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Dynamic duo win the day!!

Posted in Happy birthday, tagged , , , , , , , on March 24, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Birthday boys Sebastian Davis (S) and Jacob Smith (J) team up for a collage. (John Fisken and Wendy McCormick photos)

   Birthday boys Sebastian Davis (S) and Jacob Smith (J) team up for a collage full of excitement. (John Fisken and Wendy McCormick photos)

Birthday fever is bouncing around out of control in Coupeville today.

Two of the most energetic of all Wolf athletes — CHS senior Sebastian Davis and sophomore Jacob Smith — share a cake day, and a style of attacking the day, every day.

Regardless of the sport (Davis plays tennis and soccer currently while Smith careens around the gridiron and track oval), the duo are explosive, highly entertaining hard workers.

They’re also exceptionally smart, very outgoing and primed to do big things in the outside world when they step away from Whidbey Island.

Sebastian, who I’ve known since he was a little guy hanging out at Videoville and Miriam’s Espresso, does it all.

The lead in (nearly) every school play, a Science Olympiad whiz kid who could teach the judges a few things and a video game player who ruthlessly defends his sprawling on-line empire against any who would dare to come for his crown, he puts the talent in multi-talented.

I know Jacob primarily from watching him work in the world of athletics, where he comes across as a super-friendly, dedicated guy, the kind of player who still takes the football field when his arm is encased in a cast so he won’t leave his teammates hanging.

Track is where he’s making his biggest splash, with back-to-back PRs in the 100 to kick off the new season.

Both Smith and Davis also show a noticeable flair for school spirit, playing The Joker and Captain Kirk, respectively, on their classes floats during the most recent Homecoming parade.

Jacob turned his hair green for the part, while Sebastian had every one of William Shatner’s tics down cold, and both played to the audience as the parade wound its way around the track at halftime.

As the dynamic duo celebrate their big days (no word on whether they’re sharing cake), we just want to take a moment to wish both of them well.

They are two of the brightest shining lights in this small town, as athletes, scholars and people, and they deserve a big round of applause from us all.

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Let the PRs rain down!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on March 19, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Sylvia

   Sylvia Hurlburt (red and gray top) claimed Coupeville’s best varsity finish of the day, a second in the 200. (John Fisken photos)

Mitchell Carroll

   When he wasn’t strumming his guitar, Mitchell Carroll finished 3rd in the triple jump.

The competition was deep, but Coupeville rose to the occasion.

Competing at the 13-team Port Angeles Invitational Saturday, the Wolf track team racked up 26 PRs, with an especially strong showing on the girls side of the competition.

The Wolf girls, sparked by a second-place showing in the 200 from Sylvia Hurlburt, and thirds in the 100 hurdles (Lindsey Roberts) and discus (Skyler Lawrence) placed 7th as a team.

That was the best showing by a 1A school, putting them ahead of Olympic League rivals Klahowya and Chimacum, as well as non-conference foe Forks and three 1B schools.

Sequim took the title, with the top six schools all being 2A.

On the boys side, 2A North Kitsap finished on top, while Coupeville, whose best showing was a third in the triple jump from Mitchell Carroll, placed 11th overall in the team race.

Teams were allowed to have one competitor in each varsity event, with everyone else competing as JV athletes.

Jordan Ford took home Coupeville’s lone title on the day, winning the JV long jump.

Complete CHS results:

GIRLS:

100 (Varsity) — Sylvia Hurlburt (4th) 13.67

100 (JV) — Lindsey Roberts (2nd) 14.21 *PR*; Ashlie Shank (8th) 15.33 *PR*

200 (Varsity) — Hurlburt (2nd) 28.44

200 (JV) — Roberts (2nd) 29.12 *PR*; Shank (9th) 31.73

1500 (Varsity) — Abby Parker (6th) 6:15.98

100 Hurdles (Varsity) — Roberts (3rd) 17.76 *PR*

300 Hurdles (Varsity) — Lauren Bayne (5th) 1:03.17

Shot Put (Varsity) — Skyler Lawrence (4th) 28-07.75

Shot Put (JV) — Alexxis Otto (9th) 22-04.75; Emma Smith (11th) 21-10.00 *PR*; Naika Hallam (13th) 20-11.00

Discus (Varsity) — Lawrence (3rd) 82-04

Discus (JV) — Allison Wenzel (3rd) 69-07; Parker (4th) 68-02 *PR*; Otto (8th) 62-05; E. Smith (14th) 58-08 *PR*; Hallam (27th) 45-09 *PR*

Javelin (Varsity) — Wenzel (6th) 79-00 *PR*

Javelin (JV) — Parker (3rd) 70-00; Bayne (5th) 68-09; Lawrence (6th) 65-01; Otto (18th) 44-09; Tomi Herrera (25th) 38-09 *PR*

High jump (Varsity) — Bayne (7th) 4-02

Long jump (Varsity) — Lauren Grove (4th) 14-05.25

Triple jump (Varsity) — Grove (4th) 28-06 *PR*

BOYS:

