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Harriers burn up Bellingham trails

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on September 12, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Ivy Rudat and Co. spent Saturday running in Bellingham. (Photos courtesy Elizabeth Bitting)

It was a good day in the big city.

The Coupeville High School cross country squad traveled to Bellingham Saturday, joining 42 other schools to compete at the highly regarded GearUp Northwest XC Preview.

While there the Wolves traversed a two-mile course and went running shoe to running shoe with some of the best in the country, as the host, Sehome, boasts the #5 ranked girls’ team in the entire USA.

Saturday’s event was broken down into classes, with freshmen running against freshmen and seniors against seniors, and so on.

In addition, Wolf sophomore Hunter Atteberry got to fire the starter’s pistol for one of the races.

Coupeville sent 20 runners to the line, and Wolf coach Elizabeth Bitting ended the day pleased with them all.

“I love this race! So many amazing runners!” she said. “There were many PR’s and some firsts on the course!

“All walked away with smiles and a feeling of accomplishment! Proud of them all!!!!!!!”

The Wolves stay closer to home for the next meet, hosting the Salish Sea Jamboree at Fort Casey State Park Wednesday, September 16.

 

Saturday results:

 

GIRLS:

 

Seniors:

Ivy Rudat (68th) 15:23.87

 

Juniors:

Mikayla Wagner (124th) 16:24.89
Devon Wyman (128th) 16:37.99
Laken Simpson (130th) 16:44.70
Ava Lucero (159th) 19:34.37

Left to right are Laken Simpson, Mikayla Wagner, Devon Wyman, and Ava Lucero.

 

Sophomores:

Allie Powers (85th) 15:41.42

Allie Powers

 

Freshmen:

Anna Powers (27th) 14:14.25
Claire Lachnit (97th) 16:44.08
Emma Green (115th) 17:40.39

Left to right are Emma Green, Anna Powers, and Claire Lachnit.

 

BOYS:

 

Seniors:

Kenneth Jacobsen (89th) 12:08.73

Kenneth Jacobsen

 

Juniors:

Beckett Green (103rd) 12:44.74
Isaiah Allen (116th) 13:13.77
Johnathan Jacobsen (123rd) 13:44.40

Left to right are Isaiah Allen, Beckett Green, and Johnathan Jacobsen.

 

Sophomores:

Ossian Merkel (56th) 12:18.83
Hunter Atteberry (112th) 13:56.85

Ossian Merkel (left) and Hunter Atteberry

 

Freshmen:

Henry Purdue (33rd) 11:44.17
Archer Schwarz (69th) 12:37.59
Leo Davis (98th) 13:13.26

Left to right are Leo Davis, Henry Purdue, and Archer Schwarz.

 

JV:

Nolan Hunt (80th) 16:27.44
Zach Blitch (125th) 20:32.11

Nolan Hunt (395) and Zach Blitch.

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Wolves survive, thrive in the mud

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , , , on September 5, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Allie Powers (left) and Mikayla Wagner can run in any environment. (Photos courtesy Elizabeth Bitting)

They returned to the motherland to kick off a new season.

Well, to my mother’s land, that is.

Making an overnight trip to Tillamook, Oregon — where the cows outnumber the humans and I spent a considerable number of summers dragging wet sand back from the beach to deposit on my grandmother’s rug — the Coupeville High School cross country team competed Saturday at the massive Ultimook Race.

Just how massive?

Well, there were 93 high school teams, 18 middle school squads, and seven clubs in attendance, likely all fueled by cheese and ice cream from the nearby world-famous Tillamook Creamery.

Event organizers ran 16 races across a course which featured a “REAL cross country experience without sacrificing a quality, race able course.”

There were “two river crossings, a mud pit, a mile of wood chipped trails, and, of course, a bunch of beautiful flowers.”

Emphasis on mud pit.

“Mud? What mud?”

“This mud!”

Coupeville’s harriers, repping a 2B school, punched above their weight class, competing in the 5,000-meter varsity races for schools in classifications 1A-4A.

Those duels drew a combined 526 runners, with 234 girls and 292 boys zipping across the frontier.

The Wolf boys finished 15th in the team standings, while their female counterparts were 25th overall.

A pair of Oregon schools took top honors, with Philomath leading the way in the girl’s race and Knappa out of Astoria ruling the boy’s competition.

Individual honors went to Cassidy Smart of Philomath, who is the defending Oregon high school state champion, and Gus Kirby of Neah-Ka-Nie.

Coupeville’s cross country mentors also left their mark at the meet, with Andy Wyman finishing 6th in the open race for adults.

The Wolves return to action next Saturday, September 12, when they travel to Bellingham for the GearUp Northwest XC Preview.

Claire Lachnit’s first high school cross country race was a messy one.

 

Saturday results:

 

GIRLS:

Anna Powers (87th) 24:21.29 *PR*
Mikayla Wagner (146th) 26:54.21
Allie Powers (167th) 27:47.56
Devon Wyman (179th) 28:08.88
Laken Simpson (187th) 28:40.48 *PR*
Claire Lachnit (193rd) 29:03.75 *PR*
Ava Lucero (217th) 31:50.53

 

BOYS:

Cyrus Sparacio (39th) 19:05.49
Henry Purdue (66th) 20:06.47 *PR*
Ossian Merkel (130th) 21:43.56
Archer Schwarz (134th) 21:46.99 *PR*
Beckett Green (213th) 24:07.35
Hunter Atteberry (220th) 24:22.63
Isaiah Allen (271st) 28:09.75

Flashback to earlier in the day, before the Wolves hit the trail.

