volleyball campaign, Kyla Briscoe would also be on this list.

Downes, for one, has hurt himself numerous times, but, unlike Briscoe, he has always done it DURING the season, keeping his streak alive.

And you can’t underestimate the role basketball plays in any Wolf hitting the 12-for-12 run, as that’s the only sport the school offers in the winter.

Just off the top of my head, I can name at least two current CHS seniors who miss the list only because of a decision to skip a basketball season. One did it as a sophomore, while the other is electing not to play as a senior.

For now, though, the focus is firmly on the four-pack chasing perfection.

At a small school like CHS, you need athletes to play more than one sport. It’s a matter of bodies.

Wenzel, Camtastic and the Hunters have been at the forefront, giving their time and sweat season after season while also juggling academics and extracurricular activities.

They are upholding tradition, while setting the bar for young athletes coming up behind them.

Call them iron men or iron women, they have earned our praise.

 

The breakdown for each athlete, through winter 2017:

Hunter Downes – Football (4 seasons); basketball (4 seasons); track (2 seasons); soccer (1 season)

Hunter Smith – Football (4 seasons); basketball (4 seasons); baseball (3 seasons)

Cameron Toomey-Stout – Football (4 seasons); basketball (4 seasons); baseball (2 seasons); track (1 season)

Allison Wenzel – Volleyball (4 seasons); basketball (4 seasons); track (3 seasons)

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