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Mission: Complete for CHS grads

Posted in Graduation, tagged CHS Class of 2025, CHS Wolves, graduation, Preston Epp, Taylor Brotemarkle on June 10, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Taylor Brotemarkle is an official Coupeville High School alumnus. (Photos by Jackie Saia and Marquette Cunningham)

The moment has passed, but the photos live on.

Coupeville High School Class of 2025 students picked up their diplomas Saturday and headed off to vacation, and then, maybe, the real world.

As they leave CHS behind, they can look back and marinate in the photos above and below, which come to us courtesy Marquette Cunningham and Jackie Saia.

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Cream of the crop rise to the top

Posted in Track, tagged CHS Wolves, Katie Marti, Preston Epp, Top 10, track and field on May 12, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Preston Epp flies for the finish line. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The finish line is within sight, and every second matters.

Every inch, as well.

With the high school track and field season down to just two upcoming meets — districts and state — the battle for the top marks is at its most intense.

A look at which Coupeville athletes appear in the top 10 among 2B competitors statewide confirms that.

A week ago, Carson Field (1600), Matthew Ward (triple jump), and the CHS boys 4 x 400 relay squad were on that list.

This time around, they’ve been bumped off the chart, at least for the moment.

But Cael Wilson added six inches to his PR in the pole vault and moved up from 4th to 3rd, and the Wolves are hanging tough in other areas.

Where things sit statewide through May 11, with the district meet set to go down this Saturday in Coupeville:

GIRLS:

Shot Put — Katie Marti (5th) 34-01

BOYS:

800 — Carson Field (4th) 2:02.03

4 x 100 Relay — Marquette Cunningham, Davin Houston, Preston Epp, Chase Anderson (8th) 44.47

High Jump — Cael Wilson (4th) 6-01

Pole Vault — Wilson (3rd-tie) 12-06

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“They made a statement!”

Posted in Track, tagged CHS Wolves, Katie Marti, Northwest League, Preston Epp, track and field on May 7, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Chase Anderson feels the burn. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The postseason is off to a roaring start.

Kicking off the final three meets of the season, the Coupeville High School track and field team put on an impressive show Wednesday at the Northwest 2B/1B League Championships.

Competing in La Conner, the Wolves racked up 13 wins and 25 PRs, with the boys romping to a team title.

Led by senior Carson Field, who swept to titles in the 800, 1600, and 3200, Coupeville’s male athletes piled up 208 points.

That put them way ahead of runner-up Mount Vernon Christian, which finished with an even 100.

Orcas Island (80), La Conner (71), Friday Harbor (53), and Concrete (11) rounded out the field.

On the girl’s side of things, MVC (211) held off La Conner (135) and Coupeville (100), with Friday Harbor (65), Orcas Island (24), and Concrete (9) bringing up the rear.

Gone with the wind. (Photo courtesy Bob Martin)

The stellar team-wide performance brought a smile to the faces of Wolf coaches Bob Martin and Elizabeth Bitting on a wild ‘n woolly day.

“They made a statement!” the coaches said.

“Throw in some wind, a couple of flying canopies, a bit of blood, and unwavering grit – Coupeville tough, through and through.”

The next hurdle for the Wolves is the District 1 meet May 17, which they host.

After that is the state meet May 29-31 in Yakima for those who qualify.

