Jordan Ford, seen here with mom Barbi, shattered his school record in the pole vault at the Olympic League Championships Saturday. (Sherry Roberts photos)
The fastest 4 x 200 team in 1A is (l to r) Sylvia Hurlburt, Lindsey Roberts, Lauren Grove and Makana Stone.
Roberts (right) gives teammate Lauren Bayne a lift.
Maybe they should order some more title banners?
By the time the Olympic League All-Division Championships were done Saturday, both of the Coupeville High School track and field teams exited Poulsbo as top dogs.
The Wolves finished 6th out of 11 teams in the boys team battle and 8th on the girls side.
More importantly, both squads finished ahead of 1A rivals Port Townsend, Chimacum and Klahowya, while the boys also beat 2A schools Bremerton and North Mason.
Large 2A schools North Kitsap (boys) and Olympic (girls) topped the standings, which featured a full-tilt battle between the seven 2A schools and four 1A schools which currently call the league home.
Coupeville will send different athletes to the league’s JV Championships Monday in Silverdale, in an event which is considered a “last chance qualifier” before the full postseason run starts next weekend.
The Wolves travel to Bremerton Saturday, May 14 for sub-districts.
After that come districts May 20 and the state meet May 26-28 for athletes who qualify.
Saturday was topped by a school record, two wins, the fastest time recorded by a 1A relay team this year and 12 PRs.
Wolf senior Jordan Ford shattered his own school mark in the pole vault, soaring 12-6, a full six inches higher than his previous best.
Meanwhile, Makana Stone (400) and Dalton Martin (discus) ended up at the top of the awards stands, while the girls 4 x 200 relay unit burnt up the oval.
Ripping off a season-best time of 1:46.90, the quartet of Lauren Grove, Lindsey Roberts, Sylvia Hurlburt and Stone sit more than two seconds ahead of every other 1A team as they continue their quest for the promised land.
The only relay team in school history to win a state title is the boys 4 x 400 in 2006.
The strong work in the 4 x 2 made up for a rare snafu in the 4 x 1, where a juggled baton hand-off left the Wolf girls bringing up the rear for the first time this season.
Almost everywhere you looked Saturday, someone was doing something spectacular, with 10 Wolves nabbing PRs.
Leading the pack were senior Lathom Kelley (triple jump, long jump) and freshman Danny Conlisk (800, 1600) who nailed personal bests in both of their events.
Complete CHS results:
GIRLS:
400 — Makana Stone (1st) 58.55
800 — Stone (3rd) 2:31.23
100 hurdles — Lindsey Roberts (7th) 17.75
300 Hurdles — Mckenzie Meyer (11th) 55.69 *PR*
4 x 100 — Lauren Grove, Roberts, Sylvia Hurlburt, Stone (9th) 54.57
4 x 200 — Grove, Roberts, Hurlburt, Stone (2nd) 1:46.90
Shot put — Skyler Lawrence (5th) 30-02
Discus — Lawrence (13th) 75-00
Javelin — Naika Hallam (7th) 96-05 *PR*; Allison Wenzel (9th) 89-03 *PR*; Lauren Bayne (10th) 86-11
High Jump — Bayne (8th) 4-06 *PR*
Long Jump — Grove (7th) 14-10.75 *PR*; Roberts (10th) 14-03.50
Triple Jump — Grove (12th) 29-0.50
BOYS:
200 — Jacob Smith (4th) 23.01 *PR*; Jared Helmstadter (12th) 24.15
400 — Helmstadter (6th) 54.82
800 — Danny Conlisk (9th) 2:08.70 *PR*
1600 — Conlisk (10th) 5:01.35 *PR*
4 x 100 — Smith, Gabe Eck, Helmstadter, Jordan Ford (4th) 45.82
4 x 400 — Smith, Helmstadter, Henry Wynn, Conlisk (5th) 3:48.30
Shot Put — Dalton Martin (3rd) 44-07.50
Discus — D. Martin (1st) 153-02; Chris Battaglia (10th) 103-09
Javelin — Grey Rische (9th) 120-09; Mitchell Losey 113-05
High Jump — Ford (9th) 5-04; Battaglia (12th) 5-02
Pole Vault — Ford (3rd) 12-06 *PR*
Long Jump — Lathom Kelley (5th) 19-02.25 *PR*; Jacob Martin (7th) 18-11.25 *PR*
Triple Jump — Kelley (3rd) 39-05.50 *PR*
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