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It’s hammer time for Wolf trio

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on April 26, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Katie Marti is Coupeville’s best hammer thrower. (Emma Garcia photo)

It was the little rumble before the big battle.

Three Coupeville High School track and field athletes traveled to Snohomish High School Friday to take part in the hammer throw at the Sunny and 70! Invitational.

The remainder of the meet, which has 30 teams signed up, goes down Saturday at Lakewood High School.

Friday it was just about tossin’ the hammer, and CHS had juniors Katie Marti and Mason Butler and senior Erica McGrath in the field.

Marti finished 9th with a throw of 75 feet, three inches, while McGrath was 11th with a chuck of 59-10.

Butler placed 16th among the male competitors at 67-08.

Sophomore Kimberly Beard of King’s and senior Calvin Gutierrez of Mariner won individual titles.

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Hammer flies, Martin celebrates

Posted in Track, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on April 11, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Logan Martin lets it fly. (Photo courtesy Bob Martin)

He was ready for the spotlight.

Coupeville grad Logan Martin, now a sophomore at Central Washington University, won the hammer throw Thursday at the Whitworth Twilight meet in Spokane, crushing his foes.

The former Wolf chucked the implement 179 feet, which put him way ahead of runner-up Cody Wheeler of Whitworth, who notched a throw of 156-01.

In all, Martin bested a field of 15 athletes.

He also competed in the discus at Thursday’s meet, earning sixth place (out of 20 throwers), chucking it 135-01.

Martin, a four-sport star during his CHS days, will get right back at it Friday, when he travels to Portland to throw the hammer in the Larry Byerly L & C Invite.

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He can throw all day!

Posted in Track, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on April 5, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Logan Martin, living up to the hype.

Logan Martin didn’t have much down time Friday.

The Coupeville grad, now a sophomore at Central Washington University, threw in three events at the John Knight Twilight meet in Monmouth, Oregon.

Martin’s best showing came in his premier event, the hammer throw, where he placed second out of 16 competitors, launching the implement 173 feet, one inch.

He was nearly two feet ahead of the third-place chucker, and hot on the heels of eventual winner Donaven Humphries of Clackamas College.

While the hammer is where Martin wows the audience, he also competes in the shot put and discus, and placed in the top half of the field in both events in Oregon.

The former Wolf finished 11th (out of 23 throwers) in the shot put with a heave of 40-07.75 and 12th in the discus (out of 24 hurlers), with his throw plummeting back to Earth at the 120-09 mark.

His performance Friday continues a life-long odyssey of being really, really good at athletic pursuits, as Martin played soccer, tennis, and basketball in addition to track and field during his CHS days.

Central Washington is next scheduled to compete April 11 at the Whitworth Twilight meet in Spokane.

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Taygin Jump had herself a day!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on March 30, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Taygin Jump is just here to win all your titles. (Photos courtesy Christina Jump)

The great outdoors agrees with Taygin Jump.

The Coupeville grad, now a freshman at Plattsburgh State in New York, was finally let loose from the gym Saturday afternoon.

And she promptly tore up the joint.

Making her collegiate outdoor track and field debut, Jump roared to wins in the javelin and hammer throw at the Saints Ice Breaker in Canton.

That gave the fab frosh 20 points on the day, a huge help to Plattsburgh State holding off St. Lawrence 206-194 for the women’s team title.

“First rule — we win. Second rule — same as the first rule.”

Not only did Jump win both of her events, but she won by a large margin.

In the hammer throw, the former Wolf launched her implement an even 112 feet, an inch shy of two feet further than any of her nine foes.

Meanwhile, Jump won by an even bigger margin in the javelin, with her toss of 95-09 being nearly three feet further than any of the other 10 competitors could chuck it.

The Cardinals and their Cow Town killer will bask in the afterglow for a few hours, then get back at it.

Plattsburgh’s next meet arrives April 6, when it travels to Utica for the Pioneer Spring Invite.

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Everything’s big in Texas, including the throws

Posted in Track, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on March 29, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Logan Martin lets it fly. (Photo courtesy Bob Martin)

Logan Martin traveled across the USA, then threw the hammer almost all the way back.

The Coupeville grad, now a sophomore at Central Washington University, earned 2nd place (out of 38 competitors) Friday at the Bobcat Invitational in San Marcos.

Operating at the Texas State Track and Field Complex, Martin chucked his implement 177 feet, three inches.

That was a season best showing for the former Wolf and left him nearly eight feet in front of the third-best thrower.

Matt Thomas of Grand Valley State won, launching the eighth-best throw (200-01) in NCAA D-II action this spring.

During his time in Cow Town, Martin was a standout soccer, tennis, and basketball player, who earned three 2nd place medals at state championship events during his senior season of track and field.

Central Washington returns to action April 5 at the John Knight Twilight meet in Monmouth, Oregon.

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