Posted in Track, tagged John Fisken photos, Makana Stone, Sylvia Hurlburt, Track on April 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Sylvia Hurlburt (left) and Makana Stone, hangin’ out. (John Fisken photo)
I think they kinda like each other.
Coupeville High School track stars Makana Stone and Sylvia Hurlburt are close friends on and off the track oval, as shown in this photo where the dandy duo hang out while cheering on the Wolf boys’ soccer squad Tuesday.
OK everyone, take a moment and say, “aaaahhhhh.”
Now go about your Wednesday, content in the knowledge that love and friendship washes across the prairie.
Posted in Cheer, Track, tagged Cheer, CHS Wolves, Happy birthday, Sylvia Hurlburt, Track on April 8, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Sylvia Hurlburt — keeping alive a proud family tradition of being awesome.
It’s never been about competing with each other.
Larry and Sylvia Hurlburt are siblings who always seem to be there for each other, the first person to congratulate the other one when they triumph in life — which is often.
Before he graduated from Coupeville High School, Larry advanced to the state meet in track. Last year, in her freshman year, his little sister stepped up and did the same.
Running as part of a very talented pack of younger runners that includes fellow sophomore Makana Stone and junior Marisa Etzell, Sylvia, who celebrates her birthday today, helped break school records and bring home a medal from last year’s state meet.
This year it’s already been more of the same for the sprinter and relay whiz.
She’s a year-round athlete, as well, helping to lead two Wolf cheer squads and carry on the name of her former cheer mentor, Sylvia Arnold, the “big” to her “little.”
Plus, she seems to be a genuinely smart, friendly young woman full of grace. So she’s got that going for her, which is nice.
Remember the name, because you’ll hear it a lot in the coming months and years. And that’s a good thing.
Posted in Track, tagged CHS Wolves, Lauren Grove, Makana Stone, Marisa Etzell, Sylvia Hurlburt, top 1A times, Track on March 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Marisa Etzell thunders down the backstretch. (John Fisken photos)
Jake McCormick is part of the 7th fastest 4 x 400 relay squad in District 1.
OK, calm down, there are still two months to go, but … right now, this moment … Makana Stone would be a state champion.
The Coupeville High School sophomore has run the fastest 400 time of any girl in 1A, 2B or 1B this season, clocking in at 61.46 at the Seattle Academy Relays Mar. 22.
Three meets into the season, Stone appears four times on the 1A girls Top 10 lists, with top-five times in the 200, 400 and as a member of the 4 x 100 and 4 x 200 relay teams, where she’s joined by Marisa Etzell, Sylvia Hurlburt and Lauren Grove.
None of those four Wolves are seniors, either, with Etzell the oldest as a mere junior. Continued good times should be ahead.
The CHS boys don’t have any athletes in the Top 10 currently, but they do have a fair amount making the list if you take one step down and look at the top performers in District 1.
Current Top 10 performances:
1A girls:
200 — Makana Stone (4th) 27.22
400 — Stone (1st) 61.46
4 x 100 Relay — Marisa Etzell, Stone, Sylvia Hurlburt, Lauren Grove (5th) 53.21
4 x 200 Relay — Grove, Stone, Hurlburt, Etzell (4th) 1:51.58
District 1 girls:
100 — Stone (8th) 13.57; Hurlburt (10th) 13.60
200 — Stone (1st) 27.22; Hurlburt (6th) 28.42; Grove (10th) 29.24
400 — Stone (1st) 61.46
100 Hurdles — Carlie Rosenkrance (8th) 53.21
4 x 100 Relay — Etzell, Stone, Hurlburt, Grove (4th) 53.21
4 x 200 Relay — Grove, Stone, Hurlburt, Etzell (2nd) 1:51.58
4 x 400 Relay — Etzell, Rosenkrance, Mattea Miller, Stone (6th) 4:39.73
Shot Put — Skyler Lawrence (10th) 27-3
Discus — Heni Barnes (8th) 80-3
District 1 boys:
100 — Lathom Kelley (6th) 11.80
200 — L. Kelley (4th) 23.85
400 — Matthew Hampton (5th) 57.73; Sebastian Davis (7th) 58.73; Manuel Lopez Santillana (9th) 59.91
110 Hurdles — Brandon Kelley (8th) 19.91
300 Hurdles — B. Kelley (3rd) 45.73
4 x 100 Relay — Jared Helmstadter, L. Kelley, Matt Shank, B. Kelley (4th) 46.94
4 x 400 Relay — Stephen Edwards, Lopez Santillana, Jake McCormick, Helmstadter (7th) 4:03.86
Shot Put — Nick Streubel (4th) 45-9.50
Discus — Streubel (4th) 129-00; Dalton Martin (8th) 121-00
Javelin — Shank (9th) 121-10
High Jump — Ryan Griggs (6th) 5-4; L. Kelley (9th) 5-2
Triple Jump — Edwards (7th) 33-8
Posted in Track, tagged CHS Wolves, Lauren Grove, Makana Stone, Marisa Etzell, Nick Streubel, Sylvia Hurlburt, Track on March 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Makana Stone, she’s quick. (John Fisken photos)
Freshman Lauren Grove ran a leg on two winning relay teams Thursday.
