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New season, new dreams!!

Posted in Middle School, Track, tagged CMS Wolves, Elizabeth Bitting, Ja'Kenya Hoskins, Jaelyn Crebbin, track and field on April 10, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville Middle School track and field athletes like Jaelyn Crebbin (left) kicked off a new season Tuesday afternoon. (Deb Smith photo)

The young guns have headed outside.

Coupeville Middle School kicked off the final sports season of the school year Tuesday, with Wolf coaches welcoming a huge turnout for the start of track and field.

CMS returns its coaching staff from last year — Elizabeth Bitting, Jon Gabelein and Larry Hurlburt — with Deb Smith popping in to help out as a volunteer.

The Wolf coaches gave their young athletes an early test, sending them down trails for a 5-6 mile run on a sunny afternoon.

“They did amazing!,” Bitting said. “No complaints, no whining, no early turn-a-rounds, just some amazing great attitudes out there!!!

“Loved every moment of it.”

The day one roster:

7th grade:

Reiley Araceley
Dominic Coffman
Jesse Cowan
Wesley Cowan
Ty Duddridge
Josh Guay
Ty Hamilton
Mercedes Kalwies-Anderson
Carolyn Lhamon
Joven Light
Cristina McGrath
Kevin Partida
Elijah Pepin
Michael Peterson
Abigail Place
Abigail Ramirez
Jordyn Rogers
Matthias Saunders
Helen Strelow
Timothy Ursu
Tate Wyman

8th grade:

Matthias Anderson
Maddie Andrews
Lucious Binnings
Aiden Burdge
Brayden Coatney
Ella Colwell
Kiara Contreras
Jaelyn Crebbin
Noelle Daigneault
Adair De Jesus-Ramirez
Brawn Gadberry
Angelina Gebhard
Ja’Kenya Hoskins
Evan Johnson
Caleb Meyer
Alana Mihill
Mary Milnes
Zach Murtha
Anthony Reeves
Lucas Salazar
Audrianna Shaw
Gabe Shaw
DJ Stadler
Bella Velasco
Eryn Wood
Lita Woollet

Manager:

Justin Engle

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The track is ours now!!

Posted in Middle School, Track, tagged CMS Wolves, Elizabeth Bitting, Larry Hurlburt, new season, track and field on April 13, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Adair DeJesus (left) and Ja’Kenya Hoskins (middle) are among 26 Wolves who have turned out for track season. (John Fisken photo)

The oval just got crowded.

With the high school squad already off running (and throwing), the brand-new Coupeville track and field facilities welcomed middle school athletes into the mix this week.

Co-coaches Elizabeth Bitting and Jon Gabelein (she’s a vet, he replaces Bob Martin, who moved up to the high school squad) are joined by assistant coach (and former Wolf great) Larry Hurlburt.

They’ll be working with 26 athletes and the team’s five-meet season kicks off with a trip to Port Angeles April 27.

With the new home facilities, the Wolves will get to host a meet, as well.

The schedule:

Thursday, Apr. 27 @ Port Angeles
Wednesday, May 3 @ Port Townsend
Tuesday, May 9 home meet
Thursday, May 16 @ Sequim
Wednesday, May 24 @ League Championships (Forks)

The roster as it sits today:

Madi Andrews
Connor Barton
Aiden Burdge
Kylie Chernikoff
Ella Colsell
Kiara Contreras
Noelle Daigneault
Adair DeJesus
Sage Downes
Emily Fiedler
Trystan Ford
Angelina Gebhard
Ja’Kenya Hoskins
Alex Jimenez
Catherine Lhamon
Logan Martin
James Mayne
Alana Mihill
Jake Mitten
Zachary Murtha
TJ Rickner
Gabe Shaw
Ben Smith
Bella Velasco
Logan Wertz
Sam Wynn
Autumn Cernick (Manager)

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Vote big! Win big!!

Posted in Running, tagged Elizabeth Bitting, polls, Ragnar, running, Sherry Roberts, t-shirts on June 9, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Elizabeth Bitting, coach, runner and now, t-shirt designer. (John Fisken photo)

Bitting’s shirt design.

You, yes you, can win Sherry Roberts and friends new t-shirts.

It’s simple.

A pack of local runners (others include CMS track coach Elizabeth Bitting and Wolf mom Deb Smith) who compete in the Ragnar Trail Relay series are also taking part in the SweatVac t-shirt designing competition.

Whichever team gets the most votes nabs eight shirts featuring their design, which is a cool $256 worth of merchandise.

Bitting’s design for the Sasquatchettes is currently sitting in first place in a seven-way race that ends July 15, but by a razor-thin margin.

Time for Wolf Nation to step up and put our runners over the top. Waaaaay over the top.

Facebook only allows one vote per person, but if we all vote and spread the word, there is no poll we can not utterly destroy.

History bears that out.

To vote, pop over to:

http://offerpop.com/FacebookContestEntry.psp?c=805631&u=1227974&a=448952861833126&p=260080947451642&rest=0&id=6542191&rest2=0

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In perfect stride!!

Posted in Running, tagged Ebey's Prairie, Elizabeth Bitting, John Fisken photos, Jon Crimmins, Olivia Flack, Race the Reserve, running, Sherry Roberts on August 2, 2015| Leave a Comment »

CMS track coach Elizabeth Bitting rolls to the best performance in the half marathon by a female runner from Coupeville. (John Fisken photos)

Jon Crimmins, Coupeville’s top male finisher in the half marathon.

