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Record tied, medals collected

Posted in Track, tagged Cael Wilson, CHS Wolves, state meet, track and field, Yakima on May 30, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Cael Wilson tied the CHS record in the high jump Friday at the state meet. (Photo courtesy Bob Martin)

It took them a quarter-century, but they finally caught him.

Coupeville High School senior Cael Wilson soared through the Yakima heat Friday at the 2B state track and field championships, tying a school record in the high jump which has lasted 25 years.

The mark of six feet, four inches was set in 2000 by Rich Wilson (no relation), and it’s remained on the Wolf record board untouched since that point.

Until Friday.

Now, after Cael Wilson earned second place in the event, edged out by Trenton Sandburn of Freeman, there will be two Wilsons sharing the CHS record.

It was a dynamic performance by the current Wolf ace, who was joined by Coupeville freshman Wyatt Fitch-Marron, who also medaled, placing 7th in the event.

Ultimately though, no one was catching Sandburn, who hit 6-07 but couldn’t get over the bar in his attempt to break the 2B state record of 6-09, set by Bob Swannack of St. John-Endicott in 1989.

After strong work in the prelims, Chase Anderson (left) and Preston Epp will run in two relay finals. (Jackie Saia photo)

It was a two-medal day for Cael Wilson and will be a three-medal meet by the time he’s done.

He followed up the high jump performance by claiming 6th in the pole vault and also ran a leg on a 4 x 400 relay squad which clinched a medal by advancing to Saturday’s eight-team final.

Barring a plot twist which keeps him from participating in the relay, Cael Wilson will finish his CHS career with five state meet medals, tying older brother Aidan.

He will be the ninth Wolf boy, and 13th Coupeville track star overall since 1963 to collect five or more medals.

Saturday’s finale will feature Coupeville athletes competing in six events, with medals guaranteed in three.

The Wolves have top-eight slots locked down in the boys 800, as well as both boys relay races.

Katie Marti is also slated to vie in the shot put and javelin, while Carson Field and Kenneth Jacobsen will run in the 3200, with all three of those events featuring full 16-athlete fields.

Coupeville’s boys, with four medals in the bag through two days, sit in third place in the 2B team standings with six of 17 events scored.

Onalaska leads the way with 28 points, followed by Saint George’s (19), the Wolves (16.50), Reardan (16), and Northwest Christian (Colbert) rounding out the top five with 15 points.

Friday’s results:

GIRLS:

800 (Prelims) — Lyla Stuurmans (14th) 2:34.03

Discus (Finals) — Katie Marti (13th) 93-09

Katie Marti (left) and Lyla Stuurmans flank Matthew Ward, who earned a medal in the triple jump Thursday. (Jackie Saia photo)

BOYS:

400 (Prelims) — Preston Epp (11th) 52.15 *PR*

800 (Prelims) — Carson Field (5th) 2:02.46

4 x 100 Relay (Prelims) — Marquette Cunningham, Davin Houston, Epp, Chase Anderson (7th) 44.43

4 x 400 Relay (Prelims) — Anderson, Blake Burrows, Cael Wilson, Epp (5th) 3:31.53

High Jump (Finals) — Wilson (2nd) 6-04 *PR* *SCHOOL RECORD*; Wyatt Fitch-Marron (7th) 5-10

Pole Vault (Finals) — Wilson (6th) 11-06

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Ward soars in state meet debut

Posted in Track, tagged CHS Wolves, Lyla Stuurmans, Matthew Ward, state meet, track and field, Yakima on May 29, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Lyla Stuurmans hits her stride in an earlier race. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Welcome to the big time, Matthew Ward.

The Coupeville High School senior made his debut Thursday at the 2B state track and field championships in Yakima and had an immediate impact.

Shattering his PR in the triple jump by a foot-and-a-half, Ward earned 5th place in his final run in the red and black.

He becomes the 91st CHS athlete to bring a medal home in the modern era of state track meets, which runs from 1963-2025.

Ward was a solid jumper all year, with his previous best being 40 feet, two inches at the district meet, but he saved his best (41-07.50) for the final weekend of the season.

The four points he earned for his performance has Coupeville sitting in 8th place in the 2B boys team standings after day one.

Toledo leads with 13 points with two of 17 events complete.