Sylvia Hurlburt is hopping for joy over her team’s performance.
She’s not slowing down any time soon.
Coupeville High School sophomore Makana Stone is starting off her second track season the same way she did her first one — kickin’ butt and takin’ names.
Thursday, she and her teammates were in Sultan for a four-team meet and the swift one captured victories in all four of her events.
She cruised to first in the 100 and 200, then teamed with junior Marisa Etzell, fellow sophomore Sylvia Hurlburt and freshman Lauren Grove to capture both the 4 x 100 and 4 x 200 relay races.
On the boys side of the battle, Wolf senior Nick Streubel out-flung teammate Dalton Martin to claim the discus title, the only event win for Coupeville.
With a thin roster, the 1A Wolves finished fourth in both team competitions, behind 2A schools Lakewood, Archbishop Thomas Murphy and Sultan.
Complete results:
GIRLS:
100 — Makana Stone (1st) 13.57; Sylvia Hurlburt (9th) 14.16; Marisa Etzell (13th) 14.41; Dananecious Maxie (19th) 15.82; Merle Fitzenhagen (20th) 15.88; Sophia Jebrail (27th) 16.98
200 — Stone (1st) 27.33; Hurlburt (6th) 29.43; Lauren Grove (7th) 29.60; Etzell (8th) 29.81; Fitzenhagen (15th) 32.55; Maxie (16th) 33.12
800 — Julianne Sem (5th) 3:27.03
1600 — Erin Rosenkranz (5th) 6:16.49
3200 — Rosenkranz (5th) 13:52.40
4 x 100 Relay — Etzell, Stone, Hurlburt, Grove (1st) 53.21
4 x 200 Relay — Grove, Stone, Hurlburt, Etzell (1st) 1:51.58
Shot Put — Skyler Lawrence (6th) 26-09.50; Heni Barnes (9th), 25-04; Joye Jackson (11th) 21-06; Julia Felici (12th) 20-09.50
Discus — Barnes (4th) 80-03; Lawrence (11th) 59-07; Jebrail (12th) 56-03; Jackson (13th) 53-00, Felici (15th) 41-09
Javelin — Barnes (10th) 72-02; Lawrence (12th) 69-07; Felici (23rd) 53-02; Jebrail (27th) 49-01; Fitzenhagen (29th) 47-03; Sem (32nd) 38-00.
