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Snappin’ in the sunshine

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on April 19, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Malachi Somes, ready to nail top times on a rare sunny prairie day. (Thomas Studer photos)

Give a teen a camera and let them show you a different side of the story.

Jackie Saia does such a great job with her yearbook class at Coupeville High School, and, as the year has unfolded, it’s been impressive to see what her students are capable of producing.

Today the focus moves to Thomas Studer, and a group of pics he shot at a recent home track meet.

As always, I appreciate Saia and her students being willing to share their work through my blog.

This is impressive, immersive work.

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Our oval, our wins

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on April 17, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Wolves (l to r) Emma Garcia, Erica McGrath, and Reese Wilkinson were among those honored on Senior Night. (Photo courtesy Aaron Wiley)

The juniors had a bang-up day on Senior Night.

The Class of 2025 accounted for seven wins Wednesday, as the Wolf track and field stars defended their home turf at the Coupeville Classic Invite.

Overall, CHS won 13 events, including sweeping both boys relay races.

The combination of individual success and strong depth carried the Wolves to convincing team title wins, as well.

The CHS girls racked up 184 points, while their male counterparts amassed 166.5, putting both squads well ahead of runner-up East Jefferson in both battles.

Lynden, Clallam Bay, Crescent, and Friday Harbor rounded out the field Wednesday, with the Wolves piling up 63 PRs.

“The number of high fives we were giving today, they racked up some PRs,” said Wolf coach Bob Martin. “They were kicking ass today!”

Juniors Lyla Stuurmans (400, 800, Long Jump) and Katie Marti (Shot Put, Javelin) led the way as multiple event winners, while senior Nick Guay captured the high jump title and ran a leg on both triumphant relay units.

Other Wolf individual winners included Reese Wilkinson (Discus), Carly Burt (Pole Vault), Mikey Robinett (100 Hurdles), Carson Field (800), and Zac Tackett (Discus).

Zac Tackett reps the red and black. (Emma Garcia photo)

“It was an AMAZING DAY!” said CHS coach Elizabeth Bitting.

“So proud of all our athletes! Those wins and PRs were BEAUTIFUL!!! ALL so very well deserved!!”

The sun was out, seniors were honored, quality chili was eaten, top times were recorded, and, in a significant side moment, local bus drivers helped keep things hopping.

East Jefferson, which is a unified program that Port Townsend and Chimacum created after Coupeville left the Olympic League, had ferry reservation issues which left their bus on the mainland.

Their athletes could have been stranded at the Coupeville dock — miles from town — but Island Transit agreed to swoop in and pick them up and transport them to the CHS oval in time for the meet.

“Island Transit went above and beyond!” Bitting said.

As did Wolf moms, especially Courtney Pilgrim.

“She steps up, when everyone else steps back,” Martin said.

“She and the parents provide quite the spread for our coaches and volunteers. Five hours of go, they need to be refueled.”

 

Wednesday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

100 — Issabel Johnson (4th) 14.23 *PR*; Katie Marti (8th) 15.38 *PR*

200 — Jasmine Castellanos (8th) 31.65; Ivy Rudat (14th) 32.83 *PR*

400 — Lyla Stuurmans (1st) 1:04.72; I. Rudat (7th) 1:16.05; Reagan Callahan (10th) 1:20.51; Ayden Wyman (12th) 1:26.58; Frankie Tenore (13th) 1:30.82

