Sylvia Hurlburt is super excited about qualifying for tri-districts in four events. (John Fisken photos)
Fellow sophomore Jared Helmstadter moves on in the 400 and with two Wolf relay teams.
The number of Coupeville High School track and field athletes advancing to tri-districts May 22 and 24 at Shoreline just got bigger.
In the complicated world of high school track, only one thing was a given going into this weekend’s District 1 meet, and that was that the top five finishers in each event advanced on.
After qualifiers from District 2 and 3 were added in, each event would have 13 of the 16 competitors. Those remaining spots would be filled by the best times/throws from any of the three districts.
And that’s where CHS surged, as sixth-place finishes such as freshman shot putter Skyler Lawrence and a couple of Wolf relay teams suddenly jumped back into the picture.
“Pretty good showing for the crew we assembled,” Coupeville coach Randy King said. “Many season bests in the sub-district and my, they were needed.”
Regardless of which Wolves go to tri-districts, the final stop before the state meet, they will face a tough test.
“No guarantees,” King said. “Our tri-district is loaded in the throws and sprints! We just have to keep after it!”
Tri-District qualifiers:
GIRLS:
100 — Sylvia Hurlburt
200 — Makana Stone, Hurlburt
400 — Stone, Marisa Etzell
4 x 100 Relay — Etzell, Ashlyn Miller, Lauren Grove, Hurlburt
4 x 200 Relay — Hurlburt, Etzell, Grove, Stone
Shot Put — Skyler Lawrence
BOYS:
400 — Jared Helmstadter
4 x 100 Relay — Ryan Griggs, Brandon Kelley, Helmstadter, Lathom Kelley
4 x 400 Relay — L. Kelley, B. Kelley, Sebastian Davis, Helmstadter
Shot Put — Nick Streubel
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