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Former Wolves chase college track success

Posted in Track, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , , on February 7, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Tate Wyman (far left) made his college track debut this past weekend. (Photo property Oregon Tech track and field)

One is just getting started, while the other is reaching new heights.

Coupeville High School grads Taygin Jump and Tate Wyman are both pursuing college track and field careers and already finding success.

Jump, a freshman in New York, has vied in several meets and captured her first win Wednesday afternoon.

Competing at the Plattsburgh State Track and Field Invite, she repped the home team while capturing a victory in the weight throw.

Jump tossed the implement 42 feet, 5.50 inches, besting seven other competitors and earning points for the Cardinals.

She also came back around to claim 5th in the shot put (out of 12 women), chucking it 31-08.50.

Taygin Jump shows lil’ sis Aleksia her throwing arm. (Christina Jump photo)

Back on the West Coast, Wyman, a freshman at Oregon Tech, made his indoor track debut this past weekend, running the 60-meter hurdles at a meet hosted by George Fox University.

Originally expecting not to compete until the outdoor season, the former Wolf had his schedule moved up and hit the tape in 10.58 seconds the first time out.

“Tate’s coach decided to throw him into a couple indoor meets to see how he does,” said mom Amber Wyman.

“He knocked over a hurdle, but was happy he got to compete,” she added.

“He is making some changes after watching the video of the event and is excited to see some improvement in his next meet.”

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Fleet-footed Wyman follows Oregon trail

Posted in Track, Wolves in college, tagged , , , , on May 22, 2023| 1 Comment »

Tate Wyman signs his college track and field letter of intent. (Willie Smith photo)

Tate Wyman is running off to a different state.

The Coupeville High School senior signed a letter of intent Monday to compete in track and field at Oregon Tech.

He’s the third member of the current CHS oval squad to sign a college letter, with Taygin Jump (SUNY Plattsburgh) joining him at Monday’s ceremony.

Fellow Wolf senior Mitchell Hall previously signed to run cross country at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

Celebrating with teammates and family. (Christina Jump photo)

Before he competes as an NAIA athlete, Wyman has a few more days left as a Coupeville student, with a trip to the state championships on the agenda for this coming weekend.

He’s part of a 4 x 100 relay unit ranked #3 in the state among all 2B schools.

Wyman ran cross country all four years at CHS, and participated in track and field three seasons, with pandemic restrictions erasing spring sports his freshman year.

During his time as a Wolf, he competed in eight events, ranging from sprints to hurdles to relays to the occasional foray into the world of steeplechase.

Wolf coaches Bob Martin and Elizabeth Bitting join the festivities. (Willie Smith photo)

At Oregon Tech, Wyman will find a school founded in 1947 to train and re-educate World War II vets.

The school’s athletic teams, which compete in the Cascade Collegiate Conference, are the Owls.

Or, sometimes, when they’re moving quickly, the Hustlin’ Owls.

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Male spikers join on-court action

Posted in Volleyball, tagged , , , , on January 18, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville and Oak Harbor players unite to form Whidbey Volleyball Club’s first boys’ team.

Interest in volleyball is booming year-round.

Nine Coupeville High School spikers are currently playing for the Whidbey Volleyball Club, while sisters Lyla and Tenley Stuurmans suit up for a club team in Mount Vernon.

Now you can add four Wolf boys to the list, with Tate Wyman, Reiley Araceley, Grant Steller, and Mason Butler picking up the sport.

The quartet, who all played on the CHS soccer team in the fall, are part of the first boys team put together by the Whidbey Volleyball Club.

The U18 squad, coached by Vince Quidachey, has a seven-tournament schedule which runs from Jan. through May.

Wyman is listed as a middle blocker, while Steller is an outside hitter, Butler a setter, and Aracely toils as a libero.

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Harriers dash to awards night

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on May 13, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Mitchell Hall had the fastest time of any CHS boy during a pandemic-altered cross country season. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Nozomi Hagihara was one of 13 Wolves to letter/

First in the clubhouse.

Cross country outsprinted four other Coupeville High School programs to become the first fall sport to honor its athletes for their performance during a pandemic-altered season.