800 — Stuurmans (1st) 2:42.73; Aleera Kent (4th) 2:56.48; Callahan (7th) 3:35.66

1600 — Kent (2nd) 6:22.92; Lydia Price (7th) 7:20.81; Aleksia Jump (8th) 7:37.41

3200 — Price (2nd) 15:19.14; Jump (4th) 16:27.84

100 Hurdles — Lexis Drake (3rd) 22.23 *PR*; Myra McDonald (4th) 22.83; Tenore (5th) 23.73

300 Hurdles — Drake (2nd) 1:04.07; McDonald (3rd) 1:06.05

4 x 100 Relay — Jump, Carly Burt, Johnson, Castellanos (3rd) 58.02

4 x 200 Relay — Stuurmans, Burt, Johnson, Castellanos (2nd) 1:59.70

4 x 400 Relay — Kent, McDonald, Drake, I. Rudat (3rd) 5:17.25

Shot Put — Katie Marti (1st) 33-05 *PR*; Reese Wilkinson (2nd) 30-02; Erica McGrath (6th) 24-05.50 *PR*; Alysia Burdge (11th) 20-05.50

Discus — Wilkinson (1st) 105-02 *PR*; Marti (3rd) 86-11 *PR*; McGrath (4th) 86-04.50 *PR*; Emma Garcia (10th) 53-11; Burdge (15th) 49-03; Callahan (16th) 48-09 *PR*

Javelin — Marti (1st) 99-06; Burdge (7th) 64-03; McGrath (11th) 53-06; Garcia (15th) 44-01 *PR*; Wilkinson (16th) 39-01

High Jump — Wyman (4th) 4-04; Tenore (6th) 4-02 *PR*; Drake (7th) 4-00

Pole Vault — Burt (1st) 6-09; Jump (2nd) 6-06; Johnson (3rd) 5-06; I. Rudat (5th) 5-06 *PR*

Long Jump — Stuurmans (1st) 15-08 *PR*

“Come into my house and try to beat my team? As if!!” (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

 

BOYS:

100 — Marquette Cunningham (2nd) 12.31; Nehemiah Myles (8th) 12.57; Davin Houston (10th) 12.68; Dayvon Donavon (12th) 12.88; Alex Merino-Martinez (17th) 13.18; Matthew Kuzma (21st) 13.38 *PR*; Ethan Walling (24th) 13.65; Timothy Nitta (27th) 13.88

200 — Nick Guay (2nd) 25.06; Cunningham (6th) 25.92; Blake Burrows (10th) 26.33 *PR*; Matthew Ward (12th) 26.82 *PR*; Ezekiel Allen (13th) 26.83 *PR*; Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim (15th) 27.24; Kuzma (17th) 27.45 *PR*; Hank Milnes (18th) 27.63; Walling (21st) 28.33 *PR*; Nitta (25th) 29.18

400 — Preston Epp (2nd) 55.07; Burrows (6th) 58.01 *PR*; Cael Wilson (9th) 1:00.06 *PR*; Dane Hadsall (11th) 1:00.44; Simpson-Pilgrim (12th) 1:00.45 *PR*; Milnes (14th) 1:01.48; Kuzma (16th) 1:02.39 *PR*; Solomon Rudat (19th) 1:05.41

800 — Carson Field (1st) 2:14.31 *PR*; Thomas Strelow (8th) 2:23.76 *PR*; S. Rudat (11th) 2:42.55; Preston Howard (12th) 2:51.49

1600 — Field (2nd) 4:50.76 *PR*; Malachi Somes (5th) 5:00.48 *PR*; Kenneth Jacobsen (9th) 5:15.71 *PR*; Strelow (11th) 5:19.11 *PR*; Allen (13th) 5:25.77 *PR*; George Spear (15th) 5:29.58; Howard (24th) 6:19.78; Sam Richards (25th) 6:56.92; Damiano Giacobbe (26th) 6:59.61 *PR*

3200 — Field (4th) 11:33.17; Spear (7th) 11:59.25; Nicholas Wasik (9th) 13:08.44; Richards (10th) 15:13.22 *PR*

110 Hurdles — Mikey Robinett (1st) 23.15 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Robinett (2nd) 52.32; Axel Marshall (4th) 55.31 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Cunningham, Houston, Epp, Guay (1st) 47.41

