Coupeville Sports

   Danny Conlisk stays a step ahead Saturday as he eyes the finish line. (Dawnelle Conlisk photos)

   Conlisk and fellow Wolf Henry Wynn (far right) hang out with their traveling companions from Langley.

Saturdays are for PRs.

Running in the second cross country race of their prep careers, Coupeville High School harriers Henry Wynn and Danny Conslisk both shaved considerable time off their best efforts.

The duo, who train and travel with South Whidbey, but compete as Wolves, were running at the mega-huge Bellevue Cross Country Invitational in Sammamish.

On a day when seven separate boys races were run, Coupeville’s fleet-footed pair were entered in the JV race.

Wynn finished 63rd in a field of 214 runners, covering the 5,000 meter course in 19 minutes, 5.30 seconds.

That was a full 1:12 better than his previous best for the CHS junior.

His running mate, a sophomore, crossed the line in 19:48 flat, claiming 101st.

That was a crisp 31 seconds better than Conlisk’s first race.

Both Wolves can also say, thanks to a quirk, that they have now beaten Tyler King in a cross country race.

Now, to be honest, it’s not the guy with that name who won a state 1A cross country title in 2010 while capping his remarkable career at Coupeville.

Instead, it’s a South Whidbey freshman who bears the same moniker and was 207th on this day.

The five Falcons who joined Wynn and Conlisk in Bellevue finished 80th (Michael Cepowski), 105th (Andrew Curtis), 201st (Ethan Petty), 207th (King) and 211th (Joe Davies).