Axel Marshall celebrates a title in the pole vault. (Elizabeth Bitting photo)
Saturday was time for the young guns to shine, even if the weather didn’t cooperate.
Coupeville High School track and field sent its freshmen and sophomores on the road, where they endured “nonstop rain all day” at the Stanwood Invitational.
Regardless of the weather, the Wolves held their own against much-bigger schools, claiming a win and 13 PR’s.
The victory came from CHS frosh Axel Marshall, who sailed above the crowd to claim top honors in the pole vault.
The Wolves also got 2nd place finishes from Lydia Price (3200), Carly Burt (Pole Vault) and a girls 4 x 100 relay team of Aleksia Jump, Lexis Drake, Burt, and Jasmine Castellanos.
Jasmine Castellanos is ready to rock. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Overall, Coupeville’s girls, repping a 2B school, earned 5th in the team standings, while the Wolf boys finished 6th.
Arlington, a 4A school, claimed both team titles.
As she tried to dry off on the trip home, CHS coach Elizabeth Bitting couldn’t contain her enthusiasm.
“These athletes did great, drenched and all,” she said. “We wanted to see what they could do without their junior and senior counterparts and boy did we learn a lot!
“They can run, jump and throw, fast, high and far!”
The meet did give Bitting and her fellow coaches a chance to ponder the future, as well.
“We realized we need to fill in a few areas,” she said. “Maybe some athletes might be courageous and try a new event?
“Regardless of what they compete in, we know they will give it their all and continue to improve, but hopefully Mother Nature will be more cooperative.”
The Wolves get to test out that theory next Thursday, Mar. 28, when the entire team is slated to travel to Mount Vernon for a Northwest 2B/1B League meet.
Aleksia Jump climbs high into the skies. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Saturday’s results:
GIRLS — Freshmen:
200 — Jasmine Castellanos (5th) 31.74; Ivy Rudat (9th) 33.84
400 — I. Rudat (3rd) 1:18.24
1600 — Lydia Price (4th) 7:31.16; Kayla Crane (5th) 7:33.74
3200 — Price (2nd) 16:01.12
100 Hurdles — Myra McDonald (6th) 22.62; Lexis Drake (8th) 22.98
300 Hurdles — Drake (4th) 1:02.68; McDonald (5th) 1:03.63
Long Jump — I. Rudat (9th) 9-08.75
GIRLS — Sophomores:
400 — Reagan Callahan (9th) 1:22.22 *PR*; Frankie Tenore (10th) 1:24.90
1600 — Aleksia Jump (6th) 7:12.26 *PR*
100 Hurdles — Tenore (7th) 23.39 *PR*
4 x 100 Relay — Jump, Drake, Burt, Castellanos (2nd) 1:00.65
4 x 200 Relay — Burt, Drake, Castellanos, McDonald (3rd) 2:08.97
4 x 400 Relay — Jump, Callahan, Price, Crane (3rd) 5:24.49
Pole Vault — Burt (2nd) 7-00; Jump (3rd) 6-00
BOYS — Freshmen:
100 — Davin Houston (10th) 13.20
400 — Solomon Rudat (9th) 1:07.56
800 — S. Rudat (3rd) 2:33.07 *PR*; Sam Richards (8th) 2:043.39 *PR*
1600 — Kenneth Jacobsen (4th) 5:38.55; Richards (8th) 6:59.42 *PR*
3200 — Axel Marshall (4th) 13:04.10 *PR*
Shot Put — Jacobsen (12th) 24-03 *PR*
High Jump — Houston (3rd) 5-02
Pole Vault — Marshall (1st) 8-06 *PR*
Long Jump — Houston (7th) 15-02; Marshall (10th) 13-04.75
BOYS — Sophomores:
100 — Matthew Kuzma (16th) 14.83
200 — Marquette Cunningham (7th) 26.00; Kuzma (14th) 28.44 *PR*
400 — Blake Burrows (8th) 1:01.51 *PR*
800 — Ezekiel Allen (8th) 2:32.90; George Spear (11th) 2:43.31
1600 — Allen (4th) 5:35.05 *PR*; Spear (6th) 5:42.28
3200 — Spear (8th) 11:53.05
4 x 100 Relay — Cunningham, Burrows, Kuzma, Houston (5th) 50.16
4 x 400 Relay — Jacobsen, Burrows, S. Rudat, Cunningham (4th) 4:08.39
Shot Put — Zachary Saho (10th) 26-08.25 *PR*
Discus — Jacob Schooley (5th) 79-00; Saho (11th) 58-09
Javelin — Saho (12th) 80-09
Long Jump — Burrows (5th) 15-03.50; Kuzma (8th) 13-11
Triple Jump — Cunningham (5th) 32-11.50
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