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Stone cold (and red hot)!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on May 31, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone (right) crushes the field. (John Fisken photos)

Makana Stone (right) crushes the field. (John Fisken photo)

Boom, baby!

Throwing down in the heat of Cheney Saturday at the 1A state track meet, Coupeville High School sophomore Makana Stone claimed second-place in an ultra-competitive 400.

Crossing the finish line in 58.65 seconds, Stone beat her arch-rival, fellow sophomore Anna Parker of King’s (59.75), to be officially anointed as the fastest female runner out of the Cascade Conference.

Stone had been in third, Parker second after Friday’s prelims.

Sophomore Maya Jackson of Northwest, who has been the fastest 400 runner in 1A all season, narrowly held on for the title, edging Stone by less than half a second at 58.23.

It was the second medal in as many seasons for Stone.

As a freshman, she ran a leg on a 4 x 200 relay squad with Madison Tisa McPhee, Sylvia Hurlburt and Jai’Lysa Hoskins that finished fifth at state.

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Saturday showdown looms!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on May 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Makana Stone (John Fisken photo)

The sunny Makana Stone. (John Fisken photos)

Makana Stone: An unstoppable force of nature. (John Fisken photo)

The gunfighter.

They are like three gunfighters, circling each other.

Maya Jackson of Northwest, Anna Parker of King’s and Makana Stone of Coupeville have had the three fastest times among 1A girls in the 400 all season, and nothing changed Friday.

Running in the prelims at the state track meet in Cheney, the trio of sophomores went 1-2-3, setting up a showdown for a state title Saturday.

Jackson (58.25 seconds) and Stone (59.35) ran together in Heat 1 Friday, while Parker (59.54) headlined Heat 2.

All three were slightly off their season bests, holding back just a bit as they eased through the first day. No other runner broke a minute.

On the season, their best marks are 57.23 (Jackson), 57.98 (Parker) and 58.13 (Stone). The school record holder in the event, Stone has steadily brought her time down each meet this season.

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