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Harriers hail “a great season”

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on November 13, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Ezekiel Allen (left) and Kenneth Jacobsen battle down the stretch. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They’re the fastest to the finish line.

Coupeville High School’s cross country runners are the first Wolf fall sports athletes to hold a season-ending banquet, handing out awards and letters Wednesday night.

As she hailed her harriers, CHS coach Elizabeth Bitting also praised all involved in the program.

“A heartfelt thank you to the parents as well,” she said. “And thank you to our team parent, Shaloma Allen.

“A thank you to (CMS) Coach (Amber) Wyman for attending races with us, and Mr. Coach Wyman for the miles he logged with ‘The Boys’.”

The Wolves will graduate four runners, with three of those having competed during all four of their years at CHS.

“It was a great season!” Bitting said. “Missing those seniors already.”

Young Wolves (l to r) Mary Western, Ava Lucero, and Dahlia Miller can all return next season. (Elizabeth Bitting photo)

 

Awards:

 

Most Valuable Runners:

Ezekiel Allen
Mikayla Wagner

 

Captains:

Landon Roberts
Noelle Western

 

Four-Year Award:

Carson Field
Landon Roberts
Thomas Strelow

 

Character Award:

Ari Armstrong

 

Most Improved:

Reagan Callahan

 

Most Inspirational:

Jeann Nitta

 

Newcomer of the Year:

Isaiah Allen

 

Coaches Award:

Kenneth Jacobsen
Ava Lucero

 

State meet participants:

Ezekiel Allen
Carson Field
Kenneth Jacobsen
Aleksia Jump
Aleera Kent
Landon Roberts
George Spear
Thomas Strelow
Mikayla Wagner
Ethan Walling
Devon Wyman

 

Varsity letter winners:

Ezekiel Allen
Ari Armstrong
Reagan Callahan
Carson Field
Kenneth Jacobsen
Aleksia Jump
Aleera Kent
Landon Roberts
Ivy Rudat
George Spear
Thomas Strelow
Mikayla Wagner
Ethan Walling
Devon Wyman

 

JV participation certificates:

Isaiah Allen
Zach Blitch
Beckett Green
Johnathan Jacobsen
Ava Lucero
Dahlia Miller
Jeann Nitta
Lydia Price
Will Tierney
Mary Western
Noelle Western

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“They all ran beautifully!”

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , , on November 9, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville cross country runners, ready to rumble. (Photos courtesy Elizabeth Bitting)

They finished the season like they started it — leaving everything out on the course.

Putting in some of their best times of the campaign Saturday at the 2B state cross country championships in Pasco, the Coupeville High School harriers closed with a bang.

“They all ran beautifully!” said Wolf coach Elizabeth Bitting. “What a cap off to an already great season!!”

Coupeville, which revived its cross country program in 2017 after a two-decade shut down, sent 11 runners East this time, most of the new era.

The Wolf boys had a full team in the competition and earned 9th place, one spot better than their finish last year.

Cle Elum-Roslyn claimed the boys’ team title, while Coupeville’s Northwest 2B/1B League rival Mount Vernon Christian was 7th.

Dexter Delaney, a senior from Liberty, won the individual crown.

The Wolf girls ran strongly.

On the girls’ side of things, it was incredibly close, with Rainier nipping Pope John Paul II 71-72 for the team crown.

Friday Harbor finished 8th as a unit to give the NWL its best showing among schools which qualified a full female team.

Top individual honors on the 5,000-meter course at the Sun Willows Golf Course went to Regan Thomas, a junior from Saint George’s.

Seniors (left to right) Carson Field, Landon Roberts, and Thomas Strelow score a photo op with their running guru.

Saturday’s meet was the last one for three Wolf seniors, as Carson Field, Landon Roberts, and Thomas Strelow reached the final finish line after helping rebuild their school’s running program.

“It’s an end of an era!” Bitting said. “Missing those senior boys already. Heavy sigh.”

But the future is a bright one, as eight of the 11 Wolves who ran in Pasco can return next year.

That group includes two freshmen (Mikayla Wagner, Devon Wyman), two sophomores (Kenneth Jacobsen, Ethan Walling), and four juniors.

Aleksia Jump, Ezekiel Allen, Aleera Kent, and George Spear will be seniors next year, as will be Noelle Western, a two-time state meet qualifier who was denied a third trip by injuries.

