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Stone, Bamberger get major props

Posted in awards, tagged , , , , on June 12, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Natasha Bamberger, Coupeville legend. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Apparently Whidbey Island ends at the midway point.

The website SB Live Washington has been busy compiling lists of its picks for the best athletes to come out of each of the state’s counties, with Island County’s female stars honored Thursday.

And, despite being the smallest of the three high schools on Whidbey, Coupeville netted two of the five slots, with Natasha Bamberger and Makana Stone joining Oak Harbor grads Marti Malloy, Chalise Baysa, and Missy McIntyre.

South Whidbey High School, on the other hand, got shafted, with the most notable omission being Lindsey Newman.

You know, the fearsome Falcon who won three consecutive 2A state tennis titles from 2007-2009, scored a billion points on the basketball hardwood, and is now a professional pickleball player.

Oh, that Lindsey Newman.

But, while Falcon Nation will rightfully have its collective feelings hurt, Wolf Nation has plenty to celebrate.

Bamberger was a five-time state champ for CHS in the ’80s, winning four track titles and a cross country crown, before going on to be world-class ultramarathoner.

Stone, who just wrapped up a stellar college hoops career at Whitman College, dominated in soccer, basketball, and track and field during her time as a Wolf.

To see the full story, and vote in a poll to select the best of the five nominees, pop over to:

https://scorebooklive.com/washington/2020/06/11/here-are-the-best-female-athletes-to-come-out-of-island-county-washington/

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All the medals, all the glory

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on March 25, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Wolf thrower Dalton Martin (right) wins three medals in our “Coupeville High School Virtual Olympics.” (Abbie Martin photo)

This group claims 19 medals, including six golds. L to r: Lindsey Roberts, Emma Smith, Ashlie Shank, Lauren Bayne. In back: Ariah Bepler. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Real life or digital life, Lauren Grove piles up the medals. (Dawnelle Conlisk photo)

Maya and Cameron Toomey-Stout combine with brother Sean to claim 20 medals, including nine golds. (Beth Stout photo)

Round two.

Yesterday we used numbers off of athletic.net to look back at the best track and field performances compiled from 2009-2019 by Coupeville Middle School athletes.

Today we slide up a rung and celebrate what’s been achieved at the high school level.

And we’re actually drawing from a bigger data base on this one, as the stats for CHS go back to 2000.

Now, are their results flawless? Probably not.

I caught two school-record performances — the 2006 boys 4 x 400 relay team and Rich Wilson’s work in the high jump — which weren’t reflected in the athletic.net results.

While the absence of those marks immediately jumped out at me because they’re ingrained in my conscious, there may be other non-record marks missing as well, which could more easily slide by.

The marks for the last decade seem pretty solid, but if there’s anything missing, it probably comes from the early 2000’s, which seems a bit spottier.

That being said, take it for what it is, and enjoy what we can.

In our “Coupeville High School Virtual Olympics,” we hand out gold, silver, and bronze medals in 22 events for the girls, and 22 for the boys.

There are a couple of places where there aren’t a complete top three, such as the boys 2K steeplechase, and again, this is probably not a definitive list of everything Wolf athletes competed in across the past two decades.

But taken in context, we can see the impact different CHS stars had in their sport.

Lindsey Roberts, who has the most real state meet medals of any Wolf girl ever, leads our digital throw-down, finishing with 11 medals, including four golds.

Two-time state champ Danny Conlisk tops our gold medalists, claiming six, with Maya Toomey-Stout and Mallory Kortuem notching five apiece.

Special props to the Hoskins and Toomey-Stout families, as well.

The Hoskins put four siblings on our list, with Jai’Lysa, Will, Ja’Tarya, and Ja’Kenya all winning medals in our Olympics.

But no family has been as dominant as the one raised by Beth Stout and Lisa Toomey.

Maya, twin brother Sean, and big bro Cameron account for 20 medals, nine of them gold.

And a final side note about the girls high jump, where Yashmeen Knox and Cassidy Moody tie for the gold, both jumping an even five feet.

Yes, I am very aware Knox (now Yashmeen Wilson) holds the school record at 5-02, but … that mark was set in 1999, and our virtual Olympics only covers 2000-2019.

