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Track team starts season with big wins

Published 1:30 am Friday, March 24, 2023

By Karina Andrew

Photo by John Fisken Freshman Liza Zustiak runs in a hurdle event March 22 during Coupeville High School's first home track and field meet of the season. Zustiak competed in the 100 meter hurdles and 300 meter hurdles, winning 9th place in both events and earning a personal record of 23.56 seconds in the 100 meter hurdles race.
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Photo by John Fisken Freshman Liza Zustiak runs in a hurdle event March 22 during Coupeville High School's first home track and field meet of the season. Zustiak competed in the 100 meter hurdles and 300 meter hurdles, winning 9th place in both events and earning a personal record of 23.56 seconds in the 100 meter hurdles race.
Freshman Liza Zustiak runs in a hurdle event March 22 during Coupeville High School’s first home track and field meet of the season. Zustiak competed in the 100 meter hurdles and 300 meter hurdles, winning 9th place in both events and earning a personal record of 23.56 seconds in the 100 meter hurdles race. (Photo by John Fisken)
Senior Dominic Coffman competes in the high jump March 22 during Coupeville High School’s first home track and field meet of the season. Coffman took second place in the event with a jump of 5-08. (Photo by John Fisken)
Junior Nick Guay competes in the high jump March 22 during Coupeville High School’s first home track and field meet of the season. Guay took first place in the event with a jump of 5-10. (Photo by John Fisken)

The Coupeville High School track and field team’s first home meet of the season was a big success.

The boys won first place at the March 22 event with 219 points, more than double runner-up Mount Vernon Christian’s score.

The girls took second place with 184 points to the Mount Vernon Christian girls’ 223. No other teams were within 100 points of the top two. Seven schools total took part in the meet.

Individual Coupeville athletes took home 11 first place finishes. Lyla Stuurmans won the 400 meter run, Claire Mayne won the 100 meter hurdles, Carolyn Lhamon won the shot put, Katie Marti won the javelin throw, Ryanne Knoblich won the girls’ high jump, Zac Tackett won the discuss throw, Mitchell Hall won the 1600 meter run, Nick Guay won the boys’ high jump and Aidan Wilson won the 400 meter run and the triple jump. Hall, Guay and Wilson along with Hank Milnes won the four by 400 meter relay race.

The Wolves also earned a whopping 90 personal records throughout the meet.

“Ninety PRs is a testament to their hard work and dedication to the sport,” Coach Elizabeth Bitting wrote in an email.

The Coupeville track team currently has its largest roster since the early 2000s.

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