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Click-click, the camera makes its pick

Posted in Middle School, Track, tagged , , , , on June 5, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Always ready for a photo shoot. (Julie Wheat photos)

No more races, no more throws, but still plenty of photos.

While the Coupeville Middle School track and field team wrapped its season Thursday at the Cascade League Championships, we still have some pics to disperse.

The eight-pack seen above and below, capturing a variety of Wolves in action this spring, come to us from the camera of Wolf Mom Julie Wheat.

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“I’d say it’s been a great season!”

Posted in Middle School, Track, tagged , , , , on June 5, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Wolves (left to right) River Simpson, Kaleigha Millison, Vincent Alguire, and Maverick Walling go out on top. (Photos by Kelly Powers, Reagan Green, and Jacob Lujan)

“So many students brought their “A” game to the grand finale!”

Coupeville Middle School track and field boys’ coach Jon Gabelein and his fellow Wolf leaders came away thrilled from Thursday’s season-ending Cascade League Championships at Lakewood High School.

“They showed that today was the day to lock in and apply their strongest efforts,” Gabelein said. “This resulted in a ton of PRs and high placings while helping Coupeville be well represented at the league finals.

“There were lots of happy CMS athletes who were very proud of themselves for doing so well.

“It was great seeing them realize the success they created for themselves through their hard work and pushing their limits.”

Ella Holm marinates in sweet victory.

Wrapping up the two-day league event, which started Monday, the Wolves battled with six other teams, finishing in the top two of the team standings in three of four contests.

The Wolf 6th/7th grade girls finished first, holding off South Whidbey 89.5-79.5.

Meanwhile, both boys’ units claimed second, with the 6th/7th graders nipped 76-75 by King’s and the 8th graders trailing just Lakewood.

The CMS 8th grade girls, with a limited roster, finished sixth.

The three top-two performances were the best showing by any school.

Les Queen and Laurel Crowder racked up the medals.

Individually, 7th graders Les Queen and Laurel Crowder paced the Wolves, combining to claim seven titles.

Queen won the discus Monday, then beat the field in the 200, 400, and shot put in the finale.

He finishes his second track campaign with 18 wins, tying the program single-season high-water mark set by 8th grader Lindsey Roberts in 2015.

Crowder, who won the high jump Monday, added titles in the 100 and 200 and finishes the year with 12 wins, the third-best single-season showing by a CMS girl.

Xander Beaman gets legendary.

Coupeville also got titles from Jesse Kehoe (High Jump), Zariyah Allen (Discus), Ella Holm (Shot Put), and Xander Beaman (High Jump), with the latter smashing the school record in his event.

Kehoe’s win was his 11th of the season, just the fourth CMS boy to reach that mark in a single year.

Jesse Kehoe pushes hard for the line.

Whether they won or pushed their opponents to the final step or throw, the Wolves impressed their coaches.

“I am very proud of all the work they put in to improve themselves as well as all they did to support their teammates throughout our adventures,” Gabelein said.

“I look forward to the 6th and 7th grade students returning and continuing to get even better.

“I hope our 8th grade students will take their track and field skills to the next level by joining the high school team next year.”

That’s a feeling shared by Gabelein’s fellow coaches, Kelly Powers and Shaloma Allen, who lead the Wolf girls.

“At least two CMS records were broken today, added to the half dozen broken earlier in the year and I’d say it’s been a great season!” Powers said.

“Not without its highs and lows … we had a dropped baton or two and a few scratches here and there, but how these athletes bounce back and lift each other up will always inspire me.

“In a sport where only one person can finish first, I definitely feel we’ve had more wins than losses and I am exceptionally proud of how far every single athlete pushed themselves throughout the season and especially today.”

Henry Purdue is a PR machine.

