Aleksia Jump prepares to fly into the wild blue yonder. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)
It was a day for winners.
Hosting its first home meet of the season Wednesday, the Coupeville High School track and field team went wild in the sun, racking up 12 wins, 62 PRs, and a ton of positive memories.
Toss in a team title for the Wolf boys, and the fact that an athlete accidentally left behind by Orcas Island eventually got retrieved, and things were fairly peachy all around.
“Thanks to our all-star crew, it ran smoother than a sprinter on a tailwind,” said CHS coach Bob Martin.
“Christi Messner, Jen Marzocca, Aimee Bishop, and Barbi Ford worked their magic on the timing system, Jerry Helm fired the gun like a pro, and Neil Rixe caught every finish with eagle-eyed precision.
“Huge thanks to the incredible coaches who jumped in to help run events, so every athlete had a chance to shine.
“And let’s not forget our legendary team parents — fueling the crew with hot chili, soup, and enough snacks to power a relay team. It truly takes a village to run a meet, and Coupeville showed up in style.”
The Wolf boys topped the 13-team field with a 219-point explosion, putting them way ahead of runner-up La Conner (103), while the Wolf girls (98) were third, behind Mount Vernon Christian (185) and La Conner (111.5).
Axel Marshall (left) and Cael Wilson discuss strategy.
Cael Wilson led the way, picking up three individual wins (high jump, pole vault, long jump), while also running a leg on a triumphant 4 x 400 relay squad.
Carson Field (800, 1600, 3200), Katie Marti (discus, javelin), Lyla Stuurmans (800), and Matthew Ward (triple jump) also came out on top, as did the boys 4 x 100 unit.
The Wolves get back at it this Saturday, but with a change in their game plan.
Originally slated to travel to Cashmere, they are instead trekking off to the Forks Lion Club Invitational.
Wednesday’s results:
GIRLS:
100 — Laken Simpson (13th) 14.61; Willow Leedy-Bonifas (27th) 15.43
200 — Isa Mc Fetridge (10th) 30.88
400 — Olivia Hall (5th) 1:10.63 *PR*; Marin Winger (8th) 1:16.61; Ivy Rudat (9th) 1:16.64
800 — Lyla Stuurmans (1st) 2:41.43; Mikayla Wagner (5th) 3:02.90 *PR*; I. Rudat (8th) 3:15.39; Lexis Drake (9th) 3:26.80
1600 — Stuurmans (3rd) 5:55.39 *PR*; Wagner (7th) 6:31.13 *PR*; Aleksia Jump (11th) 6:36.43; Lillian Ketterling (12th) 6:58.63 *PR*; Devon Wyman (13th) 7:58.17
100 Hurdles — Myra McDonald (8th) 20.51; Ari Cunningham (10th) 21.74; Frankie Tenore (12th) 24.57
300 Hurdles — McDonald (9th) 1:02.2; A. Cunningham (12th) 1:06.14; Tenore (13th) 1:08.00 *PR*
4 x 100 Relay — A. Cunningham, Mc Fetridge, Ayden Wyman, Leedy-Bonifas (5th) 58.43
4 x 400 Relay — Hall, Winger, Drake, Simpson (2nd) 5:02.04
Shot Put — Katie Marti (2nd) 31-02; Emma McFadden (14th) 20-05 *PR*
Discus — Marti (1st) 100-06 *PR*; Ketterling (6th) 75-02 *PR*; McFadden (23rd) 49-08.50 *PR*
Javelin — Marti (1st) 99-02
High Jump — A. Wyman (6th) 4-06; Tenore (7th) 4-04
Pole Vault — A. Jump (2nd) 7-00; Ketterling (3rd) 6-00 *PR*; I. Rudat (4th) 6-00 *PR*
