Claire Mayne pounds across the grass Wednesday at the middle school cross country championships. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)
The Coupeville boys attack as a pack.
Hank Milnes is so fast, his feet don’t even touch the ground.
The Wolf girls brace for the sound of the starter’s pistol.
Carolyn Lhamon zings across the fresh grass.
Cole White ambles on home.
From nothing, they built something. The first CMS cross country squad in 20+ years.
They are the trailblazers.
The 15 young men and women in Coupeville Middle School cross country jerseys who ran Wednesday in the league championships at Langley may not fully realize what they have accomplished.
But, as time passes, as the CMS program continues to grow and rebuild, these Wolves, the ones who ran their hearts out all season, will be remembered.
They are the ones who brought cross country back to their school after a 20+ year absence.
The ones who stepped up and said “Me, I will go,” when Coupeville Athletic Director Willie Smith asked to see shoes at the starting line.
The harriers, many new to the sport, who trained every day, who blossomed under the tutelage of coach Elizabeth Bitting, a cross country champion given the chance to live out her second dream as a coach in the sport.
They are the start, they are the dream realized, and, one day, when they have children of their own, they will look back on the fall of 2018 and proudly say, “I did it. You can do it. One foot in front of the other, never stop running, and never stop believing in yourself.”
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