 

Thursday results:

 

GIRLS:

 

8th grade:

400 — Zariyah Allen (5th) 1:09.34 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Anna Powers (4th) 20.11; Kaleigha Millison (6th) 20.30 *PR*

Discus — Z. Allen (1st) 86-06; Claire Lachnit (5th) 69-09 *PR*; Emma Green (11th) 61-06 *PR*; Sabrina Judnich (12th) 61-05 *PR*; Addison Jacobson (18th) 55-01 *PR*

Long Jump — Millison (13th) 12-04; Amira Annunciado (17th) 11-11 *PR*

 

6th/7th grade:

100 — Laurel Crowder (1st) 13.93 *PR*; Bella Sandlin (5th) 14.45 *PR*; Josilyn McColl (6th) 14.56

200 — Crowder (1st) 28.47 *PR*

400 — Sandlin (2nd) 1:11.39 *PR*; Sophia Magdolen (4th) 1:14.96

1600 — Juniper Dotson (6th) 6:19.16; Sarai Dangerfield (7th) 6:25.18 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Dotson (2nd) 19.91 *PR*; Abby Hunt (6th) 20.77 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Sandlin, Eden Weeks, Magdolen, Ruby Folkestad (6th) 1:04.17

Discus — McColl (3rd) 54-02 *PR*; Dani Halsing (20th) 41-08

Long Jump — Dotson (7th) 12-00; Mia Goers (9th) 11-11.50; Jasmine Allen (22nd) 9-08; Folkestad (27th) 4-07

Jasmine Allen, Josilyn McColl, and Juniper Dotson are the bright future of Wolf sports.

 

BOYS:

 

8th grade:

100 — River Simpson (3rd) 12.39

200 — Simpson (3rd) 25.23 *PR*

400 — Malachi Chapa (2nd) 57.86 *PR*

800 — Henry Purdue (2nd) 2:17.40 *PR*; Lincoln Wagner (6th) 2:31.71 *PR*; Maverick Walling (7th) 2:36.02 *PR*; Archer Schwarz (10th) 2:46.34 *PR*

110 Hurdles — Jacob Lujan (8th) 25.81

4 x 100 Relay — Xander Beaman, Aiden Wheat, Walling, Chapa (4th) 51.80

4 x 200 Relay — Simpson, Chapa, Wagner, Sawyer Rudat (2nd) 1:48.88

Shot Put — Vincent Alguire (4th) 35-09

High Jump — Beaman (1st) 5-09 *PR*; Chapa (5th) 4-10; Alguire (6th) 4-10; Wheat (8th) 4-08; Purdue (12th) 4-06

 

6th/7th grade:

100 — Jesse Kehoe (2nd) 12.76 *PR*; Liam Stoner (5th) 13.48 *PR*

200 — Les Queen (1st) 26.11; Stoner (5th) 27.74 *PR*

400 — Queen (1st) 59.62 *PR*

800 — Miles Abram (16th) 2:56.60 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Stoner, Logan Dees, Henry Tierney, Alton Hansen (4th) 55.43

Shot Put — Queen (1st) 38-03; Jackson Coxsey (23rd) 13-05

Discus — Queen (1st) 112-04; Tierney (10th) 75-11.50 *PR*; Shiloh Johnson (24th) 42-09.50 *PR* — This event was contested Monday, but results were accidentally left out of that story.

High Jump — Kehoe (1st) 5-01; Johnson (9th) 4-00; Abram (13th) 4-00

 

Logan Dees, Henry Tierney, Liam Stoner, and Shiloh Johnson

Claire Lachnit, Emma Green, Sabrina Judnich, and Anna Powers

Congrats and on to next season!

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Gloomy day, bright performances

Posted in Middle School, Track, tagged , , , , on May 13, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Aiden Wheat charges for the finish line. (Julie Wheat photo)

The results outshone the weather.

Competing on their home oval on a grey mid-May afternoon Wednesday, the Coupeville Middle School track and field squad held up well against always-strong South Whidbey.

Spurred on by eight wins from their 8th graders, the Wolf boys edged the visitors 94-87 in the team battle, while South Whidbey sailed to a 140-54 victory in the girl’s competition.

Overall, 10 CMS athletes finished first in at least one event, with Laurel Crowder (100, 200, High Jump), Jesse Kehoe (100, High Jump, Long Jump), and Les Queen (200, 400, Discus) each winning three times.

Queen, a 7th grader, is now 11-0, the third-most wins in a single season for a Wolf boy.

