Coupeville athletes among state leaders | Track

After competing in only two contests this season, the Coupeville High School track team has posted some of the state's best 1A marks.

After competing in only two contests this season, the Coupeville High School track team has posted some of the state’s best 1A marks.

The Wolves took part in the Island Jamboree Thursday, March 19, and the Port Angeles Invitational Saturday, March 21.

Coupeville’s Makana Stone owns the state’s best 1A 400-meter time (61.09) and the fifth-best in the 200 (27.17).

The girls 4×200 relay (Stone, Kirsten Pelroy, Sylvia Hurlburt, Lauren Grove, 1:52.69) is also tops in the state .

The 4×100 team ( Marisa Etzell, Hurlburt, Grove, Pelroy, 53.13) have the state’s No. 2 time, while the 4×400 team (Etzell, Pelroy, Stone, Lauren Bayne, 4:31.31) is fifth.

For the boys, Latham Kelley holds the fourth-best 200-meter mark (23.83), and the 4×100 relay team (Jacob Smith, Jared Helmstadter, Dalton Martin, Kelley, 46.87) is eighth.

The small Coupeville squad did a nice job at the Port Angels Invitation, as the boys placed ninth (32.5 points) and the girls sixth (51) out of 13 teams.

Sequim (114.5) won the boys meet, and North Kitsap (136) took the girls.

Coupeville earned first places from Martin (boys discus, 114-02) and the girls 4×200 team (Etzell, Grove, Hurlburt, Stone, 1:52.69).

Teams were allowed only one participant in each varsity event; therefore, some of the times in the JV heats were better than in the varsity races. For example, with Stone scheduled for the varsity 200, Hurlburt was put in the JV race but posted the fourth-best overall time in event.

“We had a good meet and a meaningful first weekend overall,” coach Randy King said. “No injuries and some good competition.”

King noted that Martin’s winning throw in the discus was far below what he has been throwing in practice and those longer marks will come out “before long.”

He also liked the work of Kelley and Jacob Smith in the sprints. Kelley was sixth in the 100 (12.09) and fourth in the 200 (24.07); he also long jumped 18-01.

“Our javelin throwers, Mitch (Losey) and Grey (Rische) moved up their marks by about three feet and our jumpers, Mitch Carroll and Connor Thompson, are doing well,” King added.

Among the girls, the sprinters are shining, King said, and “Skyler Lawrence is doing well in the shot and discus, and our young throwers are making good progress in the javelin and disc.”

Freshman Lauren Bayne placed sixth in the girls 1,500 (5:49.69), finishing ahead of 18 others, King said.

“(It’s) also nice to see both our 800 runners, Abby Parker and Mattea Miller, get under three minutes,” he said.

Coupeville, Port Townsend and North Kitsap go to Kingston at 3:15 p.m. Thursday, March 26.

 

Other varsity boys results at Port Angeles:

400: 10, Helmstadter, 57.98.

4×100 relay: 4, Smith, Helmstadter, Martin, Kelley, 46.87.

Shot put: 6, Martin, 37-07.5.

Javelin: 8, Rische, 100-11.

High jump: 10, Thompson, 5.

Long jump: 7, Carroll, 16-09.25.

Triple jump: 5, Carroll, 35-06.5.

 

Other varsity girls results:

100: 6, Hurlburt, 13.83.

400: 3, Stone, 1:02.63.

800: 7, Miller, 2:59.84.

4×100 relay: 8, Etzell, Pelroy, Grove, Hurlburt, 1:00.78.

4×400 relay: 3, Etzell, Pelroy, Stone, Bayne, 4:31.31.

Shot put: 4, Lawrence, 27-10.25.

Discus: 7, Lawrence, 70-06.

Javelin: 8, Lawrence, 61-09.

High jump: 8, Bayne, 4-02.

Long jump: 3, Grove, 13-05.75.

Triple jump: 4, Grove, 27-10.