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Wilson closes prep track career in style

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on June 3, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Aidan Wilson closed his high school track and field career with a strong showing in a decathlon. (Bob Martin photo)

He went out like a champ.

Just a few days before graduation, Coupeville High School senior Aidan Wilson finished 7th out of 32 competitors at the 51st annual Dennis McDonald Multi Events State Championship.

The two-day event, which ran Friday and Saturday at Lake Stevens High School, put athletes through 10 events, as they ran, jumped, and threw in a decathlon.

Arlington senior Ryan Rushton came from behind to nip day #1 leader Tomeko Cates of Mary Walker for the title, racking up a 6,253-6,087 points advantage.

Wilson finished with 5,452 points.

The opening day featured competition in the 100, 400, shot put, high jump and long jump.

Back at it Saturday, Wilson busted through the 110 hurdles in 17.54 seconds, while rambling across the finish line in 4:35.40 in the 1500.

The Wolf senior also threw the javelin 135 feet, six inches, tossed the discus 91-06, and soared through the air in the pole vault, clearing the bar at 9-04.

“Long couple of days for him, but he was doing great!” said Coupeville High School track coach Bob Martin.

During his time at CHS, Wilson brought home five medals from the state track and field championships, winning two as a junior and three as a senior.

Thos two trips were the only ones he was eligible for, as the pandemic erased all spring sports when he was a freshman.

As a sophomore, Wilson and Co. returned to regular season action, but all postseason events were scrubbed.

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Jump hurls at hammer championships

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on May 31, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Taygin Jump signs her college track and field letter of intent. (Christina Jump photo)

Further and further away, the implement flies.

Despite adding the hammer throw to her repertoire late in her senior year, Coupeville track star Taygin Jump has shown amazing progression.

The first time the Wolf thrower let fly in a competition, back on April 28, she chucked it 56 feet, eight inches.

Move forward a month, and Jump launched the hammer 88-02 Sunday at the 23rd Washington State High School Hammer Championships at Evergreen State College.

She finished 21st overall in the girl’s competition.

The event, which came on the heels of the WIAA sanctioned state and field championships in Yakima, drew throwers from 24 schools ranging from 4A-2B.

Coupeville and Adna were the smallest schools represented, with 16 schools hailing from the 4A and 3A classifications.

This is the second year in a row the Wolves sent a competitor to the hammer throw championships, with Logan Martin finishing 2nd in the boys competition last year as a senior.

Jump, who competed in the 800, 1600, discus, hammer, and javelin as a senior, recently signed a letter of intent to continue her track exploits at SUNY Plattsburgh, an NCAA D-III school.

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Net ace, coach exit after state run

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , , on May 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Helen Strelow closed out her stellar CHS tennis career with a strong run at the state tourney. (Jackie Saia photo)

Class and competitive fire.

Coupeville High School senior netter Helen Strelow has both traits, and so does her coach, Ken Stange.

So, it’s sort of fitting the two concluded their prep tennis careers at the same time, putting a bow on things at the 1B/2B state championships in Yakima.

Strelow battled hard in her third match of the tourney before falling 6-2, 6-3 to Gwen Gilliam of Goldendale in a loser-out match Saturday morning.

The Wolf ace, who split a pair of bouts Friday, finishes her final campaign with an 11-3 record.

Gilliam advanced to the 3rd/4th place match, where she lost 6-0, 6-4 to Liberty Linklater of Okanogan.

That was a reversal of fortune for both, as Gilliam beat Linklater in the first round of the two-day tournament.

The championship match was a family affair, with Avi Sahota of Jenkins (Chewelah), last year’s runner-up, knocking off lil’ sis Simi 6-2, 6-3 to claim the title.

For Strelow and Stange, the van ride back to Whidbey Island caps their time with the CHS tennis program.

The former graduates in a few days, while the latter is retiring after a nearly two-decade run coaching Wolf girls’ and boys’ tennis.

Ken Stange is retiring after coaching Wolf tennis since 2005. (Jackie Saia photo)

As he exited Yakima, Stange paused for a moment to praise Strelow, who provided him with the sixth, and final, trip to state during his coaching tenure.

“She is an amazing person,” he said. “Artist, scholar, athlete, and one of the kindest people anyone could ever know.

“She improved from week to week, day to day, on a consistent basis,” Stange added.

“She certainly has a spot on my all-time CHS team!”

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Friday work equals Saturday medals

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on May 26, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville High School senior Josh Upchurch capped his prep track career with an appearance at the state meet. (Photo courtesy Brittany Kolbet)

They’re set up for an awards windfall.

Coupeville High School track and field athletes have claimed three medals, including a state title, at the three-day 2B state championships in Yakima, and will add between 8-11 more during Saturday’s finale.

The big news on day #2 was Wolf senior Alex Murdy claiming the title in the long jump, smashing his PR by eight inches.