He trails just Diesel Eck (13 in 2025) and Alex Murdy (12 in 2019), then would be chasing CMS standard bearers Lindsey Roberts (18 in 2015) and Tamsin Ward (16 in 2025).

Kehoe, who has eight wins this spring, and Crowder, who joins River Simpson with seven apiece, are all hot on the heels of Queen for top honors.

For Wolf coach Jon Gabelein, the day was a success, starting with the fact the majority of the liquid sunshine hit the ground prior to the meet.

“Everyone was glad that the rain didn’t last long,” he said. “Today’s meet included some exciting PRs, some errors we wish we wouldn’t have made, and lots of students supporting each other’s strong efforts.

“With just one more meet before prelims and finals, the season is flying by.

“Our ability to continue being intentional with how we use our practices productively without over training will help everyone wrap up the season at the highest level possible.”

That last regular season meet arrives Wednesday, May 20, when the Wolves travel to Langley for a rematch with South Whidbey.

After that comes the Cascade League Championships, set for June 1 and 4 at Lakewood High School.

 

Wednesday results:

 

GIRLS:

 

8th grade:

100 — Ava Alford (5th) 15.28; Amira Annunciado (10th) 16.33; Sabrina Judnich (11th) 16.67 *PR*; Claire Lachnit (12th) 16.71; Vicky Quiroga Rivera (15th) 17.70 *PR*; Addison Jacobson (16th) 17.88

200 — Alford (3rd) 32.16 *PR*; Zariyah Allen (5th) 32.60 *PR*; Emma Green (6th) 34.37; Lachnit (10th) 35.38 *PR*; Quiroga Rivera (11th) 38.60

1600 — Anna Powers (2nd) 6:30.94

100 Hurdles — Powers (2nd) 20.28 *PR*; Kaleigha Millison (3rd) 23.48

4 x 100 Relay — Judnich, Lachnit, E. Green, Powers (2nd) 2:27.01

Shot Put — Millison (2nd) 25-03 *PR*; Jacobson (3rd) 23-02; Quiroga Rivera (4th) 23-00 *PR*; Alford (6th) 23-00; Annunciado (7th) 19-08 *PR*

Discus — Allen (1st) 95-10 *PR*; Lachnit (3rd) 57-09.50; E. Green (4th) 55-09 *PR*; Josilyn McColl (5th) 52-03 *PR*; Judnich (6th) 52-00 *PR*; Powers (10th) 42-00; Jacobson (11th) 41-00

High Jump — Allen (2nd) 4-02; E. Green (3rd) 3-10 *PR*; Millison (5th) 3-08

Long Jump — Millison (4th) 11-09; Annunciado (9th) 10-08; Ruby Folkestad (11th) 10-00 *PR*; Quiroga Rivera (14th) 8-04

 

6th/7th grade:

100 — Laurel Crowder (1st) 14.17 *PR*; Bella Sandlin (2nd) 14.76 *PR*; Josilyn McColl (4th) 15.04; Ava Clark (5th) 15.16 *PR*; Mia Goers (8th) 15.91; Sophia Magdolen (10th) 15.98 *PR*; Ella Holm (11th) 16.18; Eden Weeks (12th) 16.21; Evelyn Merino-Martinez (19th) 16.62 *PR*; Ruby Folkestad (22nd) 16.81; Emma Roberts (23rd) 17.13 *PR*; Reagan Green (26th) 17.79; Dani Halsing (27th) 17.97 *PR*; Kolby Johnson (29th) 18.27 *PR*; Milly Somes (34th) 19.92

200 — Crowder (1st) 29.79 *PR*; Weeks (4th) 33.84; Magdolen (5th) 34.00 *PR*; Goers (6th) 34.42; Merino-Martinez (9th) 35.43 *PR*; Maja Govorcin-O’Connell (10th) 37.55

400 — Sandlin (1st) 1:13.79 *PR*; Magdolen (3rd) 1:17.03 *PR*; Merino-Martinez (4th) 1:24.98 *PR*

800 — Sarai Dangerfield (4th) 3:01.77 *PR*

1600 — Dangerfield (3rd) 6:29.55 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Abby Hunt (5th) 24.50 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — R. Green, Goers, McColl, Holm (2nd) 1:07.08; Weeks, Somes, Folkestad, Sandlin (3rd) 1:09.39