4 x 400 Relay — Epp, Jacobsen, Wilson, Guay (1st) 3:49.91

Shot Put — Zac Tackett (2nd) 36-08.75; Robinett (3rd) 35-09.50 *PR*; Zachary Saho (10th) 31-05 *PR*; Marcelo Gebhard (11th) 31-01.25 *PR*; Mason Butler (16th) 27-02.50 *PR*; Jacobsen (17th) 26-11 *PR*; Jacob Schooley (19th) 25-06 *PR*; Nick Shelly (27th) 19-06; Giacobbe (28th) 19-05 *PR*; Zach Blitch (30th) 17-08 *PR*

Discus — Tackett (1st) 120-06; Butler (4th) 96-09 *PR*; Schooley (6th) 88-08 *PR*; Shelly (8th) 79-06 *PR*; Wasik (13th) 68-09; Saho (14th) 65-06 *PR*; Peerapong Prombut (19th) 60-00 *PR*; Blitch (25th) 52-04

Javelin — Gebhard (4th) 109-05 *PR*; Somes (5th) 108-09; Robinett (7th) 107-11 *PR*; Ward (14th) 78-11; Butler (15th) 78-02; Hadsall (18th) 75-08; Shelly (19th) 74-01; Schooley (25th) 63-08; Wasik (26th) 63-05 *PR*; Giacobbe (28th) 58-03 *PR*; Nitta (29th) 55-11; Prombut (30rd) 54-05 *PR*

High Jump — Guay (1st) 5-10; Wilson (3rd) 5-04; Simpson-Pilgrim (5th) 5-02 *PR*; Houston (7th) 5-00; Marshall (8th) 5-00

Pole Vault — Wilson (3rd) 9-00; Marshall (4th) 8-06; S. Rudat (5th) 6-00 *PR*

Long Jump — Myles (2nd) 19-03; Somes (8th) 17-03.50 *PR*; Marshall (9th) 16-09.75 *PR*; S. Rudat (12th) 16-00 *PR*; Field (13th) 15-08; Walling (14th) 15-06 *PR*; Hadsall (15th) 15-04.50 *PR*; Howard (19th) 13-08; Richards (23rd) 11-07 *PR*

Triple Jump — Cunningham (6th) 35-02.25; Milnes (7th) 35-0.50; Ward (10th) 32-09.50 *PR*; Simpson-Pilgrim (13th) 29-06.50 *PR*

Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim hits warp speed. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

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Savina soars in the sunshine

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on April 16, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Savina Wells (center) with mom Katy and big sis Izzy.

Savina Wells is touching the sky in Florida.

The former Coupeville standout, now a junior at Fernandina Beach High School, is off to a stellar start to her latest track and field season.

Wells has swept to titles in all three meets where she’s participated in the high jump, with a season-best of four feet, 11.75 inches in her most-recent outing.

Her PR of 5-00 from her sophomore season would have her sitting just shy of the girls’ school record of 5-02 — jointly held by Yashmeen Knox and Ryanne Knoblich — if she still lived in Cow Town.

Wells also has a second place and a pair of third-place performances in the javelin this season, while also competing in the discus and long jump.

The younger sister of Coupeville grads Ulrik and Izzy, Savina excelled at every sport she played while growing up on Whidbey, before the family moved to the Sunshine State after her freshman year.

At Fernandina Beach, “The Chosen One” (a nickname I can use if she lives in another state) has played volleyball and basketball in addition to spending time around the track oval.

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CHS track stars among state’s best

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on April 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Carly Burt is one of the top pole vaulters among 2B girls. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Not a whole lot of movement.

Coupeville High School track and field got back at it this past weekend, snapping a two-week layoff with an appearance at a meet in Forks.

The Wolves, who have a home meet this Wednesday, followed by a trip to the Lil’ Norway Invitational Saturday, retained their spots on the statewide top 10 rankings, with just a little tweaking here and there.

CHS currently has four athletes sitting among the best in 2B.