Long Jump — Grove (3rd) 14-04.75; Jebrail (14th) 11-02
BOYS:
100 — Lathom Kelley (6th) 12.20; Brandon Kelley (8th) 12.34; Jared Helmstadter (10th) 12.46; Sebastian Davis (16th) 12.79; Ryan Griggs (18th) 12.97; Matt Shank (20th) 13.03; Dalton Martin (21st) 13.08; Alex Prudnikov (24th) 13.21
200 — L. Kelley (4th) 24.38; Helmstadter (5th) 25.14; B. Kelley (7th) 25.34; Stephen Edwards (11th) 27.07; Prudnikov (12th) 27.15
400 — Davis (6th) 58.73; Manuel Lopez Santillana (8th) 59.91
800 — Jake McCormick (4th) 2:26.06
300 Hurdles — B. Kelley (4th) 45.73
4 x 100 Relay — Helmstadter, L. Kelley, Shank, B. Kelley (2nd) 46.94; Griggs, Martin, Davis, Prudnikov (4th) 48.77
4 x 400 Relay — Edwards, Lopez Santillana, McCormick, Helmstadter (4th) 4:03.86
Shot Put — Nick Streubel (2nd) 43-06; Nick Weatherford (12th) 33-06; Joey Edwards (17th) 30-10.50
Discus — Streubel (1st) 129-00; Martin (2nd) 121-10; Edwards (10th) 85-11; Weatherford (20th) 67-01
Javelin — Shank (5th) 121-10; Davis (7th) 114-07; Weatherford (10th) 106-10
High Jump — Griggs (4th) 5-04; L. Kelley (6th) 5-02
Long Jump — Edwards (8th) 16-05.75; Griggs (10th) 15-05.75
Triple Jump — Edwards (4th) 33-06.25; Shank (5th) 32-05.50; Prudnikov (6th) 32-04.75
Posted in Track, tagged 1A state meet, CHS Wolves, Makana Stone, Marisa Eztell, Randy King, school records, Sylvia Hurlburt, Track on March 4, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Sylvia Hurlburt poses with the new school records she helped set last year as a freshman.
The young guns, fleet-footed freshmen (l to r) Lauren Grove, Mattea Miller, Carlie Rosenkrance and Valen Trujillo (who has jumped to tennis as a high schooler).
Randy King is on the hunt.
The veteran Coupeville High School track coach had 41 athletes turn out for the first day of practice Monday, but he’d always like to add some more depth.
“There are still a few capable athletes out there in the halls of Coupeville not doing other sports and we are still actively looking, hoping, and trying to persuade more girls to come on out!,” King said.
The 17 girls he already has include three returning state meet veterans in sophomores Makana Stone and Sylvia Hurlburt and junior Marisa Etzell.
That trio was part of a unit that smashed school records, tore up the Cascade Conference and claimed fifth place in the 4 x 200 at the 1A state meet. The Wolf girls finished 26th out of 47 teams in Cheney.
Stone also won the first 32 races of her high school career — best debut ever, by far, for a Wolf — and broke or helped break four school records (200, 4 x 100, 4 x 200, 4 x 400). Etzell and Hurlburt each ran on two of the record relay teams.
“They really enjoyed their experience in the relays and are looking forward to some new sprint relay team members,” King said.
The loss to graduation of sprinters Jai’Lysa Hoskins and Madison Tisa McPhee is huge, but a strong young group led by freshmen Lauren Grove and Carlie Rosenkrance is ready to step in.
First-timers Nene Maxie Stokes and Amanda Foley will also vie for spots on the sprint teams.
Junior Erin Rosenkranz returns to anchor the distance runners, while freshman Mattea Miller will join her.
Veteran throwers Heni Barnes and Briess Potter will be joined by a pack of newcomers, as CHS has a deeper-than-normal group of female athletes picking up the shot put and discus. Sophia Jebrail, Joye Jackson, Ashlyn Miller and Skyler Lawrence are also in the mix.
On the boys side, there are deeper numbers, with 11 of the 24 being returning athletes.
Senior thrower Nick Streubel and sprinter/jumper Josiah Campbell, who missed qualifying for state by one place in the 100 as a junior, anchor the squad.
Sophomore sprinters Jared Helmstadter and Lathom Kelley, junior distance runner Matthew Hampton and senior hurdler/sprinter Brandon Kelley provide depth.
When he wasn’t doing cartwheels off the gym walls, the irrepressible Lathom Kelley, also a gridiron standout, was working hard on building his body into a force of nature.
“Lathom’s speed, which was on display during football season, has taken an explosive jump due to his hard work in the weight room and he may jump to the front of this group,” King said. “Jared loves track, just came off a successful basketball season and is going to be one of our fastest as well.”
And who knows what gems may be lurking in the newcomers?
“We have quite a large group of boys out for the first time and they are enthusiastic and in some cases pretty talented,” King said. “It’s going to be a great year.”
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