Shot Put — Holm (2nd) 23-05; Govorcin-O’Connell (5th) 20-08; Clark (9th) 17-01 *PR*; Weeks (10th) 17-00; K. Johnson (13th) 15-08; Roberts (14th) 14-02

Discus — Halsing (7th) 40-04

High Jump — Crowder (1st) 4-07 *PR*; Govorcin-O’Connell (2nd) 3-10 *PR*; Halsing (3rd) 3-08 *PR*; Hunt (4th) 3-06

Long Jump — Sandlin (5th) 11-03.50; Goers (6th) 11-02.50 *PR*; Magdolen (11th) 10-06 *PR*; Holm (14th) 10-03; R. Green (16th) 10-01 *PR*; Merino-Martinez (18th) 9-11; Halsing (21st) 9-05; Clark (22nd) 9-02 *PR*; Dangerfield (28th) 8-08; Roberts (30th) 7-10; K. Johnson (31st) 7-09.50 *PR*; Somes (32nd) 7-09 *PR*

 

BOYS:

 

8th grade:

100 — River Simpson (1st) 12.54; Xander Beaman (3rd) 13.54 *PR*; Aiden Wheat (4th) 13.65 *PR*; Diesel Eck (5th) 14.00; Vincent Alguire (8th) 14.65; Maverick Light (12th) 17.46

200 — Simpson (1st) 25.63 *PR*

400 — Malachi Chapa (1st) 1:00.91

800 — Henry Purdue (1st) 2:21.60 *PR*; Archer Schwarz (2nd) 2:51.60

1600 — Purdue (2nd) 5:10.02 *PR*; Lincoln Wagner (3rd) 5:49.76 *PR*; Schwarz (4th) 6:04.77

Shot Put — Eck (1st) 34-07 *PR*; Alguire (2nd) 33-10; Wagner (9th) 22-06 *PR*

Discus — Eck (1st) 98-03; Wagner (2nd) 85-09 *PR*; Light (5th) 59-10 *PR*; Sawyer Rudat (7th) 46-00 *PR*

High Jump — Beaman (1st) 5-03; Chapa (2nd) 5-03; Wheat (3rd) 5-00; Alguire (4th) 4-08; Purdue (4th) 4-08

Long Jump — Chapa (1st) 16-02; Wagner (3rd) 14-04; Schwarz (4th) 14-01 *PR*; Jacob Lujan (9th) 12-04; Rudat (10th) 12-01; Light (16th) 8-05

 

6th/7th grade:

100 — Jesse Kehoe (1st) 13.17 *PR*; Logan Dees (3rd) 14.70; Shiloh Johnson (7th) 15.75 *PR*; Henry Tierney (9th) 16.07; Jackson Coxsey (17th) 18.32

200 — Les Queen (1st) 27.22 *PR*; Dees (4th) 30.85 *PR*

400 — Queen (1st) 1:07.31

800 — Miles Abram (5th) 2:57.24 *PR*

1600 — Alton Hansen (5th) 6:27.56 *PR*; Abram (6th) 6:38.88

Shot Put — Coxsey (7th) 15-03

Discus — Queen (1st) 115-05; Tierney (6th) 68-08

High Jump — Kehoe (1st) 5-02; S. Johnson (2nd) 4-00; Hansen (3rd) 4-00

Long Jump — Kehoe (1st) 15-00; Hansen (4th) 12-01; Dees (6th) 11-10; S. Johnson (13th) 9-09 *PR*; Tierney (17th) 8-11; Liam Stoner (19th) 7-08; Coxsey (22nd) 5-08 *PR*

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“I couldn’t be more proud of this team!”

Posted in Cross Country, Middle School, tagged , , , , , on October 22, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Anna Powers finished in first or second place in five of seven races this season. (Julie Wheat photo)

“This really was an amazing season.”

Wednesday marked the end of the road for the Coupeville Middle School cross country squad, creating mixed feelings for coach Amber Wyman.

“I couldn’t be more proud of this team!” she said.

“I’m sad that I won’t see these amazing athletes daily. They worked so hard and so many of them got PRs!”