So, with that, down to the arena we go:

 

GIRLS:

100 — Maya Toomey-Stout (1st) 12.74 – 2019; Makana Stone (2nd) 13.11 – 2013; Jai’Lysa Hoskins (3rd) 13.20 – 2011

200 — Stone (1st) 26.60 – 2014; M. Toomey-Stout (2nd) 26.76 – 2017; Lauren Grove (3rd) 26.88 – 2016

400 — Mallory Kortuem (1st) 58.02 – 2019; Stone (2nd) 58.13 – 2014; Amy Mouw (3rd) 1:00.93 – 2003

800 — Mouw (1st) 2:21.54 – 2003; Stone (2nd) 2:21.89 – 2016; Rachel Weinstein (3rd) 2:30.70 – 2008

1500 — Catherine Lhamon (1st) 5:40.25 – 2018; Lucy Sandahl (2nd) 5:41.87 – 2018; Lauren Bayne (3rd) 5:49.69 – 2015

1600 — Adrianna Royal (1st) 5:28.19 – 2008; Weinstein (2nd) 5:42.00 – 2008; Sandahl (3rd) 5:46.30 – 2018

3000 — Lhamon (1st) 11:37.33 – 2018; Abby Parker (2nd) 13:41.99 – 2015

3200 — Royal (1st) 11:50.28 – 2008; Lhamon (2nd) 12:41.10 – 2018; Erin Rosenkranz (3rd) 12:53.61 – 2013

100 Hurdles — Lindsey Roberts (1st) 15.21 – 2019; Madison Tisa McPhee (2nd) 16.13 – 2013; Chelsea Rosenkrance (3rd) 17.16 – 2007

300 Hurdles — Tisa McPhee (1st) 48.01 – 2013; Rosenkrance (2nd) 51.30 – 2007; Kortuem (3rd) 51.37 – 2017

4 x 100 Relay — M. Toomey-Stout, Ja’Tarya Hoskins, Kortuem, Roberts (1st) 50.54 – 2019; Grove, Roberts, Kortuem, Sylvia Hurlburt (2nd) 50.66 – 2016; Grove, Kortuem, M. Toomey-Stout, Roberts (3rd) 51.04 – 2017

4 x 200 Relay — Roberts, Ja’Kenya Hoskins, Kortuem, M. Toomey-Stout (1st) 1:46.13 – 2019; Grove, Roberts, Hurlburt, Stone (2nd) 1:46.41 – 2016; Grove, Kortuem, M. Toomey-Stout, Roberts (3rd) 1:46.58 – 2017

4 x 400 Relay — Marisa Etzell, Jai’Lysa Hoskins, Kirsten Pelroy, Stone (1st) 4:14.98 – 2013; Relay Team (no names listed) (2nd) 4:23.17 – 2007; Roberts, M. Toomey-Stout, Sandahl, Kortuem (3rd) 4:25.98 – 2019

100-100-200-400 Relay — M. Toomey-Stout, Roberts, Ashlie Shank, Kortuem (1st) 1:58.00 – 2018

1200-400-800-1600 Relay — Alana Mihill, Ja’Tarya Hoskins, Sandahl, Lhamon (1st) 15:10.85 – 2019; Bayne, Madison Rixe, Parker, Sandahl (2nd) 15:40.74 – 2017

Shot Put — Emma Smith (1st) 34-05 – 2019; Kyra Ilyankoff (2nd) 33-03 – 2011; Skyler Lawrence (3rd) 32-06 (3rd) – 2016

Discus — Allison Wenzel (1st) 106-04 – 2018; Erin Hickey (2nd) 103-08 – 2008; E. Smith (3rd) 92-08 – 2019

Javelin — Ilyankoff (1st) 129-00 – 2009; Bayne (2nd) 109-02 – 2018; Grace LaPoint (3rd) 103-06 – 2012

High Jump — Yashmeen Knox (1st-tie) 5-00 – 2001; Cassidy Moody (1st-tie) 5-00 – 2017; Roberts (3rd) 4-11 – 2019