Wolf coach Elizabeth Bitting handed out varsity letters to 13 of her runners Thursday, after first praising them for their refusal to quit, no matter how hard things may have gotten at times.

“Some of you began this crazy season last June and here we are, just about a year later, finally finishing up,” she said.

“I first want to thank those runners for sticking around for that long,” Bitting added. “You could have gotten frustrated and thrown in the towel but you stuck with it.

“Thank you!”

One of the highlights of a four-race season was the chance to host two of those meets at Coupeville’s new home course at Fort Casey State Park.

The second of those two home tilts was the Northwest 2B/1B League Championships, where Wolf senior Catherine Lhamon capped an undefeated season by winning a title by a solid minute-and-a-half.

Lhamon’s best time of 23 minutes, 43 seconds stands as a course record, along with sophomore Mitchell Hall, who zipped to the finish line in 19:23.

Bitting tallied up all of Coupeville’s times from that first home meet, the season opener, then compared them to the finale.

The Wolves as a team went from a combined 5:45.40 to 5:15.29.

“That’s a 30-minute improvement. Impressive!!!,” Bitting said. “There were six of you that PR’d from a very flat course to our gently rolling hilled course!

“Who does that? Who PR’s from a flat course! Great job!!!”

The biggest improvement from opener to finale belonged to Alex Merino-Martinez, who dropped 5:34, and Lhamon, who chopped off 3:17.

With a shortened season, Bitting opted for two ways a Wolf could letter.

They could finish in the top half of a race, which Lhamon, Helen Strelow, Cristina McGrath, Hall, Hank Milnes, and Reiley Aracely did.

Or they could improve their time from their first race to their last race, which seven other Wolves did.

 

Varsity letter winners:

Reiley Araceley
Alex Bowder
Josh Guay
Nozomi Hagihara
Mitchell Hall
Catherine Lhamon
Cristina McGrath
Alex Merino-Martinez
Hank Milnes
Grant Steller
Helen Strelow
Alex Wasik
Tate Wyman

 

Certificates of Participation:

Erica McGrath
TJ Rickner

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There’s some zip in their step

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on April 30, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville senior Catherine Lhamon has won all three of her cross country races this season. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Runners await the start of the race Friday. (Photos courtesy Elizabeth Bitting)

Grant Steller pounds down the trail.

Everybody had a really strong day.

Or, as Coupeville High School cross country coach Elizabeth Bitting put it, “A PR for you, a PR for you, a PR for you, a PR ALL AROUND!!!”

Competing in the third of four races during this pandemic-shortened season, the Wolf harriers were in full stride Friday afternoon.

Running in the first-ever race on the new home course set up around the Mount Vernon Christian campus, Coupeville’s athletes took advantage of the sweet set-up.

“It was beautiful and flat, which resulted in a fast race and lots of PR’s!,” Bitting said. “We knew a flat course was going to result in some PR’s but everybody???!!! I was so happy to see all their hard work reward them today!”

Wolf senior Catherine Lhamon romped to a win in the girls race, beating her nearest competitor by almost two-and-a-half minutes, while sophomore Mitchell Hall was the top CHS boy, claiming fourth-place.

MVC had five of the first six runners across the line in the boys race, with sophomore Devin Van Zanten claiming individual honors.

While Bitting was pleased with her big guns, she also gave some love to their support crew.

“The most-impressive PR’s came from Tate Wyman and Alex Merino-Martinez,” she said. “They each shaved significant time off their previous times.”

Coupeville wraps its season next Thursday, May 6, when it hosts the Northwest 2B/1B League Championships at Fort Casey State Park.

 

Complete Friday results:

 

GIRLS:

Catherine Lhamon  (1st) 22:29.13
Cristina McGrath (4th) 26:17.55
Helen Strelow (6th) 26:50:13
Nozomi Hagihara (10th) 30:27.09

 

BOYS:

Mitchell Hall (4th) 19:12.05
Hank Milnes (7th) 21:27:97
Reiley Araceley (9th) 21:29:91
Alex Wasik (15th) 22:18.35
Tate Wyman  (17th) 22:21.49
Grant Steller (18th) 23:15.47
Alex Merino-Martinez (19th) 23:22.98
Josh Guay (22nd) 25:39.08
Alex Bowder (23rd) 26:17.23

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