Coupeville’s Danny Conlisk ran a season-best Thursday, claiming a top 10 finish at a cross country meet in Langley. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Small in numbers, but big in results.
Four of Coupeville High School’s six active cross country runners set PR’s Thursday in Langley, with two claiming especially impressive finishes.
Running at a six-team North Sound Conference meet at South Whidbey High School, Wolf senior Danny Conlisk and freshman Alana Mihill both cracked the top 10.
Mihill, who was running solo with Catherine Lhamon off the Island for the day, set a PR, while Conlisk nailed a season-best covering the 5,000 meter course.
Fellow Wolves TJ Rickner, Uriah Kastner and Chris Ruck also set personal records.
“It was a great race and day,” said Coupeville coach Natasha Bamberger.
“Danny was with the top four runners from South Whidbey throughout most of the race and had an amazing finish,” she added. “Alana a great surprise; took off after the front pack, stayed in contact, pulling herself up.
“Many coaches from other teams cheering her, the lonely Wolf girl out there today.”
Bamberger also praised senior Uriah Kastner, who was a “workhorse, passing runners on the toughest hill sections.”
Coupeville, which has its first in-school cross country program after a two-decade break, gets a chance Saturday to run with the big boys (and girls).
The Wolves are off to Lakewood High, where they’ll be joined by the Coupeville Middle School harriers, for the Nike Hole in the Wall Invitational.
That event is expected to draw in as many as 5,300 runners across 13 races.
“It will be a great day for the team,” Bamberger said. “What a stacked season of huge invitationals.
“These kids are not getting a cushy start. They are having to work for everything they get.”
Complete Thursday results:
GIRLS:
Alana Mihill (10th) 24:48.62 *PR*
BOYS:
Danny Conlisk (10th) 18:58.23
TJ Rickner (47th) 23:19.30 *PR*
Uriah Kastner (49th) 23:26.35 *PR*
Chris Ruck (61st) 25:23.04 *PR*
Kyle Burnett (63rd) 25:30.85
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