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Four decades, one champ

Posted in Track, tagged CHS Wolves, Jennie Cross, Natasha Bamberger, record boards, track and field on March 25, 2024| Leave a Comment »

The most-successful female runner in CHS history came back around to coach in later years. (Dawnelle Conlisk photo)

They’re still chasing her.

Here we are in 2024 and Natasha Bamberger still rules the Coupeville High School track and field record books.

The five-time state champ — four in track, one in cross country — holds the oldest marks on the big board that welcomes you to the CHS gym.

Bamberger’s top times in the 1600 and 3200, set back in 1984, are the only Wolf girl records to survive from the Greed is Good Decade.

On the boys’ side, marks from ’86 and ’88 endure, while Jennie Cross has held the shot put and discus records since 1990.

Other than those, every CHS track record comes from a year starting with a two.

One of those — Ryanne Knoblich tying the record in the high jump last season — is still to be added, but the recent Wolf grad will soon join Yashmeen Knox on the board.

As current Coupeville athletes head down the hallway to the gym and locker rooms, they can gaze up and see the numbers they’re shooting at.

Will someone one day topple Bamberger?

Only time will tell, but for the last four decades, no one has come even close, helping her legend endure.

The big board as it stands today. (Brad Sherman photo)

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Wolves among state’s best

Posted in Track, tagged CHS Wolves, Lyla Stuurmans, Reese Wilkinson, Top 10, track and field 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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Young guns emerge as wet winners

Posted in Track, tagged Aleksia Jump, CHS Wolves, Kenneth Jacobsen, Stanwood, track and field on March 23, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Axel Marshall celebrates a title in the pole vault. (Elizabeth Bitting photo)

Saturday was time for the young guns to shine, even if the weather didn’t cooperate.

Coupeville High School track and field sent its freshmen and sophomores on the road, where they endured “nonstop rain all day” at the Stanwood Invitational.

Regardless of the weather, the Wolves held their own against much-bigger schools, claiming a win and 13 PR’s.

The victory came from CHS frosh Axel Marshall, who sailed above the crowd to claim top honors in the pole vault.

The Wolves also got 2nd place finishes from Lydia Price (3200), Carly Burt (Pole Vault) and a girls 4 x 100 relay team of Aleksia Jump, Lexis Drake, Burt, and Jasmine Castellanos.

Jasmine Castellanos is ready to rock. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Overall, Coupeville’s girls, repping a 2B school, earned 5th in the team standings, while the Wolf boys finished 6th.

Arlington, a 4A school, claimed both team titles.

As she tried to dry off on the trip home, CHS coach Elizabeth Bitting couldn’t contain her enthusiasm.

“These athletes did great, drenched and all,” she said. “We wanted to see what they could do without their junior and senior counterparts and boy did we learn a lot!

“They can run, jump and throw, fast, high and far!”

The meet did give Bitting and her fellow coaches a chance to ponder the future, as well.

“We realized we need to fill in a few areas,” she said. “Maybe some athletes might be courageous and try a new event?

“Regardless of what they compete in, we know they will give it their all and continue to improve, but hopefully Mother Nature will be more cooperative.”

The Wolves get to test out that theory next Thursday, Mar. 28, when the entire team is slated to travel to Mount Vernon for a Northwest 2B/1B League meet.

Aleksia Jump climbs high into the skies. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Saturday’s results:

GIRLS — Freshmen:

200 — Jasmine Castellanos (5th) 31.74; Ivy Rudat (9th) 33.84

400 — I. Rudat (3rd) 1:18.24

1600 — Lydia Price (4th) 7:31.16; Kayla Crane (5th) 7:33.74

3200 — Price (2nd) 16:01.12

100 Hurdles — Myra McDonald (6th) 22.62; Lexis Drake (8th) 22.98

300 Hurdles — Drake (4th) 1:02.68; McDonald (5th) 1:03.63

Long Jump — I. Rudat (9th) 9-08.75

GIRLS — Sophomores:

400 — Reagan Callahan (9th) 1:22.22 *PR*; Frankie Tenore (10th) 1:24.90

1600 — Aleksia Jump (6th) 7:12.26 *PR*

100 Hurdles — Tenore (7th) 23.39 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Jump, Drake, Burt, Castellanos (2nd) 1:00.65

4 x 200 Relay — Burt, Drake, Castellanos, McDonald (3rd) 2:08.97

4 x 400 Relay — Jump, Callahan, Price, Crane (3rd) 5:24.49

Pole Vault — Burt (2nd) 7-00; Jump (3rd) 6-00

BOYS — Freshmen:

100 — Davin Houston (10th) 13.20

400 — Solomon Rudat (9th) 1:07.56

800 — S. Rudat (3rd) 2:33.07 *PR*; Sam Richards (8th) 2:043.39 *PR*

1600 — Kenneth Jacobsen (4th) 5:38.55; Richards (8th) 6:59.42 *PR*

3200 — Axel Marshall (4th) 13:04.10 *PR*

Shot Put — Jacobsen (12th) 24-03 *PR*

High Jump — Houston (3rd) 5-02

Pole Vault — Marshall (1st) 8-06 *PR*

Long Jump — Houston (7th) 15-02; Marshall (10th) 13-04.75

BOYS — Sophomores:

100 — Matthew Kuzma (16th) 14.83

200 — Marquette Cunningham (7th) 26.00; Kuzma (14th) 28.44 *PR*

400 — Blake Burrows (8th) 1:01.51 *PR*

800 — Ezekiel Allen (8th) 2:32.90; George Spear (11th) 2:43.31

1600 — Allen (4th) 5:35.05 *PR*; Spear (6th) 5:42.28

3200 — Spear (8th) 11:53.05

4 x 100 Relay — Cunningham, Burrows, Kuzma, Houston (5th) 50.16

4 x 400 Relay — Jacobsen, Burrows, S. Rudat, Cunningham (4th) 4:08.39

Shot Put — Zachary Saho (10th) 26-08.25 *PR*

Discus — Jacob Schooley (5th) 79-00; Saho (11th) 58-09

Javelin — Saho (12th) 80-09

Long Jump — Burrows (5th) 15-03.50; Kuzma (8th) 13-11

Triple Jump — Cunningham (5th) 32-11.50

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Wolf grads captivate college crowds

Posted in Rowing, Track, Wolves in college, tagged CHS Wolves, Logan Martin, Lucy Sandahl, Rowing, Tate Wyman, track and field on March 23, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Logan Martin flexes on you. (Photo property Central Washington University track and field)

They’ve gone to a higher level but are still making headlines.

Three Coupeville High School grads pulled on college athletic uniforms Saturday, continuing to provide an inspiration to current Wolves.

From track meets to rowing regattas, here’s what they were up to:

Logan Martin:

Now a sophomore at Central Washington University, he was busy throwing things far away at the Oregon Preview in Eugene.

Martin opened with a strong sixth place finish in the hammer throw (out of 15 competitors) Friday.

His throw landed 173 feet, one inch away from where he let it go.

Saturday, Martin was back at it, launching the shot put 42-01.25 to claim 12th place.

Lucy Sandahl, international superstar. (Photo property Seattle Pacific University rowing)

Lucy Sandahl:

The former Wolf celebrated Senior Day with four fellow Seattle Pacific University rowing teammates at the Falcon Regatta.

Facing off with the University of Washington and the top two NCAA D-II teams — the University of Central Oklahoma and Cal Poly Humboldt — on the L.W. Ship Canal, the Falcons more than held their own.

Sandahl was the coxswain in two boats, guiding her 4+ boat to a win and her 8+ boat to a second-place finish.