Wolves finish second in Northwest A meet

"For most of Thursday afternoon, Coupeville's Brianne King and Joe Donnellon were running by themselves. King and Donnellon easily outdistanced the distance running class at the Northwest A League track and field meet at Coupeville.King won the girls' 3,200, 1,600, and 800. Donnellon captured the boys' 1,600 and 3,200. The Wolves also received first places from Matt Frost, Rich Wilson, and Yashmeen Knox.In the team standings, both boys and girls team took second. Concrete won the boys' meet with 99 points and Coupeville had 66. LaConner won the girls' meet with 109 points and Coupeville had 72.I'm happy with the finish we had, considering the number of kids we have on the team, Coupeville coach Gary Shelly said, we had some quality efforts.King had no competition in the girls' 3,200, racing by herself around the track to a winning time of 13:32.9. She had one competitor in the 1,600, and cruised to a winning time of 6:05; and King easily bested the two competitors in the 800 to win in 2:46.5.Donnellon bolted to an early lead in the boys' 1,600 and won easily with a time 4:32.6. In the 3,200, Donnellon lapped four runners and in crossed the finish line in 10:26.5. His closest competitor was teammate Corey O'Donnell, who was second in 11:10.1.Joe had an excellent time in the 3,200, for basically running by himself, Shelly said.Matt Frost breezed in the boys' 800, winning in 2:02.9.Wilson took the boys' high jump at 6-feet, 2 inches and was third in the javelin with a personal best of 137-4.Knox out-sprinted the field to take the girls' 100 in 13.4. She was also second in the high jump and second in javelin.In a battle of the league's top girls' hurdlers, Coupeville's Jess Roundy placed second to LaConner's Dianna Grossglass in the 300 intermediate hurdles and the 100 high hurdles.The Wolves now prepare for the Bi-District meet next Saturday at LaConner.NORTHWEST A LEAGUEChampionshipsAt CoupevilleBOYS RESULTSTeam scores: Concrete 99, Coupeville 66, Friday Harbor 64, Archbishop Murphy 52, LaConner 51. 110 hurdles: 1, Stepahn Tallman (L) 16.9. 100: 1, Leo Sooter (FH) 11.8. 1,600: 1, Joe Donnellon (Coup) 4:32.6; 3, Corey O'Donnell (Coup) 5:03.7. 400 relay: 1, Concrete 46.4. 400: 1, Tyrel Pritchard (Con) 51.6; 2, Ian Mitchell (Coup) 52.5. 300 hurdles: 1, Tallman (L) 43.1. 800: 1, Matt Frost (Coup) 2:02.9; 3, Tony Ruggiero (Coup) 2:15.7. 200: 1, Pritchard (Con) 24.1. 3,200: 1, Donnellon (Coup) 10:26.5; 2, O'Donnell (Coup) 11:10.1; 4, Scott Harbour (Coup) 12:44.5. 1,600 relay: 1, Concrete 3:33.3; 2, Coupeville 3:40.4. Shot put: 1, Peter Holmes (L) 47-9. Long jump: 1, Ian Moffitt (Con) 19-3; 4, Mike Volz (Coup) 15-9. Javelin: 1, Pritchard (Con) 154-10; 3, Rich Wilson (Coup) 137-4. Triple jump: 1, Ryan Shandera (ABM) 36-6. Discus: 1, Peter Holmes (L) 144-9. High jump: 1, Wilson (Coup) 6-2.GIRLS RESULTSTeam scores: LaConner 109, Coupeville 72, Archbishop Murphy 57, Concrete 37, Friday Harbor 32.3,200: 1, Brianne King (Coup) 13:32.9. 100 hurdles: 1, Dianna Grossglass (L) 16.4; 2, Jess Roundy (Coup) 16.6. 100: 1, Yashmeen Knox (Coup) 13.4; 3, Janae Socha (Coup) 14.1. 1,600: 1, King (Coup) 6:05.0. 400 relay: 1, LaConner 53.6; 2, Coupeville 54.9. 400: 1, Marina Bull (FH) 1:07.9. 300 hurdles: 1, Grossglass (L) 48.3; 2, Roundy (Coup) 49.6. 200: 1, Deanne Huizenga (L) 27.3. 800 relay: 1, Concrete 2:08.9. 1,600 relay: 1, Archbishop Murphy 5:05.7. 800: 1, King (Coup) 2:46.5.Triple jump: 1, Huizenga (L) 33-2. Discus: 1, Allissa Springer (L) 74-5. High jump: 1, Grossglass (L) 5-0; 2, Knox (Coup) 4-10. Javelin: 1, Megan Wood (Con) 82-6; 2, Knox (Coup) 80-1. Shot put: 1, Springer (L) 27-8; 5, Amanda Dyer (Coup) 21-11. Long jump: 1, Huizenga (L) 15-4; 2, Socha (Coup) 14-5."

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