The goals of the Coupeville High School track team are different than with most squads. Recording personal bests and not team wins are the focus.

Both the Wolves’ boys and girls teams lack the depth to compete in team scoring; the boys team has only 10 members and the girls 15.

One thing they don’t lack is ability.

Sitting No. 1 on the talent chart is junior Makana Stone, one of the state’s top female sprinters.

Stone finished second in the state in the 1A 400 meters last spring and holds the school record for the distance and the 200 meters.

Also back for the girls are sprinters senior Marisa Etzell, junior Sylvia Hurlburt and sophomore Lauren Grove.

Etzell and Hurlburt ran with Stone to set several school relay records over the past two seasons, and the pair reached the finals in last year’s district meet in individual sprints.

Grove joined Stone, Etzell and Hurlburt in placing in the district 4×200 in 2014.

Kirsten Pelroy, who helped Coupeville win the conference title in the 4×400 relay in 2013, returns after taking a year off.

Another returning letter winner for the girls is sophomore Skyler Lawrence, who reached the district finals in the shot put and discus last spring.

Leading the list of seven newcomers to the girls team, according to coach Randy King, is freshman Lauren Bayne, who will run the hurdles and distance races.

Junior lettermen sprinters Lathom Kelley and Jared Helmstadter return for the Coupeville boys.

Both placed in the 4×100 and 4×400 relays in last spring’s district meet.

“Lathom is stronger and faster this year,” King said.

Also back are junior Dalton Martin and sophomores Mitchell Carroll and Connor Thompson.

Martin placed in the discus at district and is already throwing in the 130s this spring, King said.

Thompson and Carroll placed in the jumps at last year’s district meet.

“Everyone knows their marks from last year,” King said, “and they want to improve.

“I expect the kids to compete in the top level of our league.”

He also believes several will challenge for state berths.

“I expect Makana to compete at state. Maybe Dalton, same with Lathom, maybe Jared and Sylvia, maybe others. We will have to see how it all shakes out.”

King said the nonleague schedule, which includes invitational meets at Port Angeles, Cashmere and Bellevue Christian, should let the Wolves know where they stand among the state’s best.

Coupeville will compete in the Oak Harbor jamboree at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19, and then two days later travel to the Port Angeles Invitational, which begins at 11 a.m.