Lillian Ketterling soars into the skies. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Wednesday’s results:

GIRLS:

100 — Laken Simpson (8th) 14.44; Isa Mc Fetridge (9th) 14.57 *PR*

200 — Mc Fetridge (7th) 31.18

400 — Olivia Hall (6th) 1:09.25; Marin Winger (7th) 1:21.60

800 — Lyla Stuurmans (1st) 2:38.13; Lillian Ketterling (8th) 3:08.86; Ivy Rudat (9th) 3:09.78

1600 — Stuurmans (1st) 5:54.23; Mikayla Wagner (5th) 6:37.21; I. Rudat (7th) 6:58.41 *PR*; Devon Wyman (9th) 7:13.79 *PR*

3200 — Wagner (2nd) 13:43.29 *PR*; Aleksia Jump (4th) 14:15.56 *PR*; D. Wyman (5th) 16:00.48 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Myra McDonald (8th) 21.71; Ari Cunningham (9th) 21.82; Frankie Tenore (11th) 24.19

300 Hurdles — McDonald (11th) 1:11.14; Tenore (12th) 1:13.93

4 x 100 Relay — A. Cunningham, McFetridge, Ayden Wyman, Willow Leedy-Bonifas (3rd) 59.17

4 x 200 Relay — Simpson, Leedy-Bonifas, Lexis Drake, Mc Fetridge (4th) 2:05.19

4 x 400 Relay — Hall, Ketterling, Winger, Simpson (3rd) 5:09.21

Shot Put — Katie Marti (1st) 31-05

Discus — Marti (1st) 105-02 *PR*; Ketterling (3rd) 83-07 *PR*

Javelin — Marti (2nd) 93-05

High Jump — Tenore (4th) 4-04; A. Wyman (6th) 4-02

Pole Vault — Ketterling (3rd) 6-06; A. Jump (5th) 6-0; I. Rudat (5th) 6-0

Long Jump — A. Cunningham (8th) 10-09

Triple Jump — A. Cunningham (8th) 24-05

Myra McDonald glides over the hurdles. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

BOYS:

100 — Chase Anderson (1st) 11.71; Marquette Cunningham (3rd) 11.90; Matthew Ward (4th) 11.96; Davin Houston (12th) 12.45; Marcelo Gebhard (14th) 12.52; Beckett Green (17th) 12.65; Nathan Coxsey (21st) 12.92; Edmund Wilson (25th), Richmond Bandong (30th) 13.46; Khanor Jump (32nd) 13.58; Will Tierney (36th) 13.76; Diego Gonzalez (38th) 14.12; Nikolas Rogers (39th) 14.24

200 — Houston (3rd) 24.95; M. Cunningham (8th) 25.70; Green (11th) 26.01; Coxsey (19th) 27.64; Dane Hadsall (21st) 27.96; Tierney (22nd) 27.98 *PR*; E. Wilson (23rd) 28.13; Jonah Weyl (24th) 28.15 *PR*; Bandong (25th) 28.42; Rogers (27th) 29.64; Gonzalez (29th) 30.11 *PR*

400 — Preston Epp (2nd) 53.94; Blake Burrows (4th) 56.61; Hadsall (7th) 1:00.76; Weyl (12th) 1:02.88

800 — Carson Field (1st) 2:03.07; Joshua Stockdale (4th) 2:19.85; Solomon Rudat (6th) 2:24.27 *PR*; Ethan Walling (9th) 2:32.40; Finn Price (12th) 2:39.74; Johnathan Jacobsen (13th) 2:39.89; Isaiah Allen (15th) 2:46.95 *PR*

1600 — Field (1st) 4:55.32; George Spear (2nd) 5:03.44; Malachi Somes (3rd) 5:05.31; Stockdale (5th) 5:09.31; Kenneth Jacobsen (6th) 5:19.24; Walling (10th) 5:37.26 *PR*; Edmund Kunz (11th) 5:47.39 *PR*; Allen (13th) 6:06.12; Nicholas Wasik (14th) 6:30.21 *PR*

3200 — Field (1st) 11:09.60; Spear (2nd) 11:26.72; K. Jacobsen (4th) 11:44.66; Kunz (6th) 12:54.74; Walling (7th) 12:54.84

110 Hurdles — Axel Marshall (4th) 18.58; Liam Blas (10th) 20.87

300 Hurdles — Blas (4th) 47.69; Marshall (5th) 47.89 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — M. Cunningham, Houston, Epp, Anderson (1st) 45.30