 

Saturday results:

 

GIRLS:

Mikayla Wagner (36th) 21:45.60
Aleera Kent (69th) 23:05.10
Aleksia Jump (81st) 23:31.30
Devon Wyman (90th) 24:02.90

 

BOYS:

Carson Field (28th) 17:48.40
George Spear (37th) 18:14.30
Landon Roberts (38th) 18:16.20
Ezekiel Allen (49th) 18:33.80
Kenneth Jacobsen (55th) 18:51.20
Thomas Strelow (81st) 19:43.70
Ethan Walling (94th) 20:40.20

Bow Down to Cow Town.

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Harriers sending 11 to state

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on October 30, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Wolf runners (left to right) Aleksia Jump, Mikayla Wagner, Devon Wyman, and Aleera Kent are off to the state meet. (Photo courtesy Elizabeth Bitting)

Get ’em the big bus.

Coming off of an impressive performance Wednesday in the rain at Tri-Districts, the Coupeville High School cross country squad is sending 11 runners on to the state meet.

Wolf running guru Elizabeth Bitting will be taking four girls and seven boys to Pasco for the 2B championships, which are set for Saturday, Nov. 9.

That’s the most state meet qualifiers in one season since CHS revived its cross country program in 2017 after a two-decade layoff.

Coupeville is sending its entire boys’ team to state for the second time in as many seasons, while four Wolf girls made it through as individual qualifiers.

Conditions were wet, wet, wet at Fort Steilacoom in Lakewood as runners from Districts 1, 2, and 3 came together to battle for trail supremacy on a 5,000-meter course.

The top two boys’ teams and top three girls’ teams punched their state ticket as a group, and Coupeville almost got both of its groups through.

Coupeville’s boys advance to state as a team for the second straight season. (Photo courtesy Bitting)

The boys, who placed five runners in the top 10, finished 2nd in the team standings, narrowly nipped 31-34 by Northwest 2B/1B League archrival Mount Vernon Christian for the crown.

Friday Harbor (68) was a distant third.

On the girls’ side, Pope John Paul II, led by defending state champ Ruby Henry, ran away with the team title, racking up just 30 points.

MVC (82) and Friday Harbor (84) also earned state berths, with Coupeville (98) notching fourth place in the team standings.

While the Wolf girls didn’t advance as a complete unit, the top 21 individual runners also earned state invitations, with freshman Devon Wyman literally nabbing the last spot by outsprinting a Friday Harbor rival by five seconds.

Carson Field motors along at the league meet earlier this month. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

From Coupeville’s 11 state meet qualifiers, senior Carson Field will be making his third trip to the biggest run of the year.

Landon Roberts, George Spear, Ezekiel Allen, Kenneth Jacobsen, and Thomas Strelow are now two-timers, while Wyman, Mikayla Wagner, Ethan Walling, Aleksia Jump, and Aleera Kent will make their state cross country meet debut.

 

Wednesday results:

 

GIRLS:

Aleera Kent (12th) 22:45.4
Mikayla Wagner (14th) 22:49.0
Aleksia Jump (20th) 23:25.2
Devon Wyman (21st) 23:36.9
Ari Armstrong (32nd) 24:51.0
Ivy Rudat (35th) 25:49.1
Reagan Callahan (41st) 26:35.2

 

BOYS:

Carson Field (4th) 18:06.0
Landon Roberts (5th) 18:24.2
George Spear (7th) 18:28.4
Ezekiel Allen (8th) 18:29.4
Kenneth Jacobsen (10th) 18:31.4
Thomas Strelow (11th) 18:31.4
Ethan Walling (21st) 20:19.4

Wolf coaches Elizabeth Bitting (left) and Amber Wyman celebrate the moment. (Photo courtesy Bitting)

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Fast times, furious finish

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on October 24, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Aleksia Jump motors to the finish line. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They ran in the sun and had some fun.

The Coupeville High School cross country squad placed six runners in the top 10 Thursday at the Northwest 2B/1B League Championships.

Freshman Mikayla Wagner led the way with a 5th place performance at Mount Vernon Christian, helping the Wolf girls earn 3rd in the team standings behind MVC and Friday Harbor.

