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Fab four among state’s best

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on April 1, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Reese Wilkinson, here throwing the shot put, is among the best discus chuckers among girls from 2B schools. (Jackie Saia photo)

The margin is incredibly thin.

As the high school track and field season plays out, the best performance in each event constantly fluctuates. If you didn’t deliver this week, you might not be around next week.

That’s true for Coupeville, which had eight athletes appearing in the Top 10 lists for 2B schools last Monday, but only claims four berths this time around.

Wolf junior Lyla Stuurmans is still the gold standard in Cow Town, but she took the hardest hit, going from four appearances (800, 1600, 3200, 300 hurdles) to none.

Also dropping out, for the moment at least, are Carson Field (800), Issabel Johnson (Pole Vault), and Preston Epp (400).

With spring break upon us, Coupeville has no meets until April 13, but then has the stretch run with five rumbles during the second half of the month.

As we twiddle our thumbs until then, a look at the Wolves currently holding down a spot in the Top 10:

 

GIRLS:

Discus — Reese Wilkinson (5th) 104-04.50

Pole Vault — Carly Burt (7th-tie) 7-00

 

BOYS:

High Jump — Nick Guay (2nd-tie) 6-00

Pole Vault — Cael Wilson (4th-tie) 11-00

 

Bob Martin has two words for you – “Work harder!” (Ember Light photo)

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Wolves among state’s best

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on March 25, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Nick Guay learns to levitate. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

It’s complicated.

With an entire state recording and posting times and distances, things naturally ebb and flow as the high school track season develops.

A look at the top 10 marks for 2B athletes bears that out, as names appear, vanish, then reappear as meet after meet plays out.

Often things change when something is caught, as when meet officials realize too late the runners in a 3200 only completed seven, and not eight laps.

And sometimes we wait for others to catch up with us, as in the case of Coupeville senior jumper Nick Guay.

The statewide stats list him in a tie for the fourth-best mark in 2B this season in the high jump at five feet, 10 inches, but he actually should be in a tie for #2 as he cleared 6-00 in the Mar. 13 season opener at La Conner.

But while those top 10 lists may be a work in progress, they are a good jumping off point for seeing who’s red-hot at the moment.

And her name is Lyla Stuurmans.

The Wolf junior is currently in the top 10 in four different categories, as she merrily bounces from event to event, trying out (and frequently conquering) each new challenge.

There’s still plenty of season left, and plenty more events for Stuurmans to dominate, but here’s where things sit among all 2B athletes through Mar. 25.

We think.

 

GIRLS:

800 — Lyla Stuurmans (7th) 2:39.59

1600 — Stuurmans (9th) 6:15.89

3200 —Stuurmans (9th) 14:21.98

300 Hurdles — Stuurmans (7th) 53.35

Discus — Reese Wilkinson (5th) 104-04.50

Pole Vault — Carly Burt (5th-tie) 7-00; Issabel Johnson (10th-tie) 6-06

 

BOYS:

400 — Preston Epp (9th) 54.97

800 — Carson Field (10th) 2:16.15

High Jump — Nick Guay (2nd-tie) 6-00

Pole Vault — Cael Wilson (4th-tie) 11-00

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Wolf track team makes early impact

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on March 18, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Lyla Stuurmans, a woman for all seasons. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They’re off to a strong start.

Two meets into a new season, Coupeville High School track and field athletes can be found all over the statewide top 10 rankings.

The Wolves appear in nine different categories on the boys’ side, and seven on the girls.

Leading the way are Lyla Stuurmans, Aleera Kent, Cael Wilson, and Carson Field, who each pop up in three different events.

Hot on their heels are Aleksia Jump, Preston Epp, Jasmine Castellanos, Nick Guay, and Marquette Cunningham, with two appearances each.

Overall, 20 Wolves, which accounts for about a third of Coupeville’s roster, currently grace the Top 10.

Now, there’s still a long way to go before things end at the state meet in May, but the early results bode well for CHS.

A look at where the Wolves rank state-wide among 2B athletes as of Mar. 18:

 

GIRLS:

800 — Lyla Stuurmans (5th) 2:39.59

1600 — Stuurmans (2nd) 6:15.89; Aleera Kent (5th) 6:27.38; Kayla Crane (8th) 6:31.86

3200 — Kent (3rd) 12:43.62; Aleksia Jump (4th) 12:46.88; Stuurmans (6th) 14:21.98

4 x 200 Relay — Jasmine Castellanos, Carly Burt, Tirsit Cannon, Myra McDonald (9th) 2:07.11

4 x 400 Relay — Ayden Wyman, Castellanos, Lydia Price, Kent (6th) 5:11.33

Discus — Reese Wilkinson (4th) 98-06; Erica McGrath (10th) 81-09

Pole Vault — Issabel Johnson (5th-tie) 6-00; Jump (10th-tie) 5-06

 

BOYS:

400 — Preston Epp (7th) 54.97

800 — Carson Field (10th) 2:20.24

1600 — Field (10th) 5:10.96

3200 — Field (10th) 11:43.59

4 x 100 Relay — Marquette Cunningham, Cael Wilson, Epp, Nick Guay (7th) 47.80

Discus — Zac Tackett (9th) 120-08

High Jump — Guay (2nd-tie) 6-00; Davin Houston (10th-tie) 5-04; Wilson (10th-tie) 5-04

Pole Vault — Wilson (2nd-tie) 11-00

Triple Jump — Cunningham (8th) 36-08

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Wolf runners crack WIAA rankings

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , , on November 2, 2023| Leave a Comment »

A new milestone every day.

The Coupeville High School boys’ cross country team is headed to Pasco this weekend for the state meet, the first time Wolf male runners have advanced as a complete unit since 1977.

Now, on the eve of the biggest run of the season, Elizabeth Bitting’s pack of harriers have cracked the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association power rankings.

The Wolves, who finished 2nd at tri-districts behind powerhouse Pope John Paul II, sit at #10.

While Coupeville had an individual state champ in 2010, when Tyler King outran the field to join ’80s star Natasha Bamberger as title holders, team success is something new.

The last time a Wolf cross country team appeared in a Top 10 rankings list?

Maybe the early ’80s, when the Coupeville girls were advancing to state on a yearly basis.

But I was a young boy living in Kelso at the time, all the Whidbey News-Times back issues are now hidden in a dark warehouse off-island where the public can’t access them, and I have no clue.

What I do know, however, is Cow Town cross country is back in the spotlight in a big way.

Viva la Bitting and her boys!

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Big brains blossom on the prairie

Posted in Graduation, tagged , , , , on June 8, 2023| Leave a Comment »

The rumor is, they’re pretty smart. (Photo courtesy Geoff Kappes)

Like cream, they rose to the top.

When Coupeville High School’s Class of 2023 graduates Saturday, six girls and four boys will comprise the inner circle.

Led by Valedictorians Helen Strelow and Abigail Ramirez, plus Salutatorian Carolyn Lhamon, those Wolves exit with the best cumulative GPA’s in a class of 88 grads.

The remainder of the top 10, in alphabetical order:

Alita Blouin
Nathan Farnworth
Mitchell Hall
Scott Hilborn
Cristina McGrath
Jill Prince
Brenn Sugatan

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