4 x 400 Relay — Anderson, Burrows, Cael Wilson, Epp (1st) 3:42.64

Shot Put — Gebhard (2nd) 40-01.50 *PR*; Zac Tackett (8th) 31-02.50; K. Jump (10th) 29-11.50; David Somes (13th) 26-03.25; K. Jacobsen (15th) 25-01; Zach Blitch (19th) 20-04

Discus — Tackett (3rd) 119-04; Blas (7th) 93-06 *PR*; Wasik (15th) 66-06; D. Somes (16th) 66-00; J. Jacobsen (18th) 59-05; Blitch (21st) 50-05

Javelin — Anderson (2nd) 141-11 *PR*; Gebhard (4th) 125-09; Ward (13th) 95-07 *PR*; Rogers (16th) 82-00; M. Somes (23rd) 76-10; D. Somes (27th) 74-02; J. Jacobsen (29th) 63-00; Price (30th) 55-02

High Jump — C. Wilson (1st) 6-00; Wyatt Fitch-Marron (6th) 5-02; J. Jacobsen (11th) 4-10; Tierney (13th) 4-08

Pole Vault — C. Wilson (1st) 12-06 *PR*; Marshall (5th) 10-06; S. Rudat (9th) 7-06; Kunz (11th) 7-0 *PR*

Long Jump — C. Wilson (3rd) 19-04.25; E. Wilson (10th) 16-02.50 *PR*; Fitch-Marron (10th) 16-02.50; Green (18th) 14-06.25; Coxsey (19th) 14-04.25; S. Rudat (20th) 14-03; M. Somes (21st) 14-00.75

Triple Jump — Ward (1st) 39-09.75; M. Cunningham (2nd) 39-09 *PR*; Marshall (5th) 35-06.75

Richmond Bandong hits warp speed. (Duke Kutz photo)

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“Hard work is paying off!”

Posted in Track, tagged CHS Wolves, home meet, Katie Marti, Preston Epp, track and field on April 27, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Preston Epp (left) and Cael Wilson celebrate with two of the rubber duckies given out Saturday to event winners. (Photo courtesy Katy Wilson)

It was a classic beatdown.

Winning 12 of 18 events Saturday at the Coupeville Classic Invite, the Wolf boys track and field team destroyed its competition.

When all the points were added up at the regular season finale, CHS male athletes had racked up a score of 190.5.

Or more than the other four teams combined.

Put the scores of Mount Vernon Christian (50.5), East Jefferson (45.5), Clallam Bay (39), and Neah Bay (21.5) together, and they equal 156.5 points.

Sweet sassy molassy.

On the girls’ side of things, everything was a wee bit closer, with MVC (120) taking the team title, followed by Coupeville (93), East Jefferson (88), Neah Bay (62), and Clallam Bay (16).

Top performers included Katie Marti, who claimed three individual titles, winning the shot put, discus, and hammer throw.

Combine relay team wins with individual victories, and Chase Anderson (4), Preston Epp (3), and Cael Wilson (3) topped the Wolf boys.

All in all, it made for “a fast and furious day on the prairie” according to CHS coach Bob Martin.

“Tons of PRs, great team energy, and another strong showing by our volunteers and parents,” he said. “Hard work is paying off!”

Up next for the Wolves is the Northwest 2B/1B League Championships, set to go down May 7 in La Conner.

After that, for those who advance, will be districts and the state championships.

