
Zariyah Allen prepares to launch a winning throw in the discus. (Kelly Powers photos)
“I can’t believe this was the last regular season meet. It feels like we just started this adventure!”
Coupeville Middle School track and field coach Jon Gabelein may be feeling like spring is flying by, but his Wolves continue to take advantage of their time in the spotlight.
Competing Wednesday at a three-team meet in Langley, CMS capped the regular season with 16 wins, a zillion PRs, and some history.
Squaring off with King’s and host South Whidbey, the Wolves won the boys 6th/7th grade team title, while earning second in the other three team tussles.
The history came courtesy 8th grader Tamsin Ward and 7th grader Diesel Eck.
Eck picked up three wins Wednesday, capturing shot put and discus titles while also running a leg on a triumphant relay squad.
That gives him 12 victories on the season, tying him with then-8th grader Alex Murdy (2019) for the most by a CMS boy in the modern era.
Ward went one better in Langley, sweeping to wins in the 100, 200, shot put, and high jump, which puts her at 14-0 heading into the Cascade League Championships June 2.
That’s second-best in CMS track history, trailing just Lindsey Roberts, who won 19 times as an 8th grader in 2015.
Ward has 37 wins across the past three seasons, most career victories by a Coupeville Middle School student.

One of Coupeville’s relay teams heads into action.
Across the board, Coupeville athletes seized the opportunity to shine Wednesday, with many of them picking up new events as the season winds down.
“Embracing that new event PR rush!” said CMS coach Kelly Powers.
“You never know what event will resonate with you until you try it in competition and even though one Wolf remarked ‘I’ll never do THAT again!’ it’s great they’re trying things on to see what fits!
“And who knows, sometimes we come back to what challenges us … at least I hope so!
“It was great to see so many smiles and athletes that don’t take themselves so seriously they can’t have some fun!”

Kaleigha Millison soars in the long jump.
Wednesday results:
GIRLS:
8th grade:
100 — Tamsin Ward (1st) 13.76; Isley Garcia Fernandez (23rd) 17.86 *PR*
200 — Ward (1st) 29.44
100 Hurdles — Elizabeth Marshall (2nd) 20.68
4 x 200 Relay — Kennedy O’Neill, Sage Stavros, Garcia Fernandez, Marshall (2nd) 2:14.39
Shot Put — Ward (1st) 35-08.75
High Jump — Ward (1st) 4-08
Long Jump — Garcia Fernandez (21st) 9-01.50
6th/7th grade:
100 — Andrea Gonzalez (2nd) 14.51 *PR*; Ava Alford (4th) 15.06; Laurel Crowder (6th) 15.19 *PR*; Abbie Moss (7th) 15.20 *PR*; Ella Holm (10th) 15.51 *PR*; Miah Patterson (11th) 15.89 *PR*; Finley Helm (12th) 15.99; Mia Goers (13th) 16.00; Claire Lachnit (15th) 16.15; Amira Anunciado (21st) 16.79; Evelyn Merino-Martinez (25th) 17.20 *PR*; Victoria Quiroga Rivera (26th) 17.32; Sophia Magdolen (27th) 17.45; Ruby Folkestad (31st) 17.88 *PR*; Reagan Green (34th) 18.76
200 — Bella Sandlin (1st) 32.68 *PR*; Emma Green (3rd) 33.78 *PR*; Patterson (4th) 34.44 *PR*; Folkestad (7th) 34.79 *PR*; Goers (9th) 35.48; Magdolen (10th) 36.33 *PR*; Merino-Martinez (15th) 38.26; Quiroga Rivera (16th) 38.34; Ari Vinson (17th) 40.10
400 — Sandlin (2nd) 1:13.10 *PR*; Zariyah Allen (6th) 1:24.20 *PR*; Lachnit (7th) 1:28.11 *PR*
800 — Annaliese Powers (2nd) 2:57.11 *PR*; Sophia Burley (5th) 3:10.16 *PR*; Autumn Hunt (7th) 3:14.81 *PR*; Sarai Dangerfield (8th) 3:24.02 *PR*
1600 — A. Powers (2nd) 6:15.27 *PR*; A. Hunt (5th) 6:58.58 *PR*; Dangerfield (6th) 7:10.73
100 Hurdles — A. Powers (4th) 21.24; E. Green (5th) 21.86; Alford (7th) 22.93; Helm (8th) 23.12; Patterson (9th) 23.78; Burley (10th) 25.94 *PR*
4 x 100 Relay — Kaleigh Millison, Crowder, Moss, Goers (2nd) 1:01.58; Gonzalez, Vinson, Quiroga Rivera, Sandlin (3rd) 1:04.23; Lachnit, Allen, A. Hunt, Magdolen (4th) 1:06.83; Merino-Martinez, Holm, R. Green, Burley (5th) 1:07.97; Addison Jacobson, Sabrina Judnich, A. Powers, E. Green (6th) 1:08.29
Shot Put — Jacobson (3rd) 23-02; Holm (4th) 21-06.50; Helm (7th) 21-00; Anunciado (16th) 15-02.25 *PR*; Gonzalez (19th) 11-00.75
Discus — Allen (1st) 69-00; Lachnit (4th) 49-04; E. Green (5th) 47-06 *PR*; Millison (6th) 43-05; Crowder (10th) 40-05; Judnich (15th) 36-05; Vinson (17th) 34-09; Jacobson (22nd) 31-04
High Jump — Millison (1st) 4-00; Crowder (2nd) 4-00
Long Jump — Millison (4th) 12-01.50; Holm (5th) 11-10 *PR*; Moss (12th) 10-10.50; Sandlin (16th) 10-07 *PR*; Patterson (21st) 10-01 *PR*; Merino-Martinez (23rd) 9-11.50 *PR*; Folkestad (24th) 9-10 *PR*; Allen (28th) 9-08.50; Anunciado (30th) 9-06.50; Magdolen (33rd) 9-00; Burley (36th) 8-09; Dangerfield (38th) 8-06.50; Vinson (39th) 8-04; R. Green (39th) 8-04

