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Late start, fast finish

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , , on September 30, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Wolves (l to r) Aleksia Jump, Noelle Western, and Reagan Callahan are ready to fly. (Elizabeth Bitting photos)

They outran the dying light.

Competing in one of the few cross country events to take place in the late afternoon and evening, Coupeville High School harriers recorded strong times Saturday in Marysville.

The event was the 16th annual Twilight XC Invitational, which drew 90 teams from four states, and a bunch of unattached runners, to the Cedarcrest Golf Course.

“It was a great invite,” said Coupeville coach Elizabeth Bitting. “So glad we were finally able to make it!

“In the past Homecoming has conflicted with it, but not this year!”

There were 10 races, with the first one starting at 2:45 PM and the final one not sending runners flying until 7:00.

Hence, the name of the meet.

Coupeville sent 17 runners to the line, with all six varsity boys cracking 20 minutes on the 5,000-meter course.

The sub-20 minute club.

Sophomore Noelle Western had the top Wolf finish, claiming 53rd in a field of 267 in her royal rumble.

“They all ran amazing!” Bitting said.

“I know I always say I am proud of them, but I really, really am.

“All their hard work they are putting in is coming to fruition.”

The Wolves head back to practice with the start of the school week, returning to competition next Saturday, Oct. 7, when they travel to Arlington for the Hole in the Wall XC Invitational.

Ari Armstrong (left) and Erica McGrath get a photo op before their race.

 

Saturday results:

 

GIRLS:

Freshman/Sophomores:

Noelle Western (53rd) 24:03.6
Aleksia Jump (188th) 28:21.5
Reagan Callahan (243rd) 33:52.6

 

Juniors/Seniors:

Ari Armstrong (127th) 27:00.7
Erica McGrath (174th) 29:11.0

 

BOYS:

Varsity:

Landon Roberts (154th) 19:05.8
George Spear (158th) 19:08.3
Carson Field (167th) 19:18.8
Ezekiel Allen (201st) 19:51.7
Thomas Strelow (204th) 19:54.3
Kenneth Jacobsen (205th) 19:56.9

 

JV:

Freshman/Sophomores:

Axel Marshall (269th) 21:43.5
Zach Blitch (477th) 31:16.6

 

Juniors/Seniors:

Nicholas Wasik (217th) 21:26.8
Santi Ojeda (229th) 21:39.6
Preston Howard (246th) 21:58.3
Damy Giacobbe (416th) 30:00.00

Foreign exchange student Santi Ojeda enjoys his American experience.

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“We held our own!!”

Posted in Little League, Softball, tagged , , , , on July 11, 2015| Leave a Comment »

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Central Whidbey sluggers give a thumbs-up to being at the state tournament for the second straight season. (Renae Mulholland photo)

Reunited and it feels so right. Central Whidbey coach Mimi (Iverson) Johnson (left) and Marysville's Natalie (Slater) Maneval were teammates at Coupeville High School and Skagit Valley College.

   Reunited and it feels so right. Central Whidbey coach Mimi (Iverson) Johnson (left) and Marysville’s Natalie (Slater) Maneval were teammates at Coupeville High School and Skagit Valley College.

Win or lose, they were going to end the day in the swimming pool. That was a stone-cold fact.

So, while Central Whidbey’s coaches mull over an opening loss at the state little league softball tourney, their players have already moved on, happily splashing away in Vancouver.

The Pineapple Ninjas, Central Whidbey’s 9/10 All-Star squad, fell 7-1 to Marysville Saturday.

The loss drops the District 11 champs into a loser-out game 4 PM Sunday against East Seattle, which fell 6-0 to Gig Harbor.

Making its second straight trip to the big dance, Central Whidbey came up a bit short, but not for lack of effort.

“We held our own and played better than last year!,” said coach Mimi Johnson.

Central hurler Chanel Sterba “pitched her heart out” while Stella Johnson collected her team’s lone RBI, plating Kaia Richmond in the third.

Marysville jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the top of the first, then added two more in the third and capped things with another two-spot in the fifth.

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