Long Jump — Leedy-Bonifas (7th) 13-06 *PR*; A. Cunningham (10th) 13-05 *PR*; Mc Fetridge (13th) 12-10 *PR*
BOYS:
100 — Chase Anderson (3rd) 11.88; Matthew Ward (8th) 12.20 *PR*; Marquette Cunningham (9th) 12.24; Davin Houston (10th) 12.29; Liam Blas (12th) 12.42 *PR*; Easton Green (21st) 12.70 *PR*; Marcelo Gebhard (23rd) 12.73; Beckett Green (27th) 12.85 *PR*; Nathan Coxsey (37th) 13.02; Will Tierney (51st) 13.67 *PR*; Richmond Bandong (52nd) 13.71; Nikolas Rogers (57th) 14.06 *PR*; Diego Gonzalez (60th) 14.52 *PR*; William Hamm (74th) 17.36 *PR*
200 — Anderson (2nd) 24.33; Houston (4th) 25.09; M. Cunningham (5th) 25.31; Ward (7th) 25.48; Blake Burrows (8th) 25.81; E. Green (9th) 25.85; B. Green (12th) 26.07 *PR*; Coxsey (21st) 27.51; Edmund Wilson (22nd) 27.61; Bandong (24th) 28.20 *PR*; Rogers (26th) 28.98 *PR*; Gonzalez (30th) 30.40 *PR*; Hamm (37th) 35.93 *PR*
400 — Preston Epp (2nd) 52.48 *PR*; Burrows (7th) 56.50 *PR*; Dane Hadsall (15th) 58.80 *PR*; Weyl (21st) 1:02.61 *PR*; Malachi Somes (24th) 1:04.38 *PR*; Tierney (25th) 1:05.14 *PR*; Rogers (27th) 1:10.44
800 — Carson Field (1st) 2:10.76; Kenneth Jacobsen (5th) 2:20.34; Joshua Stockdale (6th) 2:21.32 *PR*; Solomon Rudat (7th) 2:25.35 *PR*; Ethan Walling (8th) 2:33.65 *PR*; Johnathan Jacobsen (12th) 2:55.00; Isaiah Allen (15th) 3:07.45
1600 — Field (1st) 4:52.89; Malachi Somes (2nd) 4:59.01 *PR*; Stockdale (5th) 5:15.96; George Spear (6th) 5:22.29; Walling (18th) 5:55.52; Edmund Kunz (19th) 5:55.61 *PR*; Allen (22nd) 6:26.77
3200 — Field (1st) 10:50.81 *PR*; Spear (4th) 11:15.83; Walling (8th) 12:43.72 *PR*; Kunz (9th) 12:45.31 *PR*; K. Jacobsen (9th) 12:45.31
110 Hurdles — Axel Marshall (4th) 19.20
300 Hurdles — Blas (2nd) 47.32 *PR*; Marshall (5th) 48.29 *PR*
4 x 100 Relay — M. Cunningham, Gebhard, Epp, Anderson (1st) 45.75; Hadsall, E. Green, B. Green, Ward (4th) 48.44; Badong, Coxsey, Tierney, E. Wilson (8th) 51.06
4 x 400 Relay — Anderson, Blas, Cael Wilson, Epp (1st) 3:46.51; Hadsall, Burrows, Badong, Weyl (4th) 4:19.58
Shot Put — Zac Tackett (7th) 34-01.50; Gebhard (8th) 33-09.50; Khanor Jump (12th) 30-06.25; Mason Butler (23rd) 27-00; David Somes (25th) 26-05.50 *PR*; K. Jacobsen (34th) 24-05.25; Zach Blitch (39th) 22-04.50 *PR*
Discus — Butler (4th) 107-03; K. Jacobsen (11th) 92-10.50 *PR*; Blas (14th) 85-07.50; J. Jacobsen (25th) 69-05.50 *PR*; Nicholas Wasik (26th) 67-03.50; D. Somes (32nd) 60-04.50 *PR*; Blitch (37th) 52-11
Javelin — Gebhard (6th) 122-08; M. Somes (14th) 102-05; D. Somes (34th) 75-00 *PR*; Rogers (38th) 68-11; J. Jacobsen (41st) 63-07 *PR*
High Jump — C. Wilson (1st) 6-01 *PR*; Wyatt Fitch-Marron (5th) 5-04; Houston (9th) 5-04; J. Jacobsen (12th) 5-02 *PR*; Tierney (19th) 4-10 *PR*
Pole Vault — C. Wilson (1st) 12-00; Marshall (3rd) 10-00; S. Rudat (6th) 8-00 *PR*; Kunz (8th) 6-06 *PR*
Long Jump — C. Wilson (1st) 20-00 *PR*; Fitch-Marron (13th) 16-03 *PR*; B. Green (15th) 16-02 *PR*; E. Wilson (18th) 16-00 *PR*; M. Somes (22nd) 15-06; S. Rudat (25th) 15-02; Coxsey (27th) 15-00 *PR*
Triple Jump — Ward (1st) 39-06.25; Marshall (3rd) 36-02 *PR*
“Fly away and pierce the sky!”
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