Matthew Ward is bringing home a state meet medal. (Photo courtesy Jandellyn Ward)

Ward was one of five Wolves to compete Thursday as the three-day meet kicked off with a handful of events.

Lyla Stuurmans, Malachi Somes, and Carson Field ran in the 1600 finals, while Chase Anderson vied in the prelims for the 100, but failed to advance to Saturday’s eight-man finale.

Coupeville has a busy schedule Friday as the state meet runs all day.

The Wolves are slated to compete in nine events, including finals in the girl’s discus, as well as the boys high jump, pole vault, and long jump.

Thursday results:

GIRLS:

1600 (Finals) — Lyla Stuurmans (14th) 5:48.66 *PR*

BOYS:

100 (Prelims) — Chase Anderson (21st) 11.59

1600 (Finals) — Carson Field (11th) 4:43.15; Malachi Somes (17th) 4:55.76

Triple Jump — Matthew Ward (5th) 41-07.50 *PR*

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Track stars launch Eastern journey

Posted in Track, tagged CHS Wolves, sendoff rally, state meet, track and field, Yakima on May 29, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Bob Martin, Katie Marti, and Christi Messner celebrate the arrival of the year’s biggest track and field meet. (Photos courtesy Christi Messner and Elizabeth Bitting)

The final trek begins.

Dodging late May raindrops in Cow Town Thursday, Coupeville High School track and field athletes hit the road and headed off to the heat of Yakima.

Awaiting the Wolves is the three-day 2B state championships at Zaepfel Stadium and a chance to join the exclusive list of CHS stars to bring home medals from the year’s biggest meet.

Time to show up and show out.

But first, time to marinate in the moment in front of local fans before being swept away by the sound of the wheels on the bus going round and round.

Coupeville runners (l to r) Kenneth Jacobsen, Malachi Somes, Carson Field, and Lyla Stuurmans will compete in distance races.

The two-woman wrecking crew is on their way to Yakima.

The return of the rain can’t dampen their enthusiasm.

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Marti and the lads among state’s best

Posted in Track, tagged Cael Wilson, CHS Wolves, rankings, Top 10, track and field on May 26, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Wolf senior Katie Marti, who’s going to state in three events, ranks #5 in the shot put. (Photo courtesy Christi Messner)

They’re coming down to the wire.

The state track and field championships play out in Yakima this Thursday-Saturday, with 13 Wolves having qualified to compete in the season’s biggest showdown.

With all the various district, and bi-district, and quad-district lead-ins now finished, CHS athletes can measure themselves against the best of the best in their events and classification.

Where Coupeville stars show up through May 26 on the statewide list for top 2B performances:

GIRLS:

Shot Put — Katie Marti (5th) 34-08

BOYS:

800 — Carson Field (6th) 2:02.03

4 x 100 Relay — Marquette Cunningham, Davin Houston, Preston Epp, Chase Anderson (9th) 44.41

High Jump — Cael Wilson (4th) 6-01; Wyatt Fitch-Marron (6th-tie) 5-10

Pole Vault — Wilson (3rd-tie) 12-06

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“It was great to see so many smiles”

Posted in Middle School, Track, tagged CMS Wolves, Diesel Eck, Island rivalry, Tamsin Ward, track and field on May 22, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Zariyah Allen prepares to launch a winning throw in the discus. (Kelly Powers photos)

“I can’t believe this was the last regular season meet. It feels like we just started this adventure!”

Coupeville Middle School track and field coach Jon Gabelein may be feeling like spring is flying by, but his Wolves continue to take advantage of their time in the spotlight.

Competing Wednesday at a three-team meet in Langley, CMS capped the regular season with 16 wins, a zillion PRs, and some history.

Squaring off with King’s and host South Whidbey, the Wolves won the boys 6th/7th grade team title, while earning second in the other three team tussles.

The history came courtesy 8th grader Tamsin Ward and 7th grader Diesel Eck.

Eck picked up three wins Wednesday, capturing shot put and discus titles while also running a leg on a triumphant relay squad.

That gives him 12 victories on the season, tying him with then-8th grader Alex Murdy (2019) for the most by a CMS boy in the modern era.

Ward went one better in Langley, sweeping to wins in the 100, 200, shot put, and high jump, which puts her at 14-0 heading into the Cascade League Championships June 2.

