Cael Wilson flies the friendly skies during his high school days. (Parker Hammons photo)
He slipped under the radar.
Turns out Coupeville grad Cael Wilson, a standout soccer and track athlete during his Cow Town days, has been out there competing at the collegiate level this past school year, quietly taking care of business while not looking for any pomp and circumstance.
While we’ve been monitoring the college track adventures of former Wolves Taygin Jump at Plattsburgh State and Tate Wyman at Oregon Tech, the man who earned five state meet medals at CHS stayed incognito.
Not even his former Wolf coaches knew, and I stumbled across the info only by accident as I was looking up his high school numbers.
Well, you can run, but you can’t hide (forever) on the internet.
So, where is Wilson these days?
According to athletic.net, he’s a freshman at Benedictine College, an NAIA institution in Atchison, Kansas, which makes him a Raven now.
Wilson competed during both the indoor and outdoor seasons, vying in the high jump, pole vault, and long jump.
The former Wolf ace put together ten top-10 finishes, with his best showing a 4th place performance in the pole vault at the Spire Distance Carnival and Team Challenge in March.
During his high school days, Cael, who followed in the footsteps of older brother Aidan, was one of the most successful athletes to rep the black and red in recent memory.
On the soccer pitch, he became the first 8th grader to score a varsity goal for the Wolves, finishing his five-year run with 13 goals, tying him with his sibling for #7 all-time in program history.
When spring was sprung, Wilson piled up 30 wins as a high school track and field athlete, claimed five state meet medals, and tied a 25-year-old school record in the high jump, clearing six feet, four inches during his senior season.
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