Pole Vault — Kortuem (1st) 8-10 – 2019; McKenzie Meyer (2nd) 6-6 – 2017

Long Jump — M. Toomey-Stout (1st) 17-0.25 – 2019; Moody (2nd) 16-2.75 – 2018; Roberts (3rd) 15-10.25 – 2017

Triple Jump — Grove (1st) 31-04.75 – 2017; Bayne (2nd) 30-11.50 – 2018; Aurora Zanardi (3rd) 30-10.50 – 2017

 

BOYS:

100 — Danny Conlisk (1st) 11.04 – 2019; Jean Lund-Olsen (2nd) 11.05 – 2019; Jacob Smith (3rd) 11.12 – 2018

200 — Conlisk (1st) 21.99 – 2019; J. Smith (2nd) 22.41 – 2017; Lund-Olsen (3rd) 22.57 – 2019

400 — Conlisk (1st) 49.14 – 2019; Jon Chittim (2nd) 50.67 – 2006; Steven McDonald (3rd) 51.00 – 2008

800 — Tyler King (1st) 1:55.34 – 2010; Kyle King (2nd) 1:58.62 – 2008; Conlisk (3rd) 2:05.57 – 2017

1500 — Conlisk (1st) 4:45.09 – 2016; Matthew Hampton (2nd) 4:50.03 – 2012; Henry Wynn (3rd) 4:51.64 – 2016

1600 — T. King (1st) 4:12.97 – 2011; K. King (2nd) 4:20.06 – 2008; Joe Donnellon (3rd) 4:31.22 – 2000

3000 — Jakobi Baumann (1st) 11:46.14 – 2016

3200 — K. King (1st) 9:13.67 – 2008; T. King (2nd) 9:20.52 – 2010; Donnellon (3rd) 10:01.24 – 2000

110 Hurdles — Jacob Weaver (1st) 16.85 – 2007; Gary Manker (2nd) 17.44 – 2006; Lathom Kelley (3rd) 17.66 – 2015

300 Hurdles — Mitch Pelroy (1st) 41.26 – 2012; L. Kelley (2nd) 41:48 – 2016; Brandon Kelley (3rd) 44.57 – 2013

2K Steeplechase — Sam Landau (1st) 8:40.52 – 2011

4 x 100 Relay — Conlisk, Tiger Johnson, Sean Toomey-Stout, Lund-Olsen (1st) 44.16 – 2019; Cameron Toomey-Stout, J. Smith, S. Toomey-Stout, Lund-Olsen (2nd) 44.42 – 2018; J. Smith, Mitchell Carroll, C. Toomey-Stout, Kyle Burnett (3rd) 45.28 – 2017

4 x 200 Relay — B. Kelley, L. Kelley, Jared Helmstadter, Matt Shank (1st) 1:38.09 – 2014; Helmstadter, L. Kelley, Connor Thompson, J. Smith (2nd) 1:38.31 – 2015; Burnett, J. Smith, Conlisk, Wynn (3rd) 1:41.32 – 2017

4 x 400 Relay — Chris Hutchinson, McDonald, K. King, Chittim (1st) 3:28.11 — 2006; J. Smith, Wynn, S. Toomey-Stout, Conlisk (2nd) 3:31.00 – 2018; T. King, Chase Bates, Will Hoskins, M. Pelroy (3rd) 3:32.20 – 2010

100-100-200-400 Relay — C. Toomey-Stout, S. Toomey-Stout, J. Smith, Conlisk (1st) 1:41.74 – 2018; Burnett, C. Toomey-Stout, Lund-Olsen, Grey Rische (2nd) 1:53.15 – 2017

Shot Put — Hunter Hammer (1st) 51-03.75 – 2011; Dalton Martin (2nd) 47-07.75 – 2016; Nick Streubel (3rd) 45-09.50 – 2014

Discus — D. Martin (1st) 161-07 – 2016; Hammer (2nd) 150-02 – 2011; Streubel (3rd) 131-15 – 2013

Javelin — Brian Miller (1st) 172-11 – 2007; D. Martin (2nd) 149-03 – 2016; Jacob Martin (3rd) 141-08 – 2017