As of April 15:

 

GIRLS:

Discus — Reese Wilkinson (6th) 104-04.50

Pole Vault — Carly Burt (10th-tie) 7-00

 

BOYS:

High Jump — Nick Guay (3rd-tie) 6-00

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

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Long track trek, stellar results

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on April 13, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Wolf junior Ayden Wyman, in only her third day as a high jumper, won the event Saturday in Forks. (Amber Wyman photo)

They came, they saw, they competed really well in the time they had.

The Coupeville High School track and field team put in five hours Saturday at the Forks Lion Club Invitational, then had to hightail it so as not to miss the ferry.

That kept the Wolves from vying in several events, with things such as the 200 and 4 x 400 relay falling by the wayside.

Still, even with their premature departure, the Wolves, who were in action for the first time since March 28, held up well in the team standings.

The CHS girls, repping a 2B school, claimed third, trailing just 1A Klahowya and 2A Olympic, while Coupeville’s boys earned fifth among eight teams.

Port Angeles, a 2A school, won the boys’ team title.

Overall, the Wolves claimed first-place in four events and set 48 PR’s, putting smiles on the faces of their tired coaches.

“Despite having to leave early, it was a good post-spring break meet,” said Bob Martin.

“Hard to believe we’re only 18 days away from our league championship!!!”

CHS returns to action next Wednesday, April 17, when it hosts the Coupeville Classic Invite. This time, no Wolf is going home early.

Marquette Cunningham flies the friendly skies. (Parker Hammons photo)

 

Saturday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

100 — Issabel Johnson (8th) 14.28 *PR*; Tirsit Cannon (13th) 14.62

400 — Devin Neveu (4th) 1:09.80 *PR*; Ivy Rudat (9th) 1:15.82 *PR*; Reagan Callahan (13th) 1:20.46; Ayden Wyman (17th) 1:22.66; Frankie Tenore (18th) 1:27.78

800 — Kayla Crane (8th) 2:55.33

1600 — Aleera Kent (7th) 6:12.24 *PR*; Crane (9th) 6:41.95

3200 — Aleksia Jump (4th) 15:54.94; Lydia Price (5th) 16:19.46

100 Hurdles — Myra McDonald (7th) 21.52 *PR*; Lexis Drake (11th) 23.19; Tenore (12th) 23.96

300 Hurdles — Drake (3rd) 1:01.22; McDonald (6th) 1:04.06

4 x 100 Relay — Jump, Carly Burt, Johnson, Jasmine Castellanos (1st) 57.68

4 x 200 Relay — Stuurmans, Castellanos, Johnson, Burt (3rd) 1:59.54

Shot Put — Reese Wilkinson (2nd) 29-07.50; Katie Marti (7th) 26-06; Erica McGrath (17th) 21-05.50; Alysia Burdge (21st) 20-03.50

Discus — Wilkinson (1st) 88-11; McGrath (5th) 78-00; Marti (6th) 75-10; Burdge (20th) 45-07; Callahan (22nd) 44-04 *PR*

Javelin — Marti (3rd) 88-02; Burdge (13th) 54-05; Wilkinson (15th) 52-04; McGrath (16th) 50-06

High Jump — Wyman (1st) 4-04 *PR*; McDonald (2nd) 4-02 *PR*; Drake (6th) 4-00 *PR*

Long Jump — Stuurmans (3rd) 14-04 *PR*; Burt (12th) 12-04.50; Cannon (13th) 11-11 *PR*; I. Rudat (14th) 11-09.50 *PR*

 

BOYS:

100 — Preston Epp (9th) 12.19 *PR*; Marquette Cunningham (14th) 12.24 *PR*; Davin Houston (14th) 12.47 *PR*; Dayvon Donavon (20th) 12:52; Alex Merino-Martinez (32nd) 13.03; Marcelo Gebhard (35th) 13.19; Matthew Ward (39th) 13.35; Matthew Kuzma (43rd) 13.43 *PR*; Timothy Nitta (44th) 13.54 *PR*