The Coupeville boys, who’s top three finished within a span of 1.2 seconds, earned 2nd place, narrowly edged by their hosts in the team standings.

MVC juniors Evangeline Fikkert and Peyton Smith copped the individual crowns on the 5,000-meter course.

Six Wolves earned top 10 finishes Thursday at the league meet. (Photo courtesy Elizabeth Bitting)

Things get increasingly tenser for everyone involved, with the next meet on the schedule the Tri-District meet.

That event, which brings together 21 schools from across Districts 1, 2, and 3, and is the qualifier for the state meet, is set to go down at Ft. Steilacoom in Lakewood Wednesday, Oct. 30.

Wolves Ezekiel Allen (201) and Kenneth Jacobsen were separated by 0.2 of a second. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

 

Thursday results:

 

GIRLS:

Mikayla Wagner (5th) 23:33.2
Devon Wyman (9th) 24:28.8
Aleksia Jump (11th) 25:12.8
Aleera Kent (15th) 26:08.2
Ivy Rudat (17th) 26:13.6
Ari Armstrong (19th) 26:26.0
Reagan Callahan (22nd) 27:27.4
Ava Lucero (28th) 29:37.0
Dahlia Miller (29th) 29:52.2
Jeann Nitta (31st) 31:48.1
Mary Western (33rd) 33:59.8

 

BOYS:

Carson Field (7th) 18:43.0
Ezekiel Allen (8th) 18:44.0
Kenneth Jacobsen (9th) 18:44.2
Landon Roberts (10th) 18:58.4
Thomas Strelow (15th) 19:28.7
Ethan Walling (30th) 20:47.1
George Spear (36th) 21:20.5
Isaiah Allen (37th) 21:21.6
Johnathan Jacobsen (43rd) 23:15.6
Beckett Green (46th) 23:30.3
Will Tierney (51st) 23:46.0
Zach Blitch (58th) 32:27.9

The CHS harrier program is booming. (Photo courtesy Elizabeth Bitting)

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Wolves push hard for finish line

Posted in Middle School, Track, tagged , , , , on May 23, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Kennedy O’Neill elevates in the hurdles. (Ana Mc Fetridge photo)

The odyssey begins.

The middle school track and field meet that’s too big for just one day began Wednesday in Lakewood, as seven schools clashed in the opening round of the Cascade League Championships.

Day one featured a mix of prelims and finals, with Wolf 7th grader Tamsin Ward crowned as league shot put champ.

The victory was her 11th of the season, tying her with her performance as a 6th grader.

Ward and associates will have another chance to capture glory next Wednesday, May 29, when Cascade League competitors return to Lakewood to finish off the two-day season-closer.

With Coupeville halfway to the finish line, coaches Jon Gabelein and Amber Wyman are feeling good about what the Wolves have accomplished, and what’s still ahead.

“We had 63 students here today,” Gabelein said. “I am very proud of the work so many of our athletes have been doing throughout our season.

“The results of their hard work really showed up tonight!”

It’s been a season-long quest, and the young Wolves have made a solid commitment to growth and improvement.

“Students often hear me say that their great accomplishments are not because of luck or magic,” Gabelein said. “They are proof of their continued hard work and being willing to push themselves to be even better.”

Mikayla Wagner ponders the mysteries of the universe. (Ana Mc Fetridge photo)

 

Wednesday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

8th grade:

100 (Prelims) — Willow Leedy-Bonifas (17th) 15.04; Isa Mc Fetridge (22nd) 15.20; Amaiya Curry (28th) 16.12; Niella Bryan (32nd) 16.38 *PR*; Delilah Castellanos (33rd) 16.57 *PR*; Denali Kalwies (34th) 16.98

200 (Prelims) — Laken Simpson (6th) 30.19 *PR*; Olivia Hall (12th) 31.40 *PR*; Leedy-Bonifas (14th) 32.67 *PR*; Curry (19th) 35.29; Castellanos (21st) 36.27

400 (Prelims) — Marin Winger (3rd) 1:13.85 *PR*; Taylor Marrs (5th) 1:17.05 *PR*

800 (Finals) — Mikayla Wagner (3rd) 2:53.25 *PR*; Lillian Ketterling (6th) 3:09.05