High Jump — Rich Wilson (1st) 6-04 – 2000; Ariah Bepler (2nd) 6-02 – 2018; Miller (3rd) 6-01 – 2008

Pole Vault — Jordan Ford (1st) 12-0 – 2016; Burnett (2nd-tie) 9-00 – 2019; Thane Peterson (2nd-tie) 2018

Long Jump — S. Toomey-Stout (1st) 20-09.50 – 2019; J. Martin (2nd) 20-07 – 2017; Carroll (3rd) 20-05.25 – 2017

Triple Jump — Carroll (1st) 43-11.75 – 2017; S. Toomey-Stout (2nd) 40-05.25 – 2019; C. Toomey-Stout (3rd) 39-08 – 2018

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Vie for past glory

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on March 24, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Jasmine Nastali was part of the fastest CMS girls 4 x 1 relay team of the past decade. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Aram Leyva blows by on the inside. (Pat Kelley photos)

Ashleigh Battaglia sticks the landing.

Danny Conlisk (left) and Gabe Eck, younger but still just as speedy. (Dawnelle Conlisk photo)

Welcome to the digital arena.

With athletes driven inside by the ongoing battle with coronavirus, you have to find your competitions where you can.

Today, thanks to records kept by athletic.net, we present the “Coupeville Middle School Virtual Olympics,” featuring Wolf athletes from 2009-2019 – the seasons covered by the site.

There are 98 medal winners (51 girls and 47 boys) with Lathom Kelley and Chris Battaglia leading the way with five medals apiece.

In terms of standing on top of the podium, however, no one can match Makana Stone and Alex Murdy, who each bring home four gold medals.

Others to claim multiple titles include Lindsey Roberts, Emma Smith, Carolyn Lhamon, Danny Conlisk, Jared Helmstadter, Kelley, and Battaglia, who all exit with a pair of golds.

Before we get to the stats, a couple of quick side notes.

One, there are a couple of events where there aren’t a gold, silver, and bronze winner, as only 1-2 people were listed by athletic.net.

Which is probably far from reality, but we go with what we have.

As you go through the top times and throws and jumps, special props to Savina Wells, bronze medal winner in the high jump, as she’s the only 6th grader to crack the top three in any event.

And yes, we’re going to do a high school meet next.

With that, down to the field:

 

GIRLS:

60 — Ja’Kenya Hoskins (1st) 8.90 – 2018; Ja’Tarya Hoskins (2nd) 9.12 – 2016; Emily Fiedler (3rd) 9.41 – 2017

100 — Sandra Lund-Olsen (1st) 13.63 – 2012; Sylvia Hurlburt (2nd) 13.88 – 2012; Mallory Kortuem (3rd) 14.08 – 2016

200 — Makana Stone (1st) 28.00 – 2012; Lindsey Roberts (2nd) 28.44 – 2015; S. Lund-Olsen (3rd) 28.85 – 2012

400 — Stone (1st) 1:01.07 – 2012; Anna Bailey (2nd) 1:06.96 – 2009; Carlie Rosenkrance (3rd) 1:08.69 – 2013

800 — Morgan Pease (1st) 2:39.46 – 2016; Jillian Pape (2nd) 2:42.59 – 2013; Abby Parker (3rd) 2:43.63 – 2014

1600 — Pape (1st) 5:48.98 – 2013; Mattea Miller (2nd) 5:59.60 – 2013; Lauren Bayne (3rd) 6:13.00 – 2014

75 Hurdles — Madison Tisa McPhee (1st) 12.61 – 2009; Rosenkrance (2nd) 13.44 – 2013; Roberts (3rd) 13.76 – 2014

100 Hurdles — Roberts (1st) 17.45 – 2015; Cassidy Moody (2nd) 19.73 – 2015; Claire Mayne (3rd) 19.86 – 2019

200 Hurdles — Kortuem (1st-tie) 36.03 – 2016; Audrianna Shaw (1st-tie) 36.03 – 2018; Bella Velasco (3rd) 37.24 – 2017

4 x 100 Relay — Jasmine Nastali, Ashlie Shank, Emma Smith, Roberts (1st) 57.07 – 2015; Nicole Becker, Hannah Christensen, Jai’Lysa Hoskins, Maddy Summerill (2nd) 57.92 – 2009; Ja’Tarya Hoskins, Lucy Sandahl, Moody, Kortuem (3rd) 58.81 – 2016