He’s the 10th athlete in school history to stand atop the podium, and the first ever to win a title in a field event.

Murdy’s big win comes a day after Carolyn Lhamon claimed a 4th place medal in the shot put and Aidan Wilson earned 5th place in the triple jump.

Coupeville is slated to compete in 11 events Saturday, all finals.

The Wolves are guaranteed medals in eight running events, after they successfully made it through all their prelims.

Three other CHS athletes — Cael Wilson (pole vault), Ryanne Knoblich (high jump), and Zac Tackett (discus) — are in field events, where all 16 competitors vie in the finals, with the top eight claiming medals.

In the prelim running events, Coupeville’s best finish was also its most controversial.

The boys 4 x 100 relay team, comprised of Tim Ursu, Tate Wyman, Aidan Wilson, and Dominic Coffman, originally didn’t make the cut.

But after a protest, and a counter-protest, the Wolves, who had the fastest time of the day, were moved back into first place and advance to Saturday’s rumble.

Barring a lineup change in the 4 x 1, Aidan Wilson is guaranteed to exit Yakima with three state meet medals in his final go-round.

The senior will be the 12th Wolf to finish with five or more for their career.

Sophomores Lyla Stuurmans (400, 800, 4 x 400) and Monroe Myles (200, 400, 4 x 400) will also take home three medals apiece in their first state meet appearance, while senior Claire Mayne (100 hurdles, 4 x 4) will collect a pair.

With 11 finals, and eight guaranteed medals on the Saturday schedule, Coupeville is also in play for its first-ever team title.

The Wolf boys sit in 4th place with 14 points.

Goldendale (22), St. George’s (20), and Raymond (17.50) hold the top three slots, with 11 of 17 events to be decided Saturday.

On the girls side, there’s work to be done, with Coupeville in 14th place with five points.

St. George’s (40), Okanogan (31), and Asotin (22) are the front runners, and six of 18 events have been scored.

Carly Burt sails over the bar in the pole vault. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

 

Friday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

200 (Prelims) — Monroe Myles (5th) 26.91 *PR*

400 (Prelims) — Lyla Stuurmans (4th) 1:03.18 *PR*

800 (Prelims) — Stuurmans (8th) 2:34.59 *PR*

100 Hurdles (Prelims) — Claire Mayne (4th) 17.38 *PR*

4 x 400 Relay (Prelims) — Mayne, Carly Burt, Myles, Stuurmans (3rd) 4:21.23

Discus (Finals) — Carolyn Lhamon (11th) 91-10

Pole Vault (Finals) — Burt (11th) 7-06 *PR*

 

BOYS:

800 (Prelims) — Aidan Wilson (5th) 2:02.71

4 x 100 Relay (Prelims) — Tim Ursu, Tate Wyman, Wilson, Dominic Coffman (1st) 44.61

Shot Put (Finals) — Josh Upchurch (16th) 36-02.50

High Jump (Finals) — Coffman (10th) 5-08

Long Jump (Finals) — Alex Murdy (1st) 20-11 *PR* *STATE CHAMP*

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Strelow shines at state tourney

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on May 26, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Helen Strelow is alive and kicking heading into day #2 of the state championships. (Photos courtesy Brian Strelow)

She’s sticking around.

Having traveled all the way to Yakima for the 1B/2B state tennis championships, Coupeville’s Helen Strelow is giving the school van time to cool down before the trip home.

The Wolf senior split a pair of matches Friday and returns to action Saturday with a chance to finish as high as 3rd.

Strelow fell 6-1, 6-1 to Simi Sahota of Jenkins (Chewelah) in her opener, then bounced back to whack Amy Dorman of Lake Roosevelt 6-1, 6-3 in the afternoon.

With the split, the Wolf ace, now 11-2 on the season, earns a matchup with Gwen Gilliam of Goldendale.

That slugfest is a loser-out affair, with the victor squaring off later Saturday in the 3rd/4th place matchup against either Maddie Castro of Cle Elum or Liberty Linklater of Okanogan.

The top four finishers claim awards, with Simi Sahota scheduled to play older sister Avi Sahota in the championship match.

Strelow smacks a return at the swanky Yakima Tennis Club.

This is Strelow’s third appearance at a state championship event, but her first as a netter.

She twice advanced to the final run of the season in cross country, qualifying for state as both a junior and senior.

During her final campaign on the trails, Strelow was a captain as the Wolf girls made it to state as a complete team for the first time since the ’80s.

 

League rivals eliminated:

Friday Harbor’s Megan Mellinger and Kira Clark, who won the tri-district doubles title when Strelow won the singles crown, went two and out Friday in Yakima.

The Wolverines fell 6-2, 7-5 and 6-3, 6-0 to teams from St. George’s and Pateros, respectively.

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