Marin Winger springs into action. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Saturday’s results:

GIRLS:

100 — Laken Simpson (9th) 14.23 *PR*

200 — Isa Mc Fetridge (5th) 29.85 *PR*

400 — Olivia Hall (2nd) 1:08.47 *PR*; Lillian Ketterling (4th) 1:14.68 *PR*; Ivy Rudat (5th) 1:15.81; Marin Winger (6th) 1:17.56

800 — Lyla Stuurmans (1st) 2:35.56; I. Rudat (8th) 3:06.89 *PR*

1600 — Stuurmans (3rd) 5:53.37 *PR*; Mikayla Wagner (7th) 6:38.01; Aleksia Jump (9th) 6:57.34; I. Rudat (10th) 6:59.25 *PR*; Devon Wyman (11th) 7:32.01 *PR*

3200 — Wagner (2nd) 14:01.54 *PR*; A. Jump (3rd) 15:20.24; D. Wyman (4th) 16:21.86

100 Hurdles — Myra McDonald (7th) 20.87; Ari Cunningham (8th) 21.14 *PR*; Frankie Tenore (9th) 23.46

300 Hurdles — McDonald (8th) 1:04.63; Tenore (9th) 1:06.52 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — A. Cunningham, Mc Fetridge, Ayden Wyman, Willow Leedy-Bonifas (5th) 57.95

4 x 200 Relay — Simpson, Leedy-Bonifas, Lexis Drake, Mc Fetridge (3rd) 2:01.47

4 x 400 Relay — Hall, Ketterling, Winger, Simpson (3rd) 4:59.60

Shot Put — Katie Marti (1st) 34-01 *PR*; Emma McFadden (6th) 20-06

Discus — Marti (1st) 94-04.75; Ketterling (2nd) 76-09 *PR*; McFadden (11th) 39-02.50

Javelin — Marti (2nd) 98-01

Hammer Throw — Marti (1st) 99-01 *PR*

High Jump — Tenore (5th) 4-04; A. Wyman (6th) 4-02

Pole Vault — Ketterling (2nd) 6-06 *PR*; A. Jump (3rd) 6-06; I. Rudat (4th) 5-06

Long Jump — Leedy-Bonifas (4th) 13-04

Triple Jump — A. Cunningham (8th) 26-09.50 *PR*; Leedy-Bonifas (9th) 26-05 *PR*

BOYS:

100 — Chase Anderson (1st) 11.38 *PR*; Marquette Cunningham (2nd) 11.77; Matthew Ward (3rd) 11.94 *PR*; Liam Blas (4th) 11.96 *PR*; Davin Houston (6th) 11.97; Marcelo Gebhard (7th) 12.22 *PR*; Beckett Green (7th) 12.22 *PR*; Nathan Coxsey (12th) 12.42 *PR*; Edmund Wilson (14th) 12.82 *PR*; Richmond Bandong (19th) 13.21 *PR*; Kenneth Jacobsen (19th) 13.21 *PR*; Will Tierney (22nd) 13.31 *PR*; Diego Gonzalez (25th) 13.59 *PR*; Nikolas Rogers (26th) 13.87 *PR*

200 — Houston (1st) 24.34 *PR*; M. Cunningham (2nd) 24.57; Green (5th) 25.39 *PR*; E. Wilson (7th) 26.72 *PR*; Coxsey (8th) 27.17; Bandong (11th) 27.71 *PR*; Rogers (13th) 30.01

400 — Preston Epp (1st) 53.85; Blake Burrows (2nd) 56.07 *PR*; Dane Hadsall (5th) 59.56; Jonah Weyl (8th) 1:01.81 *PR*

800 — Carson Field (1st) 2:02.03 *PR*; Joshua Stockdale (4th) 2:17.39 *PR*; K. Jacobsen (5th) 2:22.24; Solomon Rudat (6th) 2:25.14 *PR*; Ethan Walling (8th) 2:31.67 *PR*; Johnathan Jacobsen (9th) 2:36.02 *PR*; Isaiah Allen (12th) 2:58.27

1600 — Field (1st) 4:41.96 *PR*; George Spear (4th) 4:58.97 *PR*; Malachi Somes (5th) 5:03.17; Stockdale (6th) 5:09.05 *PR*; K. Jacobsen (8th) 5:17.74; Edmund Kunz (9th) 5:49.14 *PR*; Allen (11th) 6:25.54; Nicholas Wasik (12th) 6:33.25 *PR*

