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Runnin’ (and snappin’) in the rain

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on May 18, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Ari Cunningham glides between the raindrops. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

They dodged the raindrops, and the paparazzi.

Coupeville High School track and field athletes brought their A-game to Saturday’s District 1 meet at Mickey Clark Field, as seen in the pics above and below.

To see everything John Fisken snapped, pop over to:

https://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/Coupeville-Track-2024-2025/Track-2025-05-17-League-Championships

 

Axel Marshall clears some obstacles.

Zac Tackett unleashes his full power.

Frankie Tenore rises up in the world.

Edmund Wilson catches some air.

Isa Mc Fetridge pounds down the back stretch.

Marcelo Gebhard collects his thoughts.

Devon Wyman pushes the pace.

Cunningham comes roaring up to bring Mc Fetridge a present.

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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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Track stars chase new success

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on March 10, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Lexis Drake is one of 17 CHS freshmen to turn out for track and field. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The bar has been set high.

Last spring was one of the best in Coupeville High School track and field history, with the Wolf girls finishing third in the 2B team standings at the state championships.

Meanwhile, the CHS boys earned fifth, with senior Alex Murdy claiming the crown in the long jump.

He was the tenth Wolf in school history to bring home a state title.

But time moves on and Murdy and his fellow Class of 2023 mates are no longer reppin’ the red and black as a new campaign begins.

Which doesn’t mean the cupboard is bare.

CHS head coaches Bob Martin and Elizabeth Bitting have 63 athletes this year — 41 guys and 22 girls.

Coupeville’s seniors lead the pack.

There’s depth and talent, as well.

The depth is shown in the breakdown of the roster, which includes 17 seniors, 16 juniors, 13 sophomores, and 17 freshmen.

Headlining the team are four athletes who brought home state meet medals a year ago.

That’s current juniors Lyla Stuurmans (2nd in the 4 x 400, 7th in the 800, 8th in the 400), Carly Burt (2nd in the 4 x 400), Zac Tackett (7th in the discus) and Cael Wilson (8th in the pole vault).

Also returning are a number of Wolves who scored big at bi-districts.

Junior Katie Marti finished second in both the shot put and javelin last spring, missing a ticket to state by just one slot.

Katie Marti is good at throwing things.

Other bi-district runners-up from a year ago include Aleksia Jump (pole vault), Issabel Johnson (4 x 100), Preston Epp (400), and Aleera Kent (400).

Ayden Wyman (4 x 200), Nehemiah Myles (long jump), and Reese Wilkinson (discus) were third last year, while Hank Milnes (400) and Malachi Somes (1600 and 3200) finished in the top four.

Further depth comes from a strong pack of cross country runners that includes Carson Field, Erica McGrath, Reagan Callahan, and Kenny Jacobsen.

Add in veteran multi-event stars like Nick Guay, Zane Oldenstadt, and Mikey Robinett, and things look bright for the Wolves.

Wolf coaches are psyched for a new season of chasing records and medals.

“Despite the blustery and cold weather conditions, our athletes have shown incredible resilience and determination,” Bob Martin said.

“They are diligently focusing on mastering the basics while keeping their eyes set on league, districts, and the possibility of earning a state championship.”

While last year stands as a high-water mark for the CHS track program, the Wolves aren’t ready to stop there.

“With such a strong foundation and determined athletes, we are confident that this year’s team will achieve similar, if not greater, success,” Martin said.

“We are immensely proud of their dedication, hard work, and sportsmanship both on and off the track.”

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