4 x 200 Relay — Stone, Marina Bruland, Kirsten Pelroy, Hurlburt (1st) 1:55.43 – 2012; Miller, Tiffany Briscoe, Rosenkrance, Lauren Grove (2nd) 2:02.05 – 2013; Becker, Christensen, Jai’Lysa Hoskins, Summerill (3rd) 2:04.87 – 2009

4 x 400 Relay — Lily Zustiak, Mikaela Labrador, Helen Sinclair, Ashleigh Battaglia (1st) 5:18.86 – 2016; Alana Mihill, Abigail Ramirez, Cristina McGrath, Mary Milnes (2nd) 5:28.61 – 2018

Shot Put (6-lb) — Carolyn Lhamon (1st) 32-11.50 – 2019; Pease (2nd) 29-02.25 – 2016; Noelle Daigneault (3rd) 26-05 (3rd) – 2018

Shot Put (8-lb) — Lhamon (1st) 26-00 – 2019; E. Smith (2nd) 25-11 – 2015; Skyler Lawrence (3rd) 25-10.75 – 2013

Shot Put (4-kg) — E. Smith (1st) 27-03.75 – 2015; Lawrence (2nd) 21-00 – 2013; Oliana Stange (3rd) 20-11 – 2015

Discus — Kylie Chernikoff (1st) 78-00 – 2017; Monica Vidoni (2nd) 69-07 – 2011; Lawrence (3rd-tie) 64-02 – 2013; Jessica Riddle (3rd-tie) 64-02 – 2009

Javelin — Jillian Mayne (1st) 61-01 – 2016; Zoe Trujillo (2nd) 59-07 – 2016; Fiedler (3rd) 56-11 – 2017

High Jump — Moody (1st) 4-10 – 2016; Ryanne Knoblich (2nd) 4-06 – 2019; Savina Wells (3rd) 4-03 – 2019

Long Jump — Stone (1st) 13-08.50 – 2012; Summerill (2nd) 13-08 – 2009; Knoblich (3rd-tie) 13-07 – 2019; Ja’Kenya Hoskins (3rd-tie) 13-07 – 2018

 

BOYS:

60 — Sean Toomey-Stout (1st) 8.04 – 2016; Nick Wielandt (2nd) 8.39 – 2016; Lucious Binnings (3rd) 8.43 – 2018

100 — Danny Conlisk (1st) 12.13 – 2015; Gabe Eck (2nd) 12.34 – 2015; Jared Helmstadter (3rd) 12.45 – 2012

200 — Alex Murdy (1st) 24.94 – 2019; G. Eck (2nd) 25.82 – 2015; Caleb Meyer (3rd) 25.89 – 2018

400 — Helmstadter (1st) 58.20 – 2012; Jacob Smith (2nd) 59.45 – 2014; Joshua Centamore (3rd) 1:00.47 – 2010

800 — Matt Hampton (1st) 2:23.12 – 2011; Lathom Kelley (2nd) 2:24.67 – 2012; Josh Crebbin (3rd) 2:25.99 – 2009

1600 — Conlisk (1st) 5:14.57 – 2015; Chris Battaglia (2nd) 5:14.74 – 2015; Aram Leyva (3rd) 5:15.65 – 2016

75 Hurdles — Jean Lund-Olsen (1st) 13.38 – 2016; Jake Mitten (2nd) 14.49 – 2016; Chris Cernick (3rd) 14.68 – 2016

110 Hurdles — Zane Bundy (1st) 17.74 – 2011; Cameron Toomey-Stout (2nd) 18.73 – 2014; Jesse Hester (3rd) 19.05 – 2014

200 Hurdles — Helmstadter (1st) 28.34 – 2011; Cernick (2nd) 33.68 – 2016; Ben Smith (3rd) 34.90 – 2017

4 x 100 Relay — Reiley Araceley, Dominic Coffman, Joven Light, Murdy (1st) 50.81 – 2019; DJ Stadler, Light, Araceley, Aiden Burdge (2nd) 51.28 – 2018; Helmstadter, Ryan Griggs, Dalton Martin, Kelley (3rd) 51.94 – 2012

