That’s a wrap. (Photos courtesy Kelly Powers)
Say hello to the finish line.
A final burst of Coupeville Middle School track and field pics takes us to the end of spring sports — just as the weather starts to finally get nice.
Such is life on the often-windblown prairie.
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Xander Beaman is soaring to new heights. (Photos courtesy Kelly Powers)
It was a record-shattering spring.
Coupeville Middle School track and field athletes set fire to the record book this season, smashing numerous marks.
The top times and distances came from both girls and boys, and from all three grade levels (6-8) involved in the program.
The official word comes from CMS girls’ coach Kelly Powers, who delivers the numbers to us.
Coupeville’s record-breaking relay squad celebrates on the awards stand.
2026 record busters:
CMS records:
Zariyah Allen — Discus — 95-10
Xander Beaman — High Jump — 5-09
Boys 4 x 200 relay — River Simpson, Malachi Chapa, Lincoln Wagner, Sawyer Rudat — 1:48.88
Malachi Chapa — 400 — 57.86
Malachi Chapa — Long Jump — 18-04
Jacob Lujan — 110 Hurdles — 20.03
Henry Purdue — 800 — 2:17.40
Les Queen — Shot Put — 40-00
7th Grade records:
Laurel Crowder — 200 — 28.47
Laurel Crowder — High Jump — 4-07
Jesse Kehoe — 100 — 12.76
Jesse Kehoe — High Jump — 5-03
Les Queen — 200 — 26.03
Les Queen — 400 — 59.62
Les Queen — Discus — 116-00
6th Grade records:
Juniper Dotson — 100 — 19.91
Juniper Dotson — 1600 — 6:07.48
Juniper Dotson, here flying through the air, also has fleet feet.
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Three to lead the pack.
Coupeville High School cross country coach Elizabeth Bitting revealed her picks for this fall’s harriers Saturday, with Devon Wyman, Mikayla Wagner, and Beckett Green tabbed for leadership roles.
The trio will all be juniors when the new school year kicks into action, and have a combined five trips to the state meet amongst themselves.
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Always ready for a photo shoot. (Julie Wheat photos)
No more races, no more throws, but still plenty of photos.
While the Coupeville Middle School track and field team wrapped its season Thursday at the Cascade League Championships, we still have some pics to disperse.
The eight-pack seen above and below, capturing a variety of Wolves in action this spring, come to us from the camera of Wolf Mom Julie Wheat.
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Kaleigha Millison flies to the finish line. (Julie Wheat photo)
The weather wasn’t so hot this spring, but the performances were torrid.
Over the past two decades of track and field action, there have been seven Coupeville Middle School students who won 10 or more times in a single season.
Three of those came this spring, all from 7th graders.
Les Queen, who won three times as a 6th grader, tops the list, having piled up 18 wins in his second season.
That ties him with Lindsey Roberts for the most in a single campaign by a CMS athlete, a mark which the future high school Athlete of the Year winner set way back in 2015.
With one more season of middle school action on his schedule, Queen sits with 21 career wins, trailing just Roberts (24) and Tamsin Ward (39), who went to state in two events this year as a high school freshman.
Laurel Crowder and Jesse Kehoe were impressive as well this spring, racking up 12 and 11 wins respectively.
They join Queen, Roberts, Ward (16 in 2025), Diesel Eck (13 in 2025), and Alex Murdy (12 in 2019) as the only Wolves to nail double-digit win totals in a season since athletic.net started tracking all of this back in the early 2000’s.
Overall, 32 different Wolves claimed at least one victory this spring, showcasing the talent and depth of the CMS track program.
Les Queen gets ready to rumble. (Julie Wheat photo)
First number is 2026 season; second number is career win total:
Les Queen — 18/21
Laurel Crowder — 12/13
Jesse Kehoe — 11/12
Malachi Chapa — 8/17
Henry Purdue — 7/8
River Simpson — 7/19
Zariyah Allen — 4/10
Xander Beaman — 4/10
Juniper Dotson — 4/4
Diesel Eck — 4/18
Bella Sandlin — 4/4
Liam Stoner — 3/3
Vincent Alguire — 2/2
Sarai Dangerfield — 2/2
Logan Dees — 2/2
Alton Hansen — 2/2
Ella Holm — 2/2
Sabrina Judnich — 2/2
Claire Lachnit — 2/2
Kaleigha Millison — 2/4
Miles Abram — 1/1
Jasmine Allen — 1/1
Ava Clark — 1/1
Addison Jacobson — 1/1
Daisy Leedy-Bonifas — 1/1
Jacob Lujan — 1/2
Josilyn McColl — 1/1
Eveylyn Merino Martinez — 1/1
Sawyer Rudat — 1/1
Dresden Rusch — 1/1
Lincoln Wagner — 1/1
Maverick Walling — 1/3
Xander Beaman celebrates. (Jacob Lujan photo)
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