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First meet on the new track
Sooter wins first sprint on new track
posted 03/17/01
Senior Leo Sooter zipped to a 12.0-second finish in the 100-meter dash Friday,
March 13, winning the first sprint on Friday Harbor High School's new track. The Wolverine boys won their first appearance before the hometown crowd in several
years.
Shane Coulter won the javelin and long jump Friday, March 16 and fellow Friday Harbor senior and Leo Sooter finished first in the 100- and 200-meter sprints as the Wolverine boys won their first meet on their new track.
Friday Harbor's boys tallied 103 points, edging Archbishop Murphy by 4. Lopez came in third with 54 and Grace Academy had 8.
Coulter flung the javelin 146 feet, one inch and leaped 17-5 in the long jump. He also placed second in the discus, tossing it 99-3.
Sooter finished the 100 in 12 seconds and the 200 in 24.6. He anchored the Wolverines' 400 relay team, which finished second in :49.37.
John Marsh also posted a first for the Wolverines, clearing 5-2 in the high jump. He was second in the 400 with a 1:01.96 effort.
The Wolverine 3,200 relay squad finished second with a 4:04 effort.
Other finishers for Friday Harbor:
110 Hurdles
3. Jesse Kjolso 49.75.
100
2. William Cobos 12.37;
High Jump
2. Travis Coulter 4-8;
4. Finn Michaelson 4-8;
5. Mitchle Carlson 4-6.
Javelin
2. Adrian Kilpatrick 120-8;
4. T. Coulter 108-7;
5. Mahias Concord 96-0.
Long Jump
3. Colin Hamelton 15-10;
4. Andrew Teasdale 15-10.
300 Hurdles
4. Kjolso :50.06;
5. Ian Paterson :50.4.
Triple Jump
3. Paterson 32-8;
4. Hamelton 31-10;
5. Brandon Soland 25-0.
200 Dash
3. Cobos :26.03;
5. Teasdale :27.84.
Discus
3. Julien La Palme 85-2.5;
4. Drew Allen 83-4.5.
Wolverine girls take 2nd in home meet
Marina Bull blasts out of the blocks in the 400-meter run, Friday, March 16.
The Friday Harbor sprinter won the first girls dash on the school's new
rubberized track, posting a 13.96-second effort in the-100 meter sprint.
Friday Harbor junior Marina Bull zipped to victories in the 100- and 400-meter dashes Friday, March 16 and Catherine Grosjacques won the high jump and 200 sprint in the Wolverines' first meet before the home crowd in three years.
The Wolverines finished second in team points with 61.5 after their first competition on the school's resurfaced track. Archbishop Thomas Murphy won the meet with 76. Lopez placed third with 45 and Grace Academy had 10.5.
Bull sprinted the 100 in 13.96 seconds and ran the 400 in one minute, nine seconds. Grosjacques leaped 4-2 in the high jump, ran the 200 in :30.6. She sprinted the 200, placing second with a :14.37 time.
Two other Wolverines also posted individual victories. Krysta Brem bounded 26-8 in the triple jump and Amanda Hamm ran the 3,200 in 18:22.25.
Senior Jenny Bordi placed second in the triple jump with a 22-6 effort and the 100 hurdles with a :20.21 time. She ran the 100 in :14.9 and leaped 10-10 in the long jump, and both were fourth-place finishes.
Karen Morrill was second in the long jump with a 13-5 jump, third in the javelin and fourth in the shot put.
Wolverines 'ready to go' in home track meet today
By Matt Pranger and Melissa Leyba
posted 03/16/01
"Finally, finally," sighed Cathy Hunter.
Friday Harbor High School's assistant track coach isn't the only Wolverine exhaling relief. The school's sprinters, jumpers and throwers will be huffing, puffing and grinning this afternoon during their first track meet in Friday Harbor in four years.
"I've never raced in a home meet here," said fourth-year track team member Shane Coulter. The senior is looking forward to competing before a home crowd on the school's new all-weather track. "It's going to be fun. Normally we only have three or four parents show up at our away meets."
"I love it," said Spain Monson.
Jenny Bordi, who spent three seasons practicing on the old track, is "really happy" to be training on a better facility.
"This is a good way to start off my first year in track," said senior Pat Clemo.
The coaches and athletes hope plenty of fans fill the stands. "I'm hoping we'll recapture the excitement and crowds we had in the past," Hertel said. "We've got to remind people we have this other great sport going on here."
"Come watch," urged sophomore Catherine GrosJacques.
Since Wolverines' fans have seen only two meets in six years, the coaches wonder who will show for today's competition. Tami (Mason) Hayes, who sprinted for the Wolverines' state-champion team in the late 1980s, doesn't need to be encouraged to watch track and field events, though. Hayes, part of a record-setting relay team, will be blasting her support for all to hear: She'll be firing the starting gun at today's meet.
Fans will see plenty of action at this year's three home high school meets: Forty students -- 28 boys and 12 girls -- are participating. Just a few years ago only eight athletes turned out for a team that operated with a minimal support from the school. Hertel and Hunter volunteered their time to help keep the program going.
"Finally, we have two teams who can be competitive and viable (in team standings)," Hertel said.
Competing on a rubber track -- the surface of most tracks -- should help make this year's teams more competitive and healthier than earlier squads who ran on the old cinder track. "It was a road. It wasn't a track," Hertel said.
Runners have experienced less shin splints and other injuries this year. "The cinder track was always hard to train on," Coulter said.
"The kids really appreciate it," Hertel said.
Bordi and Coulter won't miss the disadvantage of training on cinders. "We always seem to run faster on a rubber track," Coulter said.
The new track also levels the competition at Friday Harbor meets. The cinder track could have soft and uneven sections but the new "surface is the same for everyone," Hertel said.
A rubber-covered track also requires almost no maintenance. That's a big plus to Hertel, who used to spend a full day laying chalks lines for running and field events. Permanent, painted lines on the new track also allow runners to practice with more consistency.
The school also upgraded its track and field equipment in recent years. Hunter said the athletes are working hard on the new track and the new equipment.
"We're ready to go," Coulter said.
Track is finished
Steve Iverson of Atlas Track and Tennis applies the eighth coat on the new track at Friday Harbor High School.
posted 07/25/00
Get out your running shoes. The rubberized track at Friday Harbor High School will be ready for use on Wednesday, July 26.
Atlas Track and Tennis spent a week applying layers of rubber to the chip sealed track. The rubber comes from trimmings from retreads.
The newly installed track means Friday Harbor High School and Middle School track teams can host track meets next season.
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