400 — Epp (5th) 54.99; Nehemiah Myles (12th) 57.68 *PR*; Dane Hadsall (23rd) 1:01.25 *PR*; Quinten Simpson-Pilgrim (27th) 1:02.53; Kuzma (32nd) 1:04.17 *PR*; Hank Milnes (33rd) 1:04.40; Solomon Rudat (35th) 1:05.64; Captain Teuscher (38th) 1:09.75 *PR*

800 — Carson Field (7th) 2:22.92; Cael Wilson (13th) 2:27.41 *PR*; Kenneth Jacobsen (14th) 2:28.39 *PR*; Ezekiel Allen (17th) 2:35.83; Thomas Strelow (18th) 2:35.88; Santiago Ojeda Fernandez (22nd) 2:43.02; S. Rudat (23rd) 2:43.18; Preston Howard (28th) 2:49.48; George Spear (29th) 2:53.26

1600 — Field (3rd) 5:05.24; Malachi Somes (8th) 5:17.94; Spear (10th) 5:22.75; Jacobsen (11th) 5:23.59 *PR*; Strelow (16th) 5:35.14; Allen (17th) 5:35.38 *PR*; Howard (27th) 6:21.38; Sam Richards (30th) 6:46.55 *PR*; Damiano Giacobbe 7:05.99 *PR*

110 Hurdles — Axel Marshall (7th) 21.65 *PR*; Mikey Robinett (9th) 23.17 *PR*

300 Hurdles — Robinett (8th) 52.08

4 x 100 Relay — Cunningham, Wilson, Epp, Nick Guay (4th) 47.58; Houston, Kuzma, Hadsall, Ward (8th) 50.81

Shot Put — Zane Oldenstadt (13th) 33-11.50; Robinett (14th) 33-02.50; Guay (16th) 31-10.75 *PR*; Gebhard (23rd) 28-08.50; Mason Butler (32nd) 26-00; Jacob Schooley (33rd) 25-05 *PR*; Jacobsen (34th) 25-03; Nick Shelly (36th) 22-03.25 *PR*; Giacobbe (38th) 18-08.50; Zach Blitch (40th) 17-01.50 *PR*

Discus — Oldenstadt (3rd) 103-10; Schooley (10th) 87-02 *PR*; Butler (16th) 74-11; Nicholas Wasik (24th) 68-10 *PR*; Shelly (25th) 67-08; Teuscher (28th) 62-04 *PR*; Blitch (34th) 53-04 *PR*; Giacobbe (35th) 52-09; Peerapong Prombut (36th) 51-04

Javelin — Gebhard (14th) 98-09; Somes (18th) 97-03; Robinett (20th) 94-08; Hadsall (26th) 80-06 *PR*; Wilson (27th) 80-02 *PR*; Ward (29th) 79-11; Nitta (31st) 78-07 *PR*; Schooley (32nd) 77-10; Butler (37th) 71-01; Shelly (38th) 68-03; Wasik (41st) 58-10 *PR*; Ojeda Fernandez (42nd) 58-01; Prombut (44th) 50-04 *PR*; Giacobbe (46th) 47-02 *PR*

High Jump — Guay (1st) 6-00; Houston (4th) 5-02; Marshall (4th) 5-02 *PR*; Simpson-Pilgrim (6th) 5-00; Wilson (6th) 5-00

Long Jump — Myles (10th) 16-10.50; Field (19th) 14-11.50; Marshall (20th) 14-08.50; Teuscher (21st) 14-06 *PR*; Howard (22nd) 14-05 *PR*; S. Rudat (27th) 13-05.50; Strelow (32nd) 12-07.50 *PR*; Merino-Martinez (33rd) 11-11; Richards (34th) 10-11 *PR*

Triple Jump — Cunningham (5th) 35-11; Marshall (7th) 35-00

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