100 (Varsity) — Jacob Smith (5th) 11.87 *PR*

100 (JV) — Jared Helmstadter (8th) 12.21; Gabe Eck (11th) 12.31 *PR*; Jacob Martin (21st) 13.03 *PR*; Kyle Burnett (32nd) 13.99

200 (Varsity) — Helmstadter (6th) 24.85

200 (JV) — Danny Conlisk (10th) 25.89; Burnett (31st) 29.62

400 (JV) — Jakobi Baumann (8th) 1:08.67 *PR*

1500 (Varsity) — Conlisk (7th) 4:56.75 *PR*

3000 (JV) — Baumann (5th) 12:37.59 *PR*

4×100 (Varsity) — Eck, Jordan Ford, Helmstadter, J. Smith (5th) 46.75

Shot Put (Varsity) — Dominic Dausey (8th) 32-10.75 *PR*

Shot Put (JV) — Connor Thompson (14th) 32-05.25 *PR*; Mitchell Carroll (18th) 29-05.00 *PR*; Grey Rische (25th) 27-05.25 *PR*; Keahi Sorrows (26th) 26-11.00

Discus (Varsity) — Chris Battaglia (7th) 102-07 *PR*

Discus (JV) — Dausey (10th) 87-06; Sorrows (18th) 72-01; Baumann (28th) 43-03

Javelin (Varsity) — Rische (9th) 116-09

Javelin (JV) — Dausey (7th) 100-10 *PR*; Ariah Bepler (16th) 81-11; Nile Lockwood (17th) 80-09 *PR*

High Jump (Varsity) — Thompson (5th) 5-02

High Jump (JV) — Ford (2nd) 5-04

Long Jump (Varsity) — Martin (9th) 17-02.75

Long Jump (JV) — Ford (1st) 16-06 *PR*; Eck (2nd) 16-05 *PR*; Carroll (4th) 15-11; Bepler (15th) 14-05.25; Lockwood (18th) 13-10.50

Triple Jump (Varsity) — Carroll (3rd) 35-01

Triple Jump (JV) — Thompson (3rd) 34-06

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Run long! Run strong!!

Posted in Running, tagged , , , , on July 18, 2015| 1 Comment »

Jacob Smith (Deb Smith photos)

The lure of the water bottle keeps Jacob Smith running through the heat. (Photos courtesy Deb Smith)

night

The Ragnar logo glows in the evening light.

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The Wolf Pack pauses for a photo op.

Henry Wynn

Henry Wynn runs the back roads of America.

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Wynn and Smith wait for their next leg.

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“Fly! Fly like the wind!!”

Gone with the wind.

And he was gone with the wind.

They came. They saw. They ran all day and night (and then some).

Tons of runners took part in the annual Northwest Passage this weekend, a 200-mile jaunt from the Canadian border at Blaine down to Whidbey Island.

Part of the Ragnar Relay Series, the event drew numerous runners from Coupeville, some of whom are featured in the photos above.

Paced by Coupeville High School sophomores Jacob Smith and Henry Wynn and cheered on by mascot Cheridan Eck, the Wolf Pack overcame the heat and stayed strong until the end.

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Fast feet fuel freshman!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on March 21, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Jacob Smith flies towards the tape. (John Fisken photos)

Jacob Smith flies towards the tape. (John Fisken photos)

Smith and Jesse Hester (right) wait for their events.

Smith and Jesse Hester (right) wait for their events.

Jacob Smith has sprinted onto the sports scene.

Literally.

The CHS freshman kicked off his third track season, and first at the high school level, at the Island Jamboree Thursday, finishing as the second-fastest Wolf boy in the 100 and 200.

The only Coupeville runner faster than him in those events was junior Lathom Kelley, a state meet contender, making for a strong showing for Smith.

Now, he only hopes to keep getting better.

“I enjoy how track gives the opportunity to make each person stronger and faster individually, making the team as a whole that much better when put together,” Smith said. “I also enjoy how track makes your skill set able to apply to other sports because it makes you stronger, faster, and more enduring.

“My main goals for the season are to make my times tied with my teams best runners, and then be in competition with them for the schools records.”

Smith plans to add the 4 x 100 relay to his sprinting, with an eye on eventually working on longer events.

“I believe that my strengths are mostly in sprinting,” he said. “If not my sprinting, then I think that my determination is the strongest part of how I compete.

“I would like to work on my longer distance running and ability to do field events effectively.”

He started running track as a seventh grader at Coupeville Middle School, going on to place third in the 400 at the league finals as an eighth grader.

“I started as soon as I got my opportunity and did it because I love having the chance to compete head on with other athletes as individuals,” Smith said.

A fan of Arnold Schwarzenegger and the “Rocky” films, he enjoys history class and studying comedy writing. He’s also signed up to play football as a sophomore.

Whatever he is doing, Smith finds inspiration from those close to him.

“My family as a whole has contributed majorly to how I am as a person in general and how I am as an athlete,” he said. “My father is the one that I am most like and has molded the way I act more so than anyone else.

“I am very impacted by my fellow players who accomplish major things in their sporting,” Smith added. “They inspire me to do everything I can to compete at the highest level I am capable of.”

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