Coupeville Sports

   Danny Conlisk will fly in the 400, 800 and 4 x 400 relay at districts May 19-20. (John Fisken photos)

   Naika Hallam is ready to chuck the javelin, after winning the event at sub-districts.

We’ll need the big bus.

Coupeville High School will send 23 athletes to the West Central District 3 Track and Field Championships May 19-20, the last stop before the state meet.

Of those 15 girls and eight boys, 13 are slated to participate in more than one event.

Leading the way are freshman Maya Toomey-Stout, sophomore Lindsey Roberts, junior Jacob Smith and senior Mitchell Carroll, who all qualified in two individual events and on two relay teams.

The Wolves didn’t know the final lineup for sure until the Nisqually League wrapped up its league championship meet Saturday afternoon.

The top three finishers at the Olympic League’s Sub-District meet were guaranteed berths, but anyone who finished #4 had to wait a week to see how their times or distances compared to the #5 finisher out of the Nisqually.

Of the 12 Coupeville entries which finished fourth at sub-districts, seven will advance.

From the five which didn’t make it, the two which sting the most are Lucy Sandahl in the 1600 and Jacob Martin in the long jump.

Sandahl, a freshman, ran a 5:56.31, but the Nisqually #5 — Erica Julian of Charles Wright Academy — nipped her by .47 of a second, finishing in 5:55.84.

Martin’s failure to advance reflects the cold cruelty of postseason action, where it becomes “What have you done for me lately?”

The CHS senior opened the season with a jump of 20 feet, seven inches, which still stands as the ninth-best performance in 1A this season.

But he only sailed 18-06.75 at sub-districts, his season-low, to finish #4, while the Nisqually #5 — Tyquan Coleman of Cascade Christian — PR’d at 18-08.

So yep, thanks to the quirks of postseason qualifying, even though Martin’s PR is nearly two feet longer than Coleman’s, the lesser jumper advances.

Coupeville’s district meet qualifiers: 

Girls:

100 — Maya Toomey-Stout

200 — M. Toomey-Stout; Lauren Grove

800 — Mallory Kortuem

100 Hurdles — Lindsey Roberts

300 Hurdles — Mckenzie Meyer; Allison Wenzel

4 x 100 Relay — Grove, Kortuem, M. Toomey-Stout, Roberts

4 x 200 Relay — Grove, Kortuem, M. Toomey-Stout, Roberts

4 x 400 Relay — Lucy Sandahl, Natalie Hollrigel, Ashlie Shank, Meyer

Shot put — Skyler Lawrence; Alexxis Otto

Discus — Lawrence; Wenzel; Otto

Javelin — Naika Hallam; Lauren Bayne

High Jump — Bayne; Cassidy Moody

Pole Vault — Meyer

Long Jump — Roberts

Triple Jump — Aurora Zanardi

Boys:

100 — Jacob Smith

200 — Smith

400 — Danny Conlisk

800 — Conlisk

4 x 100 Relay — Smith, Mitchell Carroll, Cameron Toomey-Stout, Jacob Martin

4 x 400 Relay — Henry Wynn, Smith, Carroll, Conlisk

Shot Put — Chris Battaglia

Discus — Battaglia

Javelin — Martin

High Jump — Ariah Bepler; Battaglia

Long Jump — Carroll; C. Toomey-Stout

Triple Jump — Carroll