Aidan Wilson (left) enjoys his moment atop the podium.
Aidan Wilson is still out there kicking butt and taking names.
The Coupeville grad, who won five state track and field medals as a Wolf, competed in his second Spartan Sprint race in Michigan this weekend and excelled.
Vying in the competitive class, he won his age group.
Spartan Sprint races send runners through a course where they have to evade obstacles, diving into mud, climbing up ropes, and jumping over fire.
Wilson and fellow competitors had to deal with 20 obstacles on a 5K course.
His triumph in the event continues a tradition of excellence, going back to his days as a multi-sport athlete at CHS.
During his time on Whidbey, Wilson more than earned his status as a Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Famer.
He participated in a mind-boggling 16 events as a Wolf track and field star, collecting 41 wins across three seasons.
Wilson brought home five state meet medals, earning three 2nd place finishes, capping his career by placing 7th out of 32 in a two-day, 10-event decathlon featuring competitors from every state classification.
One of only eight Wolf boys to earn as many as five state meet medals, it’s likely he would have gone higher on that list if real-world issues hadn’t restricted him to just two trips to the big dance.
The pandemic erased all spring sports when Wilson was a freshman, and the state meet was cancelled during his sophomore season as track officials limited how far schools could travel in the Age of Coronavirus.
Wilson also ran a season of cross country, while raining down goals on the soccer pitch.
He rattled the net for 10 goals as a senior, earning All-Conference First-Team honors, and finished his prep career with 13 scores, putting him #7 on Coupeville’s all-time boys’ soccer scoring chart.
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