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More medals, more memories

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on May 31, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Katie Marti celebrates the newest addition to her trophy case. (Christi Messner photo)

They picked up some more mementos.

Capping three days in warm, windy Yakima, the Coupeville High School track and field team earned medals in four more events Saturday at the 2B state championships.

Both Wolf boys relay teams ran in finals, while shot putter Katie Marti and 800-meter runner Carson Field also medaled.

Marquette Cunningham focuses inward in the moments before everything gets really loud. (Elizabeth Bitting photo)

Overall, nine different CHS athletes are bringing at least one medal home with them this season, with senior Cael Wilson topping things with three, including a 2nd place finish Friday in the high jump.

He finishes his run in the red and black with five state medals, tying him with older brother Aidan.

The siblings account for two of the 13 Wolves to collect five or more medals in the modern era of state meets, which kicked off back in 1963.

The other eight Coupeville medalists in 2025 all collected their first one — or first and second in the case of relay aces Preston Epp and Chase Anderson.

That puts CHS track and field on the edge of cracking triple digits next spring, with 99 Wolves having earned at least one medal over the last 62 years.

The Wolves bask under the blue skies of Yakima. (Photo courtesy Bob Martin)

This season, eight of the nine medalists were boys, with that squad finishing 10th in the team standings.

The Wolves tallied 24.50 points, with Freeman edging Saint George’s 75-60 to take the crown.

Coupeville’s fellow Northwest 2B/1B League mates, Mount Vernon Christian (9) and Orcas Island (6.50) claimed 21st and 25th, respectively.

On the girls’ side, Marti picked up two points for her work in the shot put, placing CHS in a tie for 35th with NWL rival Orcas Island.

Saint George’s cruised to a team title, crushing runner-up Freeman 103-66.50.

NWL squad La Conner claimed 4th with 43 points, while Mount Vernon Christian (18) and Friday Harbor (17) were 14th and 15th.

Sophomore Kenneth Jacobsen has run in state meets for both track and cross country. (Jackie Saia photo)

 

Saturday’s results:

 

GIRLS:

Shot Put (Finals) — Katie Marti (7th) 34-09 *PR*

Javelin (Finals) — Marti (15th) 95-00

 

BOYS:

800 (Finals) — Carson Field (8th) 2:08.73

3200 (Finals) — Kenneth Jacobsen (15th) 14:53.61; Field (16th) 15:11.96

4 x 100 Relay (Finals) — Marquette Cunningham, Davin Houston, Preston Epp, Chase Anderson (6th) 44.75

4 x 400 Relay (Finals) — Anderson, Blake Burrows, Cael Wilson, Epp (5th) 3:35.60

 

After moving over from baseball, Chase Anderson had a strong first season in track. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

 

Coupeville’s 2025 state meet medalists:

 

Chase Anderson:

4 x 100 Relay — 6th
4 x 400 Relay — 5th

 

Blake Burrows:

4 x 400 Relay — 5th

 

Marquette Cunningham:

4 x 100 Relay — 6th

 

Preston Epp:

4 x 100 Relay — 6th
4 x 400 Relay — 5th

 

Wyatt Fitch-Marron:

High Jump — 7th

 

Davin Houston:

4 x 100 Relay — 6th

 

Katie Marti:

Shot Put – 7th

 

Matthew Ward:

Triple Jump — 5th

 

Cael Wilson:

High Jump – 2nd
Pole Vault – 6th
4 x 400 Relay – 5th

On to next season for Wolf coach Elizabeth Bitting! (Jackie Saia photo)

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Record tied, medals collected

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , 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 , , , , , 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 , , , , 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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Young netter impresses during state run

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged , , , , on May 24, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Tenley Stuurmans (far left) is already a state meet vet before attending a single day of high school. (Photo courtesy Scott Stuurmans)

They’ll remember her name.

Coupeville 8th grader Tenley Stuurmans, the youngest player in the bracket, put up a stirring fight Friday in Yakima, coming dangerously close to advancing to day two of the 2B/1B girls’ tennis state championships.

The Wolf netter opened against a buzzsaw in Gursimr Sahota of Jenkins (Chewelah), falling 6-1, 6-0, but the score was deceptive.

Sahota bashed her way through her second-round opponent in similar fashion, but now runs into the defending state champ, big sis Avi, who didn’t drop a game Friday en route to advancing to the finale.

It’s the second-straight season the 2B/1B singles title match has been an all-Sahota affair, as Avi beat another sister, Simi, last year.

In her second match, Stuurmans squared off with Vanessa Mujica of Highland, claiming the first set 6-1.

Mujica rallied to take the last two sets 7-6 (7-3 tiebreaker) and 7-5 and will play on Saturday in a bid to bring home a 3rd or 4th place trophy.

While Stuurmans won’t bring any hardware home this year, her stellar run — while still a middle school student and in just her first year of even playing tennis — bodes extremely well for the future.

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