Tamsin Ward (left) and Lillian Ketterling, seen during soccer season, both delivered strong performances in the first track meet. (Jandellyn Ward photo)
She’s a winner, at every level.
During her middle school track and field days, Tamsin Ward set a Coupeville record, earning 39 victories across three seasons, most for any CMS athlete ever, girl or boy.
Jump forward to 2026, and the supernova, now a high school freshman, isn’t missing a beat.
Opening the season in La Conner Wednesday, Ward claimed titles in both the shot put and high jump, slapping an exclamation point on Coupeville’s performance at a 12-team meet.
She was joined atop the victory podium by sophomore Wyatt Fitch-Marron, who soared to his own win in the high jump a year after finishing 7th at the 2B state meet in the same event.
Rounding out Coupeville’s winners were the quartet of Cyrus Sparacio, Brian Thompson, Malachi Somes, and Beckett Green, who hit the tape first in the day’s final event, the 4 x 400 relay.
That late win flipped the Wolf boys ahead of Friday Harbor in the team standings, with CHS nipping the Wolverines 90-88 to finish second behind La Conner (117).
On the girl’s side of things, Mount Vernon Christian (142.5) finished atop the heap, with La Conner (134), Providence Classical Christian (102), and Coupeville (75.5) rounding out the top four.
The meet consisted of all six Northwest 2B/1B League schools who compete in track — Coupeville, MVC, Concrete, Orcas Island, Friday Harbor, and La Conner — as well as Shoreline Christian, Lopez Island, Cedar Park Christian-Lynnwood, Grace Academy, Evangel Christian, and Providence Classical Christian.
“A great start to the season with a lot of new faces and a younger team than we’ve seen in the past, but just as competitive,” said Coupeville coaches Bob Martin and Elizabeth Bitting.
“Despite windy and muddy conditions, the team showed a lot of grit and teamwork.
“We’re excited to see how much they grow and develop throughout the season!”
It’s a busy first week of competition for the Wolves, who claimed 41 PR’s Wednesday.
After two days of practice, CHS returns to action Saturday with a trip to the Rainier Icebreaker.
Wednesday’s results:
GIRLS:
100 — Tamsin Ward (10th) 14.69 *PR*; Isa Mc Fetridge (12th) 15.15
200 — Mc Fetridge (8th) 31.31; Taylor Marrs (15th) 34.98 *PR*
400 — Olivia Hall (2nd) 1:10.19; Marrs (7th) 1:16.75 *PR*
1600 — Mikayla Wagner (8th) 6:55.10; Devon Wyman (10th) 6:59.00 *PR*
3200 — Wagner (5th) 14:24.97; Wyman (7th) 14:39.25 *PR*
100 Hurdles — Lexis Drake (11th) 22.57; Myra McDonald (13th) 23.79; Frankie Tenore (14th) 24.64
300 Hurdles — Kennedy O’Neill (8th) 1:03.13 *PR*; Tenore (10th) 1:12.24; McDonald (11th) 1:13.04
4 x 100 Relay — Mc Fetridge, Arianna Cunningham, Willow Leedy-Bonifas, O’Neill (5th) 1:00.38
4 x 200 Relay — O’Neill, Drake, A. Cunningham, Ward (3rd) 2:07.25
4 x 400 Relay — Hall, Lillian Ketterling, Marrs, Drake (4th) 5:12.82
Shot Put — Ward (1st) 30-07 *PR*
Discus — Ketterling (4th) 66-03; Marrs (13th) 52-04 *PR*
High Jump — Ward (1st) 4-06 *PR*; Tenore (5th) 4-00
Pole Vault — Ketterling (4th) 6-00
Long Jump — A. Cunningham (10th) 11-05.75; O’Neill (13th) 10-04.25 *PR*; McDonald (16th) 10-01; Leedy-Bonifas (17th) 10-0.75
Triple Jump — A. Cunningham (4th) 27-01 *PR*; Leedy-Bonifas (6th) 25-05
BOYS:
100 — Chase Anderson (5th) 12.42; Davin Houston (7th) 12.59; Marquette Cunningham (10th) 12.72; Liam Blas (14th) 12.90; Wyatt Fitch-Marron (16th) 13.00 *PR*; Nathan Coxsey (17th) 13.01; Beckett Green (20th) 13.10; Richmond Bandong (33rd) 13.71; Edmund Kunz (35th) 13.79 *PR*; Sage Arends (39th) 14.09 *PR*; Shiloh Sandlin (47th) 14.70 *PR*; Jaxen Curry (57th) 17.10 *PR*
200 — Houston (4th) 25.38; Bandong (15th) 28.36; Sandlin (25th) 30.03 *PR*
400 — Green (5th) 1:02.05 *PR*; Coxsey (6th) 1:03.61 *PR*; Bandong (10th) 1:05.83 *PR*
800 — Ossian Merkel (10th) 2:37.34 *PR*; Johnathan Jacobsen (12th) 2:44.45; Hunter Atteberry (15th) 3:02.07 *PR*; Zach Blitch (16th) 3:19.12 *PR*; Zachary Saho (18th) 4:16.39 *PR*
1600 — Cyrus Sparacio (2nd) 4:58.72 *PR*; Malachi Somes (4th) 5:03.67; Kenneth Jacobsen (10th) 5:27.78; Merkel (14th) 5:44.38 *PR*; Will Tierney (20th) 6:08.81 *PR*; Atteberry (26th) 7:02.20 *PR*; Nolan Hunt (28th) 7:29.84 *PR*; Blitch (29th) 7:44.58 *PR*; Saho (31st) 10:32.89 *PR*
3200 — K. Jacobsen (6th) 12:00.97; Kunz (7th) 12:49.08; Atteberry (11th) 15:38.40 *PR*
4 x 100 Relay — Blas, Green, Thompson, Edmund Wilson (3rd) 49.09
4 x 400 Relay — Sparacio, Thompson, Somes, Green (1st) 4:03.99; Blas, Arends, Coxsey, Wilson (4th) 4:14.89
Shot Put — Saho (8th) 32-09; Khanor Jump (19th) 26-01.50; Blitch (27th) 22-02
Discus — Jump (7th) 105-04 *PR*; Blas (10th) 89-00; Saho (20th) 66-06; Tierney (26th) 57-04 *PR*; Sandlin (28th) 54-01 *PR*; Blitch (35th) 48-08; J. Jacobsen (36th) 48-01
Javelin — Jump (14th) 80-03 *PR*; Bandong (18th) 77-03 *PR*; J. Jacobsen (20th) 76-00 *PR*
High Jump — Fitch-Marron (1st) 5-04; Houston (2nd) 5-02; J. Jacobsen (4th) 5-02; Tierney (6th) 5-00 *PR*
Long Jump — Arends (4th) 17-08 *PR*; Thompson (8th) 16-08 *PR*; Wilson (14th) 15-06
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