Coupeville sophomore Mikaela Labrador improved her javelin throw by 14+ feet as the 2019 season progressed. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
They are often the unsung heroes of track and field.
The runners zipping around the track oval do so right in front of the stands, but the team’s throwers are usually stuck off in various corners, often far away from the main hub of action.
But today we’re here to shine a spotlight on Coupeville’s throwing crew, thanks to stats from coach Bob Martin.
This season, 20 of the 32 Wolves in the CHS program tried at least one of the three throwing events (shot put, discus, javelin), with seven competing in all three exercises.
Megan Behan, Aurora Cernick, Emma Smith, Chris Battaglia, Brian Casey, Elijah Okaruru, and Raven Vick were the ultimate throwing warriors, picking up (and flinging) each of the implements.
Overall, the javelin was the most popular, with 16 Wolves trying it, while shot put apparently was the scariest, with just 10 hefting the orb.
Discus fell somewhere in the middle, with 13 giving it a go.
The chart below tracks all 20 of the Wolves who threw, detailing their first attempt during a live meet, and the best distance they landed in competition.
And before you start using all your fingers and toes to add, the two Coupeville throwers who had the biggest in-season improvement were Logan Martin and Smith.
Logan, a freshman, is the younger brother of Dalton Martin, who holds the CHS record in the discus at 161 feet, seven inches, set in his senior season in 2016.
But, way back when Dalton was a freshman, his PR was 107-02.
Logan already has him there, improving from 80-04 in his first high school meet, to 121-11 by the district meet.
That’s an in-season jump of 41 feet, seven inches, and now he has three more full seasons left to pick up the additional 39 feet, nine inches he needs to topple big bro from the school record board.
Smith didn’t jump quite as far as her younger teammate, but she did still have a heck of a senior season.
She made it to state in both the shot put and discus, and improved 20 feet, five inches during the season in the second event.
Smith whipped it 72-03 in the season-opening Island Jamboree in mid-March, then came around to hit 92-08 at districts two months later.
And now, on to a look at how all 20 of the Wolf throwers improved during the course of the 2019 season:
| Thrower | Shot-First | Shot-Best | Discus-First | Discus-Best | Javelin-First | Javelin-Best |
| C. Battaglia | 38-00.5 | 41-00 | 110-00 | 112-06 | 127-06 | 134-01 |
| Js. Baumann | 76-09.5 | 92-06 | ||||
| M. Behan | 19-02 | 24-01 | 55-02 | 60-02 | 55-02 | 65-04 |
| K. Burnett | 91-03 | 102-07 | ||||
| B. Casey | 31-06 | 32-06 | 77-02 | 78-11 | 64-09 | 77-03 |
| A. Cernick | 19-09.5 | 21-00.5 | 51-02 | 66-05 | 57-11 | 63-09 |
| K. Davison | 82-03 | 100-02 | ||||
| L. Halstead | 106-02 | 106-02 | ||||
| Jat. Hoskins | 52-06 | 52-06 | ||||
| M. Labrador | 38-03 | 52-05 | ||||
| R. Labrador | 39-06 | 44-10.5 | 93-11 | 109-10 | ||
| L. Martin | 34-10 | 34-10 | 80-04 | 121-11 | ||
| A. Mihill | 43-08 | 47-09 | 57-11 | 63-09 | ||
| E. Okaruru | 26-05.5 | 27-09 | 77-07 | 77-07 | 68-06 | 71-04 |
| T. Peterson | 86-04 | 99-10 | ||||
| E. Smith | 30-10 | 34-05 | 72-03 | 92-08 | 72-10 | 72-10 |
| K. Sorrows | 37-05 | 39-10.5 | 90-04 | 108-01 | ||
| S. T-Stout | 140-09 | 140-09 | ||||
| R. Vick | 17-04 | 21-05.5 | 56-05 | 61-02 | 82-03 | 88-02 |
| W. Vick | 60-09 | 71-01 | 43-00 | 61-08 |
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