4 x 200 Relay — Binnings, Timothy Ursu, Gabe Shaw, Stadler (1st) 1:53.36 – 2018; Josue Payan-Lopez, Nathan Lamb, Danny Savalza, Luke Pelant (2nd) 1:54.54 – 2009; C. Battaglia, Ty Eck, G. Eck, Uriah Kastner (3rd) 1:57.25 – 2014

4 x 400 Relay — Leyva, Tucker Hall, Mitten, James Mayne (1st) 4:36.17 — 2016; Coffman, Ty Duddridge, Aiden Anderson, Ty Hamilton (2nd) 5:17.87 – 2018

Shot Put (8-lb) — Kelley (1st) 38-07.50 – 2012; D. Martin (2nd) 35-01.50 – 2012; Logan Martin (3rd) 34-05 – 2018

Shot Put (4-kg) — Kelley (1st) 36-04.50 – 2012; C. Battaglia (2nd) 35-00.50 – 2015; D. Martin (3rd) 34-03.25 – 2012

Discus (1-kg) — C. Battaglia (1st) 119-03 – 2015; Kelley (2nd) 112-04 – 2012; Skyler Martin (3rd) 102-11 – 2009

Discus (1.6-kg) — Jimmy Myers (1st) 90-10 — 2013; Uriel Liquidano (2nd) 88-10 – 2013; L. Martin (3rd) 85-00 – 2017

Javelin — L. Martin (1st) 116-10 – 2018; Stadler (2nd) 112-05 – 2018; Gabe Carlson (3rd) 89-06 – 2016

High Jump — Murdy (1st-tie) 5-06; C. Battaglia (1st-tie) 5-06 – 2015; Jake Mitten (3rd) 5-02.50 – 2017

Long Jump — Murdy (1st-tie) 17-09 – 2019; G. Eck (1st-tie) 17-09 – 2015; Toomey-Stout (3rd) 17-07.75 – 2016

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King still has that zing

Posted in Running, tagged , , , , on February 29, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Kyle King (left) and lil’ bro Tyler look fast even when standing still.

Kyle King celebrated Leap Day by going for a run with some of his friends.

Of course, said run just happened to take place on one of the biggest stages possible, as the Coupeville grad competed Saturday in Atlanta at the US Olympic Team Trials.

The former Wolf, a five-time state track and field champ in his days at CHS, finished 47th in a field of 222 runners, covering a 26.2 mile marathon course in 2:18:20.

King stayed strong throughout the race, throwing down his fastest leg in mile 18, which he ran in 4:58.

The top three finishers Saturday qualify for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, with those spots going to Galen Rupp, Jacob Riley, and Abdi Abdiraham.

It’s the fourth-straight time Rupp has made it to the biggest sporting event in the world, having previously competed in Beijing (2008), London (2012) and Rio de Janeiro (2016).

King, a 2008 Coupeville grad, qualified for the US Team Trials off of a stellar performance at the Eugene Marathon in April 2019.

The marathon dream he was chasing was a big one, as only one former Coupeville resident has made an Olympic team.

That came way back in 1920, when Eldon Jenne competed in the pole vault in Antwerp.

In real life, King is a Captain in the Marine Corps, currently stationed at the Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colorado, where he’s an inspector/instructor.

He trained for the trials with a group of other local runners, “The Good Boys Run Club,” four of whom also made the trip to Atlanta.

Prior to the team trials, King ran at the Armed Forces Summer Games in China, where he claimed 8th out of 84 runners.

His recent exploits continues a life-long tear of running success.

While running for dad Randy at CHS, Kyle won state titles in the 3200 three straight years (2006-2008), added the 1600 crown in 2007, and ran a leg on a triumphant 4 x 400 relay unit in 2006.

After graduation, King competed as an NCAA D-I scholarship athlete at two schools – Eastern Washington University and the University of Oklahoma.

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