That’s second-best in CMS track history, trailing just Lindsey Roberts, who won 19 times as an 8th grader in 2015.

Ward has 37 wins across the past three seasons, most career victories by a Coupeville Middle School student.

One of Coupeville’s relay teams heads into action.

Across the board, Coupeville athletes seized the opportunity to shine Wednesday, with many of them picking up new events as the season winds down.

“Embracing that new event PR rush!” said CMS coach Kelly Powers.

“You never know what event will resonate with you until you try it in competition and even though one Wolf remarked ‘I’ll never do THAT again!’ it’s great they’re trying things on to see what fits!

“And who knows, sometimes we come back to what challenges us … at least I hope so!

“It was great to see so many smiles and athletes that don’t take themselves so seriously they can’t have some fun!”

Kaleigha Millison soars in the long jump.

Wednesday results:

GIRLS:

8th grade:

100 — Tamsin Ward (1st) 13.76; Isley Garcia Fernandez (23rd) 17.86 *PR*

200 — Ward (1st) 29.44

100 Hurdles — Elizabeth Marshall (2nd) 20.68

4 x 200 Relay — Kennedy O’Neill, Sage Stavros, Garcia Fernandez, Marshall (2nd) 2:14.39

Shot Put — Ward (1st) 35-08.75

High Jump — Ward (1st) 4-08

Long Jump — Garcia Fernandez (21st) 9-01.50

6th/7th grade:

100 — Andrea Gonzalez (2nd) 14.51 *PR*; Ava Alford (4th) 15.06; Laurel Crowder (6th) 15.19 *PR*; Abbie Moss (7th) 15.20 *PR*; Ella Holm (10th) 15.51 *PR*; Miah Patterson (11th) 15.89 *PR*; Finley Helm (12th) 15.99; Mia Goers (13th) 16.00; Claire Lachnit (15th) 16.15; Amira Anunciado (21st) 16.79; Evelyn Merino-Martinez (25th) 17.20 *PR*; Victoria Quiroga Rivera (26th) 17.32; Sophia Magdolen (27th) 17.45; Ruby Folkestad (31st) 17.88 *PR*; Reagan Green (34th) 18.76

200 — Bella Sandlin (1st) 32.68 *PR*; Emma Green (3rd) 33.78 *PR*; Patterson (4th) 34.44 *PR*; Folkestad (7th) 34.79 *PR*; Goers (9th) 35.48; Magdolen (10th) 36.33 *PR*; Merino-Martinez (15th) 38.26; Quiroga Rivera (16th) 38.34; Ari Vinson (17th) 40.10

400 — Sandlin (2nd) 1:13.10 *PR*; Zariyah Allen (6th) 1:24.20 *PR*; Lachnit (7th) 1:28.11 *PR*

800 — Annaliese Powers (2nd) 2:57.11 *PR*; Sophia Burley (5th) 3:10.16 *PR*; Autumn Hunt (7th) 3:14.81 *PR*; Sarai Dangerfield (8th) 3:24.02 *PR*

1600 — A. Powers (2nd) 6:15.27 *PR*; A. Hunt (5th) 6:58.58 *PR*; Dangerfield (6th) 7:10.73

100 Hurdles — A. Powers (4th) 21.24; E. Green (5th) 21.86; Alford (7th) 22.93; Helm (8th) 23.12; Patterson (9th) 23.78; Burley (10th) 25.94 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay — Kaleigh Millison, Crowder, Moss, Goers (2nd) 1:01.58; Gonzalez, Vinson, Quiroga Rivera, Sandlin (3rd) 1:04.23; Lachnit, Allen, A. Hunt, Magdolen (4th) 1:06.83; Merino-Martinez, Holm, R. Green, Burley (5th) 1:07.97; Addison Jacobson, Sabrina Judnich, A. Powers, E. Green (6th) 1:08.29

Shot Put — Jacobson (3rd) 23-02; Holm (4th) 21-06.50; Helm (7th) 21-00; Anunciado (16th) 15-02.25 *PR*; Gonzalez (19th) 11-00.75

Discus — Allen (1st) 69-00; Lachnit (4th) 49-04; E. Green (5th) 47-06 *PR*; Millison (6th) 43-05; Crowder (10th) 40-05; Judnich (15th) 36-05; Vinson (17th) 34-09; Jacobson (22nd) 31-04