3200 — Spear (2nd) 10:40.17 *PR*; Kunz (5th) 12:33.15 *PR*

110 Hurdles — Axel Marshall (2nd) 18.57 *PR*; Blas (3rd) 20.73 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Blas (2nd) 47.72

4 x 100 Relay — M. Cunningham, Houston, Epp, Anderson (1st) 44.47; Gebhard, Ward, Coxsey, Green (3rd) 47.36; Hadsall, E. Wilson, Marshall, Finn Price (5th) 50.87

4 x 400 Relay — Anderson, Burrows, C. Wilson, Epp (1st) 3:38.85

Shot Put — Gebhard (2nd) 38-05.50 *PR*; Khanor Jump (8th) 30-02; David Somes (11th) 25-08; K. Jacobsen (13th) 22-10.50; Zach Blitch (14th) 22-00

Discus — K. Jump (7th) 84-11.50; Blas (8th) 83-10; Wasik (11th) 70-06; J. Jacobsen (12th) 67-05.50; D. Somes (13th) 67-02.50 *PR*; Blitch (16th) 58-01.50 *PR*

Javelin — Anderson (1st) 138-00 *PR*; Gebhard (2nd) 126-10 *PR*; M. Somes (7th) 98-00; Ward (9th) 94-03 *PR*; D. Somes (15th) 76-06 *PR*; Rogers (16th) 75-06; J. Jacobsen (22nd) 52-11; Price (24th) 48-11; K. Jacobsen (25th) 42-08

Hammer Throw — K. Jump (1st) 110-02 *PR*

High Jump — C. Wilson (1st) 6-00; Houston (2nd) 5-06; Wyatt Fitch-Marron (3rd) 5-06; J. Jacobsen (6th) 5-02

Pole Vault — C. Wilson (1st) 12-00; Marshall (3rd) 10-00; S. Rudat (5th) 8-06 *PR*; Kunz (7th) 6-06

Long Jump — C. Wilson (3rd) 19-06; Burrows (8th) 16-02; E. Wilson (10th) 15-07; Green (12th) 14-08.50; Weyl (13th) 14-03.25 *PR*; S. Rudat (14th) 14-05.50

Triple Jump — M. Cunningham (1st) 39-02 *PR*; Ward (2nd) 38-02; Marshall (6th) 35-07

Marquette Cunningham won two events Saturday in the regular season finale. (Parker Hammons photo)

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Wolves vie for top marks

Posted in Track, tagged Aleksia Jump, CHS Wolves, Preston Epp, Top 10, track and field on April 14, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Preston Epp is coming for all the top times. (Bailey Thule photo)

The Wolves had a good weekend.

Back from a two-week break, the Coupeville High School track and field squad lit up the Birger Solberg Invitational in Bellingham Saturday, and it has paid off big time.

As we scan the best times and distances statewide, there are 12 CHS athletes who currently land in the top 10 rankings for 2B schools, with nearly half of those top-level performances having been thrown down two days ago.

There’s still plenty of time, and competition, left in the season, starting with a home meet this Wednesday at Mickey Clark Field for the Wolves.

But here’s where we sit through April 14:

GIRLS:

800 — Lyla Stuurmans (8th) 2:33.53

Shot Put — Katie Marti (7th) 32-11

Pole Vault — Aleksia Jump (7th-tie) 7-00

BOYS:

400 — Preston Epp (6th) 52.62

800 — Carson Field (4th) 2:05.85

4 x 100 Relay — Marquette Cunningham, Davin Houston, Epp, Chase Anderson (8th) 45.67

4 x 400 Relay — Anderson, Blake Burrows, Cael Wilson, Epp (4th) 3:38.79

High Jump — Wilson (4th) 6-00; Houston (6th-tie) 5-08