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Wolves rack up summer miles

Posted in Running, tagged , , , , on July 11, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Wolf runners (l to r) Cyrus Sparacio, Ossian Merkel, and Isaiah Allen are putting in the miles this summer. (Photos courtesy Elizabeth Bitting)

The Wolves were at the front of the field.

Six Coupeville High School runners participated in the Ragnar Relay this weekend, competing as the “Running with the Pack” squad.

Showcasing their fleet feet were Anna Powers, Isaiah Allen, Devon Wyman, Allie Powers, Cyrus Sparacio, and Ossian Merkel.

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Cross country captains chosen

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , , on June 6, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Three to lead the pack.

Coupeville High School cross country coach Elizabeth Bitting revealed her picks for this fall’s harriers Saturday, with Devon Wyman, Mikayla Wagner, and Beckett Green tabbed for leadership roles.

The trio will all be juniors when the new school year kicks into action, and have a combined five trips to the state meet amongst themselves.

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Wolf track caps regular season run

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on May 2, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Wolf thrower Lillian Ketterling does her best John Cena imitation. “You can’t see me!” (Ana Paula Oliveira photo)

It was prime time to tune up for the postseason.

Competing Saturday at the 21-team Bellevue Christian Track and Field Invitational, a pack of Coupeville High School athletes brought the regular season to an end with a bang.

After this all eyes turn to the Northwest 2B/1B League Championships May 7 in Mount Vernon, followed by districts and state.

Saturday’s royal rumble, which went down at Sammamish High School, drew a wide range of schools from across multiple classifications, providing a stern test for the Wolves.

Bellevue Christian won the girls’ team title, with Lynden Christian and East Jefferson hot on its heels, while Sammamish carried the day in the boys’ competition, with Nooksack Valley and BC rounding out the top three.

Coupeville’s boys claimed 13th, while its girls finished 18th.

Edmund Kunz goes up, up, and away in the pole vault. (Jackie Saia photo)

 

Saturday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

200 — Isa Mc Fetridge (10th) 28.19 *PR*

400 — Taylor Marrs (12th) 1:14.15

800 — Laken Simpson (17th) 2:51.37; Mikayla Wagner (27th) 3:10.09

1600 — Devon Wyman (15th) 6:34.41 *PR*

3200 — Wyman (10th) 14:02.77 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Wyman (17th) 1:04.96

4 x 400 Relay — Olivia Hall, Marrs, Lillian Ketterling, Simpson (4th) 4:44.92

Discus — Ketterling (10th) 78-01; Marrs (33rd) 58-02

Pole Vault — Ketterling (5th) 8-06 *PR*

Triple Jump — Willow Leedy-Bonifas (11th) 28-05.75 *PR*

Mikayla Wagner piles up the laps. (Aiden O’Neill photo)

 

BOYS:

100 — Marquette Cunningham (23rd) 11.99; Liam Blas (38th) 12.48; Beckett Green (44th) 12.63; Sage Arends (54th) 13.01 *PR*

200 — Green (25th) 25.51; Richmond Bandong (40th) 26.60 *PR*; Shilo Sandlin (48th) 27.61

400 — Brian Thompson (23rd) 58.94; Will Tierney (29th) 59.78

800 — Cyrus Sparacio (8th) 2:13.77; Ossian Merkel (30th) 2:30.65; Johnathan Jacobsen (33rd) 2:32.99; Hunter Atteberry (37th) 2:41.99; Nolan Hunt (45th) 3:15.03 *PR*

1600 — Sparacio (7th) 4:49.41; Merkel (24th) 5:29.90; Kenneth Jacobsen (28th) 5:32.73; Atteberry (37th) 5:47.78 *PR*; Hunt (47th) 6:51.57 *PR*

3200 — Sparacio (6th) 10:16.99 *PR*; K. Jacobsen (14th) 11:09.23 *PR*; Edmund Kunz (18th) 11:47.41 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Edmund Wilson (7th) 47.73 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Cunningham, Blas, Wyatt Fitch-Marron, Davin Houston (5th) 46.29

4 x 100 Relay (Throwers) — Blas, J. Jacobsen, Bandong, Sandlin (2nd) 50.89

4 x 400 Relay — Tierney, Wilson, Fitch-Marron, Green (4th) 4:08.29

Shot Put — Zachary Saho (8th) 40-07.75; Khanor Jump (24th) 33-04.50; Zach Blitch (42nd) 23-03 *PR*

Discus — Blas (8th) 110-08; Jump (11th) 107-11; Saho (27th) 85-08; Sandlin (39th) 61-10 *PR*; Blitch (44th) 58-00

Javelin — Bandong (14th) 107-04; K. Jacobsen (25th) 98-05 *PR*; Sandlin (33rd) 94-05 *PR*

High Jump — Fitch-Marron (4th) 5-10; J. Jacobsen (14th) 5-04

Pole Vault — Kunz (15th) 8-00; Russell Miller (17th) 6-00

Long Jump — Arends (7th) 17-09; Thompson (13th) 16-08.50; Wilson (14th) 16-05

Triple Jump — Cunningham (14th) 31-09

Marquette Cunningham approaches splashdown. (Aiden O’Neill)

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