Coupeville cross country names trio of junior captains for fall season
Elizabeth Bitting tapped Devon Wyman, Mikayla Wagner and Beckett Green to lead Coupeville cross country, a junior trio with five state-meet trips between them.
Coupeville cross country will open its fall season with a captain group that already knows what championship-level preparation looks like. Coach Elizabeth Bitting selected Devon Wyman, Mikayla Wagner and Beckett Green to lead the harriers, and all three will be juniors when the 2026-27 school year begins.
The choice gives Coupeville a leadership core built on experience rather than just age. Between them, Wyman, Wagner and Green have made five trips to the state meet, a résumé that suggests they understand the daily discipline behind a strong season, from staying healthy and handling pressure to racing with purpose when the stakes rise.
That matters for a program that has spent years building depth and identity in Island County. Coupeville’s revived cross country team sent 12 Wolves to the state meet in Pasco, a sign that the program’s competitive base is wider than it was a few seasons ago. Earlier, after the program returned from a two-decade layoff in 2017, Bitting was already working with a roster that had grown to 24 runners, underscoring how much the team has depended on continuity and leadership to keep moving forward.
The captains will also be expected to fill the quieter gaps that shape a season before the first meet ever arrives. In a smaller program, that means setting the tone in warmups, reinforcing pacing and accountability, and showing younger runners how to carry themselves through the long middle stretch of a cross country schedule. Wyman and Wagner have already been visible parts of that culture, appearing at the team’s end-of-season awards banquet in November 2025, while Green adds another experienced voice to a junior class that can still grow into bigger roles over the next two years.
The timing fits a district that is already moving from one school year to the next. Coupeville High School marked graduation for the Class of 2026 on June 6, and the Coupeville School District calendar lists a school board workshop for June 11 and a regular board meeting for June 25. Against that backdrop, the captain announcement gives Coupeville cross country an early framework for the fall, one that aligns with the district’s stated aim of using athletics to build teamwork, leadership and perseverance.
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