High Jump — Millison (1st) 4-00; Crowder (2nd) 4-00

Long Jump — Millison (4th) 12-01.50; Holm (5th) 11-10 *PR*; Moss (12th) 10-10.50; Sandlin (16th) 10-07 *PR*; Patterson (21st) 10-01 *PR*; Merino-Martinez (23rd) 9-11.50 *PR*; Folkestad (24th) 9-10 *PR*; Allen (28th) 9-08.50; Anunciado (30th) 9-06.50; Magdolen (33rd) 9-00; Burley (36th) 8-09; Dangerfield (38th) 8-06.50; Vinson (39th) 8-04; R. Green (39th) 8-04

Malachi Chapa glides over the bar.

BOYS:

8th grade:

100 — Brian Thompson (5th) 13.01 *PR*; Collin Mirabile (6th) 13.51; Kion Tellery (14th) 15.02; Hunter Atteberry (15th) 15.14 *PR*

200 — Tellery (2nd) 31.25 *PR*; Frank Morrell (3rd) 32.90 *PR*

400 — Thompson (1st) 1:04.04; Zaydyn Dees (4th) 1:13.53; Atteberry (6th) 1:25.02

800 — Cyrus Sparacio (2nd) 2:26.76; Dees (5th) 2:48.61 *PR*

1600 — Sparacio (2nd) 5:11.15; Ossian Merkel (3rd) 5:43.14 *PR*; Atteberry (5th) 6:50.74; Nolan Hunt (6th) 7:00.00

110 Hurdles — Morrell (3rd) 24.58 *PR*

4 x 100 Relay Team — NO NAMES LISTED (2nd) 52.02

Shot Put — Mirabile (1st) 37-11.50 *PR*; Tellery (7th) 28-04 *PR*; N. Hunt (13th) 20-00.75 *PR*

Discus — Sparacio (9th) 61-01; Merkel (11th) 58-01; Tellery (14th) 54-06; N. Hunt (18th) 45-03; Dees (19th) 42-05

Long Jump — Thompson (1st) 16-02; Mirabile (2nd) 16-00 *PR*; Henry Bailey (5th) 14-04

6th/7th grade:

100 — Les Queen (1st) 13.92 *PR*; Xander Beaman (5th) 14.31 *PR*; Liam Stoner (6th) 14.64; Diesel Eck (11th) 14.77 *PR*; Vincent Alguire (14th) 15.23 *PR*; Asher Harris (23rd) 16.63; Brenden Tumulty (31st) 18.97

200 — River Simpson (2nd) 28.21; Beaman (4th) 29.16 *PR*; Queen (6th) 29.72; Jacob Lujan (8th) 30.83; Tumulty (17th) 44.16 *PR*

400 — Malachi Chapa (1st) 1:03.45 *PR*; Ceiba Rusch (11th) 1:29.48

800 — Archer Schwarz (3rd) 2:56.92

1600 — Lincoln Wagner (4th) 5:58.36; Schwarz (5th) 6:11.71; Tanner Kempton (9th) 7:09.44; Rusch (10th) 7:30.57 *PR*

110 Hurdles — Lujan (2nd) 20.33; Stoner (3rd) 21.35; Wagner (5th) 22.89; Kempton (6th) 24.43 *PR*; Rusch (7th) 29.18

4 x 100 Relay — Chapa, Beaman, Eck, Simpson (1st) 54.14; Lujan, Wagner, Maverick Walling, Stoner (4th) 58.72; Merkel, Atteberry, Dees, N. Hunt (5th) 1:04.37

Shot Put — Eck (1st) 31-09.25; Alguire (2nd) 28-02.75 *PR*; Harris (12th) 17-05 *PR*

Discus — Eck (1st) 96-08 *PR*; Queen (3rd) 68-04; Tumulty (7th) 51-05 *PR*

High Jump — Beaman (1st) 4-08 *PR*; Jesse Kehoe (2nd) 4-06; Chapa (3rd) 4-04; Stoner (4th) 4-02

Long Jump — Queen (3rd) 13-10 *PR*; Chapa (4th) 13-08 *PR*; Kehoe (7th) 13-05; Wagner (9th) 13-01 *PR*; Lujan (11th) 12-08; Schwarz (22nd) 11-06; Tumulty (42nd) 7-10