Sarah Chombeau leads all local runners in the 10K.

Hot on her heels, Daniel Verble notched the top male performance in the 10K by a Coupeville male runner.

Olivia Flack can not be caught in the 5K.

Samuel Wynn (338) and James Wood are neck-and-neck coming down the stretch in the 5K.

Gabe and Jyotica Barrio, out for a father/daughter run.

Sherry Roberts (left) and Tammy Smith head home.

Debra Savalza nears the finish line with a flourish.

Gone with the wind.

Not that there was too much wind on a sunny, sizzlin’ August day, but local runners competing in the annual Race the Reserve Saturday were flying along.

The photos above, which come to us courtesy John Fisken, capture a slice of Coupeville’s best and brightest as they waged war against the clock and their own inner will.

To see more and possibly purchase some for the mantle-place (a portion of the money goes to college scholarships for CHS student/athletes), pop over to:

https://www.shutterfly.com/progal/gallery.jsp?gid=768a5498ce7fc2d19249

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Jon Crimmins? Fastest man in Cow Town!!

Posted in Running, tagged Elizabeth Bitting, Jon Crimmins, Race the Reserve, running, windtorn Ebey's Prairie on August 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Jon and Jodi Crimmins, during a break from training.

Tammy Smith (left) and Sherry Roberts guard the post-race fruit.

Race swag. (Wendy McCormick photo)

He’s smarter than the average bear, and, apparently, quicker, too.

At least when it comes to traversing Ebey’s Prairie.

Jon Crimmins, park ranger extraordinaire, revived memories of his high school athletic exploits Saturday, zipping to the best time by any Coupeville runner in the half marathon, the premier event at the annual Race the Reserve.

His time of one hour, 42 minutes, 15 seconds placed him 8th overall, out of 128 runners.

Close to 400 runners hit the starting line this year, with participants divided between the half marathon, the 10K and 5K.

The races benefit the next graduating class at Coupeville High School.

And no, I’m not about to list all 400 or so runners on here.

The rules are simple.

If you listed Coupeville as your home town, and my eyes didn’t glaze over and miss you while going through race results, you’re on here.

From Oak Harbor or, heaven forbid, another state entirely?

Well, should have brought your own reporter with you then, I guess.

It’s called Coupeville Sports for a reason.

Our people’s results:

Half Marathon:

Jon Crimmins (8th) 1:42:15.0
Elizabeth Bitting (33rd) 1:57:45.4
Charles Arndt (48th) 2:04:28.4
Maria Summers (54th) 2:05:32.7
Sarah Aldrich (69th) 2:13:06.9
Jennifer Wynn (81st) 2:19:29.2
Lincoln Kelley (107th) 2:57:32.1
Sarah Stuurmans (122nd) 3:21:15.5
Susan Wenzel (126th) 3:44:00.8
Jodi Crimmins (127th) 3:49:23.7

10K:

Sarah Chombeau (13th) 55:01.1
Daniel Verble (16th) 57:16.2
Shannon Buys (20th) 58:31.6
Mitchell Carroll (22nd) 58:45.9
Michael Laska (30th) 59:43.7
Denise Buys (46th) 1:04:22.8
Daniel Schurf (63rd) 1:11:25.4
Emily Staker (74th) 1:17:02.9
Jennifer Carroll (77th) 1:19:29.2
Cody Staker (78th) 1:19:43.6
Diane Skaley (85th) 1:21:41.6
Jennifer Kellner (87th) 1:22:25.6
Tim Kellner (88th) 1:22:25.7
Sherry Roberts (90th) 1:23:43.6
Tammy Smith (91st) 1:23:43.6

5K:

Samuel Wynn (5th) 21:54.1
James Wood (6th) 21:54.4
Olivia Flack (7th) 22:00.9
Robert Wood (8th) 23:06.2
Marc Carrera (17th) 27:21.5
Marianne Thrawley (19th) 28:09.3
Mitchell Hall (20th) 28:41.4
Mckenzie Meyer (21st) 28:41.8
Jakobi Baumann (22nd) 28:54.9
Heather McCauley (25th) 29:32.5
Knight Arndt (28th) 29:47.0
Sarah Meyer (30th) 30:08.0
George Thrawley (36th) 30:50.1
Emily Maughan (38th) 31:33.9
Nathan Ginnings (43rd) 32:43.3
Frank Stephan (44th) 32:43.9
Oliana Stange (47th) 33:04.4
Mason Scoggin (52nd) 33:44.4
Jyotica Barrio (65th) 39:00.6
Gabe Barrio (66th) 39:01.0
Destiny Bitting (68th) 39:46.6
Debra Savalza (73rd) 42:44.5
Doug Easton (79th) 45:32.1
Jamie Easton (80th) 45:32.9
Mona Hooker (86th) 51:50.7
Paul Bigelow (92nd) 55:47.3
Therese Bigelow (93rd) 55:49.0
Emily Richards (95th) 58:11.1
Gaye Rodriguey (96th) 58:12.4
Connie Wolfe (97th) 59:14.1
Anne Katherine (98th) 59:17.5
Georgie Smith (102nd) 1:01:06.7
Nick Laska (103rd) 1:07:06.2