Malachi Chapa glides over the bar.
BOYS:
8th grade:
100 — Brian Thompson (5th) 13.01 *PR*; Collin Mirabile (6th) 13.51; Kion Tellery (14th) 15.02; Hunter Atteberry (15th) 15.14 *PR*
200 — Tellery (2nd) 31.25 *PR*; Frank Morrell (3rd) 32.90 *PR*
400 — Thompson (1st) 1:04.04; Zaydyn Dees (4th) 1:13.53; Atteberry (6th) 1:25.02
800 — Cyrus Sparacio (2nd) 2:26.76; Dees (5th) 2:48.61 *PR*
1600 — Sparacio (2nd) 5:11.15; Ossian Merkel (3rd) 5:43.14 *PR*; Atteberry (5th) 6:50.74; Nolan Hunt (6th) 7:00.00
110 Hurdles — Morrell (3rd) 24.58 *PR*
4 x 100 Relay Team — NO NAMES LISTED (2nd) 52.02
Shot Put — Mirabile (1st) 37-11.50 *PR*; Tellery (7th) 28-04 *PR*; N. Hunt (13th) 20-00.75 *PR*
Discus — Sparacio (9th) 61-01; Merkel (11th) 58-01; Tellery (14th) 54-06; N. Hunt (18th) 45-03; Dees (19th) 42-05
Long Jump — Thompson (1st) 16-02; Mirabile (2nd) 16-00 *PR*; Henry Bailey (5th) 14-04
6th/7th grade:
100 — Les Queen (1st) 13.92 *PR*; Xander Beaman (5th) 14.31 *PR*; Liam Stoner (6th) 14.64; Diesel Eck (11th) 14.77 *PR*; Vincent Alguire (14th) 15.23 *PR*; Asher Harris (23rd) 16.63; Brenden Tumulty (31st) 18.97
200 — River Simpson (2nd) 28.21; Beaman (4th) 29.16 *PR*; Queen (6th) 29.72; Jacob Lujan (8th) 30.83; Tumulty (17th) 44.16 *PR*
400 — Malachi Chapa (1st) 1:03.45 *PR*; Ceiba Rusch (11th) 1:29.48
800 — Archer Schwarz (3rd) 2:56.92
1600 — Lincoln Wagner (4th) 5:58.36; Schwarz (5th) 6:11.71; Tanner Kempton (9th) 7:09.44; Rusch (10th) 7:30.57 *PR*
110 Hurdles — Lujan (2nd) 20.33; Stoner (3rd) 21.35; Wagner (5th) 22.89; Kempton (6th) 24.43 *PR*; Rusch (7th) 29.18
4 x 100 Relay — Chapa, Beaman, Eck, Simpson (1st) 54.14; Lujan, Wagner, Maverick Walling, Stoner (4th) 58.72; Merkel, Atteberry, Dees, N. Hunt (5th) 1:04.37
Shot Put — Eck (1st) 31-09.25; Alguire (2nd) 28-02.75 *PR*; Harris (12th) 17-05 *PR*
Discus — Eck (1st) 96-08 *PR*; Queen (3rd) 68-04; Tumulty (7th) 51-05 *PR*
High Jump — Beaman (1st) 4-08 *PR*; Jesse Kehoe (2nd) 4-06; Chapa (3rd) 4-04; Stoner (4th) 4-02
Long Jump — Queen (3rd) 13-10 *PR*; Chapa (4th) 13-08 *PR*; Kehoe (7th) 13-05; Wagner (9th) 13-01 *PR*; Lujan (11th) 12-08; Schwarz (22nd) 11-06; Tumulty (42nd) 7-10

Annaliese Powers streaks for the finish line.
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