100 Hurdles (Prelims) — Bryan (19th) 23.31; Amelia Crowder (21st) 24.77; Emma McFadden (22nd) 25.19

Shot Put (Finals) — Marrs (6th) 26-00 *PR*; Winger (14th) 24-05 *PR*; L. Simpson (18th) 22-02; McFadden (21st) 21-11 *PR*; Inara Maund (29th) 18-10.50; Kayla Moch (30th) 18-02.50 *PR*

High Jump (Finals) — Crowder (9th) 4-00

 

6th/7th grade:

100 (Prelims) — Tamsin Ward (1st) 14.11; Andrea Gonzalez (9th) 14.79 *PR*; Ava Alford (18th) 15.13 *PR*; Finley Helm (28th) 16.10; Autumn Rubin (32nd) 16.33; Kaleigha Millison (34th) 16.53

200 (Prelims) — Hyley Farrell (3rd) 30.24; Anmarie Solis (19th) 33.29 *PR*; Bettie Woolworth (25th) 34.90 *PR*; Emma Green (27th) 35.62 *PR*

100 Hurdles (Prelims) — Elizabeth Marshall (9th) 20.62 *PR*; Kennedy O’Neill (10th) 20.73; Pria Powell (11th) 20.78 *PR*; Brooklyn Pope (13th) 21.02; Rubin (14th) 21.27 *PR*; Millison (17th) 22.12

Shot Put (Finals) — Ward (1st) 33-02.50; Rubin (3rd) 24-09.50; Savannah Niewald (21st) 19-05; Annabelle Cundiff (21st) 19-05 *PR*; Annaliese Powers (27th) 18-05 *PR*

High Jump (Finals) — Ward (2nd) 4-07 *PR*; Pope (3rd) 4-04; Zariyah Allen (14th) 3-08; Millison (14th) 3-08

 

A moment of respect between competitors. (Ana Mc Fetridge photo)

 

BOYS:

8th grade:

100 (Prelims) — Beckett Green (7th) 12.71 *PR*; Leonardo Rodriguez (12th) 13.11 *PR*; Jackson Sollars (28th) 13.98; Diego Gonzalez (30th) 14.07 *PR*

200 (Prelims) — B. Green (4th) 26.02 *PR*; Sollars (15th) 29.80

1600 (Finals) — Edmund Kunz (12th) 5:57.32; D. Gonzalez (17th) 6:30.78

Discus (Finals) — Khanor Jump (6th) 95-03.50 *PR*

Long Jump (Finals) — B. Green (4th) 16-00.25; Rodriguez (13th) 14-06.25; Shiloh Sandlin (16th) 14-03.50; Kunz (27th) 12-01.25; Isaiah Allen (30th) 11-05.75

 

6th/7th grade:

100 (Prelims) — Collin Mirabile (2nd) 12.89 *PR*; River Simpson (12th) 13.83 *PR*; Henry Bailey (20th); Benjamin Wertz (30th) 15.42; Hunter Atteberry (33rd) 15.61; Maverick Walling (36th) 16.00

200 (Prelims) — R. Simpson (7th) 28.83; Atteberry (21st) 34.26

400 (Prelims) — Cyrus Sparacio (11th) 1:14.10 *PR*; Sawyer Rudat (12th) 1:16.50 *PR*; Atteberry (14th) 1:20.46; Ceiba Rusch (15th) 1:23.38 *PR*

1600 (Finals) — Bailey (6th) 5:48.23 *PR*; Sparacio (8th) 5:54.26 *PR*; Archer Schwarz (12th) 6:16.38 *PR*; Ossian Merkel (15th) 6:32.10 *PR*; Nolan Hunt (21st) 7:39.05 *PR*

110 Hurdles (Prelims) — Malachi Chapa (16th) 22.32; Jacob Lujan (17th) 22.39 *PR*; Lincoln Wagner (19th) 24.72; Rusch (24th) 28.32

Discus (Finals) — Diesel Eck (11th) 67-07.50 *PR*; Mirabile (23rd) 56-08; Sparacio (27th) 49-11.50; Hunt (36th) 37-00.50

Long Jump (Finals) — R. Simpson (8th) 13-03.50; Bailey (13th) 12-05; Chapa (20th) 11-09.50; L. Wagner (26th) 11-04.75; Rudat (29th) 10-11.50; Walling (31st) 10-07.50

“Finish line, here I come!” (Ezekiel Allen photo)

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