Axel Marshall, seen here last season, won the 110 hurdles Saturday at Stanwood. (Parker Hammons photo)
Young guns, having some fun.
That’s not just lyrics from an extra-bouncy 1982 song by Wham, but also an apt description of Saturday’s track and field meet.
Coupeville High School sent its young bunch on the road for the Stanwood Freshman/Sophomore Showcase, returning with 26 PRs and a win in the 110 hurdles from Axel Marshall.
Competing against a packed field of bigger schools, the Wolves claimed seventh place in the freshman boys’ team standings and eighth among sophomores, while the CHS girls were ninth best in both competitions.
Lake Stevens (boys) and Stanwood (girls) finished atop the reader board for freshmen, with Arlington coming out on top in both sophomore battles.
Marshall narrowly missed a double dip, finishing 2nd in the 300 hurdles, while Wyatt Fitch-Marron was 2nd in the freshman high jump.
Toss in some third and fourth-place finishes, plus a lot of personal bests, and the young Wolves made their mark in the big time.
“Great showing by our freshman and sophomore athletes today, well done!” said CHS coach Bob Martin. “The future is looking bright!”
With Spring Break upon them, the Wolves, young or old, don’t have another meet for a bit.
Coupeville returns to action as a complete team Thursday, April 10, when it travels to Shoreline to join Archbishop Thomas Murphy, Shorecrest, and Shorewood for an afternoon of competition.
Saturday’s results:
GIRLS:
FRESHMEN:
100 — Laken Simpson (10th) 14.90
200 — Willow Leedy-Bonifas (11th) 32.53 *PR*
400 — Olivia Hall (10th) 1:11.85 *PR*; Marin Winger (12th) 1:16.04 *PR*
800 — Lillian Ketterling (13th) 3:13.83 *PR*
1600 — Devon Wyman (14th) 7:33.61 *PR*
3200 — Ketterling (5th) 14:53.62 *PR*; Wyman (7th) 16:04.70 *PR*
100 Hurdles — Ari Cunningham (8th) 22.12
300 Hurdles — Cunningham (6th) 1:06.92
4 x 100 Relay — Cunningham, Leedy-Bonifas, Hall, Simpson (5th) 59.91
4 x 400 Relay — Hall, Ketterling, Winger, Simpson (3rd) 5:07.97
Discus — Ketterling (7th) 68-04
Long Jump — Cunningham (9th) 12-09 *PR*; Leedy-Bonifas (11th) 12-0
SOPHOMORES:
800 — Ivy Rudat (10th) 3:09.24; Lexis Drake (12th) 3:16.54 *PR*
1600 — I. Rudat (5th) 7:07.02 *PR*
100 Hurdles — Myra McDonald (6th) 21.16
300 Hurdles — McDonald (4th) 1:04.69
4 x 400 Relay –– Drake, I. Rudat, McDonald, Mikayla Wagner (3rd) 5:26.79
Long Jump — McDonald (8th) 11-0
BOYS:
FRESHMEN:
100 — William Hamm (21st) 17.55 *PR*
200 — Nathan Coxsey (11th) 26.94 *PR*
400 — Jonah Weyl (15th) 1:02.95 *PR*
800 — Johnathan Jacobsen (19th) 2:55.58; Isaiah Allen (20th) 2:56.53 *PR*
1600 — Allen (19th) 6:04.04 *PR*
3200 — Edmund Kunz (14th) 13:02.08 *PR*
110 Hurdles — Liam Blas (8th) 21.49
300 Hurdles — Blas (6th) 49.53
4 x 100 Relay — Will Tierney, Coxsey, Richmond Bandong, Beckett Green (4th) 51.00
4 x 400 Relay — Weyl, Blas, Edmund Wilson, Green (4th) 4:04.90
Shot Put — Khanor Jump (5th) 31-11.25 *PR*
Discus — Blas (4th) 85-11 *PR*; Jump (15th) 64-02
Javelin — J. Jacobsen (13th) 53-04
High Jump — Wyatt Fitch-Marron (2nd) 5-06 *PR*; J. Jacobsen (7th) 5-00 *PR*
Long Jump — Wilson (11th) 12-07
SOPHOMORES:
200 — Nikolas Rogers (19th) 30.05
400 — Rogers (16th) 1:09.52 *PR*
800 — Joshua Stockdale (11th) 2:21.62 *PR*; Solomon Rudat (15th) 2:28.23
1600 — Stockdale (12th) 5:21.42 *PR*; Kenneth Jacobsen (13th) 5:23.75, Ethan Walling (17th) 5:57.58
3200 — K. Jacobsen (8th) 11:27.40 *PR*; Walling (15th) 12:46.71
110 Hurdles — Axel Marshall (1st) 19.45
300 Hurdles — Marshall (2nd) 48.55 *PR*
Shot Put — K. Jacobsen (13th) 23-02; Zach Blitch (14th) 20-11.50 *PR*
Discus — Blitch (16th) 56-07 *PR*
Javelin — K. Jacobsen (17th) 36-07
Pole Vault — Marshall (3rd) 10-0; S. Rudat (9th) 7-06
Long Jump — S. Rudat (15th) 13-02
Triple Jump — Marshall (3rd) 34-07
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