Coupeville’s boys, ready to rumble. (Amber Wyman photo)

The Wolf harriers closed their campaign by competing in the seven-team Cascade League Championships in Langley, earning four top 10 finishes in the individual standings.

Anna Powers hit the tape in second place, while running mates Sarai Dangerfield and Henry Purdue both claimed fourth place.

Lincoln Wagner rounded out the top times with a seventh-place performance.

The CMS boys placed second in the team standings, while their female counterparts were fourth.

South Whidbey swept both team titles while competing on a 3,000-meter course.

Stars today, even bigger stars in the years to come. (Amber Wyman photo)

 

Wednesday results:

 

GIRLS:

Anna Powers (2nd) 12:26.55
Sarai Dangerfield (4th) 13:05.54
Claire Lachnit (28th) 15:35.34
Ava Clark (33rd) 15:46.29
Abby Hunt (41st) 16:29.23
Liberty Perez (44th) 17:05.15
Seraphina Williams (49th) 18:51.43

 

BOYS:

Henry Purdue (4th) 11:16.40
Lincoln Wagner (7th) 11:28.35
Colton Ashby (13th) 12:03.34
Archer Schwarz (16th) 12:03.34
Jesse Kehoe (22nd) 12:38.72
Nicholas Strong (23rd) 12:46.49
Cole Van Dyke (47th) 13:54.00
Mica McCloskey (49th) 14:01.51
Miles Abram (59th) 14:37.19
Elijah Williams (60th) 14:37.83
Johnathyn Driscoll (61st) 14:39.51
Les Queen (62nd) 14:42.39
Oliver Miller (64th) 14:44.57
Hayden Maynes (77th) 15:46.26

The Wolves celebrate with ice cream. (Amber Wyman photo)

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Wolves gallop in Granite

Posted in Cross Country, Middle School, tagged , , , , on October 15, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Cole Van Dyke burns up the trail. (Julie Wheat photos)

It’s becoming a familiar trip.

Traveling back to Granite Falls for the second time in five days, the Coupeville Middle School cross country squad ran in the Granite Gallop Wednesday afternoon.

The trek followed on the heels of a jaunt Saturday to the same area for the Mountain Loop Invitational.

This time out, the Wolves were one of seven schools vying on a 1.7-mile course, seeking glory and PRs.

Coupeville’s boys finished second in the team standings, piling up 55 points to South Whidbey’s meet-best 31.

That put both Whidbey schools well ahead of King’s, which was third with 83 points.

Lakewood (118), Granite Falls (119), Sultan (155), and Northshore Christian Academy (156) rounded out the standings.

On the girl’s side of things, South Whidbey and Granite finished in a tie with 52 points, followed by Northshore (66), Coupeville (88), Lakewood (125), and Sultan (131).

Adeline Stevens and Jude Stadler of South Whidbey claimed individual crowns, while Wolf 8th grader Anna Powers continued her torrid fall, hitting the tape in second place.

Coupeville returns to action next Wednesday, Oct. 22, traveling to Langley for the season-concluding Cascade League Championships.

Claire Lachnit has her eyes on the finish line. 

 

Wednesday results:

 

GIRLS:

Anna Powers (2nd) 11:20.99
Sarai Dangerfield (5th) 11:59.23
Claire Lachnit (25th) 13:55.32
Ava Clark (26th) 13:57.75
Abby Hunt (31st) 14:18.20
Liberty Perez (44th) 16:19.63

 

BOYS:

Henry Purdue (4th) 10:11.12
Lincoln Wagner (6th) 10:17.88
Archer Schwarz (14th) 10:50.16
Colton Ashby (15th) 10:51.90
River Simpson (16th) 11:05.98
Nicholas Strong (17th) 11:16.60
Jesse Kehoe (25th) 11:37.44
Mica McCloskey (41st) 12:23.42
Cole Van Dyke (42nd) 12:27.12
Johnathyn Driscoll (57th) 13:33.26
Elijah Williams (59th) 13:36.18
Miles Abram (65th) 13:59.21
Hayden Maynes (78th) 15:05.75
Oliver Miller (80th) 15:18.19

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