Coupeville’s Lindsey Roberts (left) is guaranteed three medals Saturday at the 1A state track meet, giving her eight for her career, most by a female athlete in school history. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Hear the Wolves howl.
Coupeville High School’s track and field team delivered a strong performance Friday at the 1A state championships in Cheney, setting up a Saturday full of medals.
The Wolves vied in six prelims and two finals on the first full day of competition, and qualified everyone involved in the prelims for Saturday’s finals.
Senior Danny Conlisk led the way, winning his heats in both the 200 and 400, giving him a clean sweep of his events after he won his heat in the 100 Thursday.
In the 400, he bested his PR, hitting 49.65 seconds, .05 faster than his career-best, and dangerously close to the school record of 49.33, set in 2006 by Jon Chittim.
Joining Conlisk in punching tickets for the finals were Jean Lund-Olsen in the 200 (he was already qualified in the 100), Mallory Kortuem in the 400, Lindsey Roberts in the 100 hurdles, and the girls 4 x 100 and 4 x 200 relay teams.
Being in the finals in running events guarantees you a medal, which means Roberts will officially become the most-honored female track star in CHS history.
She entered her fourth, and final, state meet with five medals to her credit.
That tied her with Yashmeen Knox, and she sat one off of Natasha Bamberger, and two back of Makana Stone.
When Roberts accepts medals in the hurdles and the two relays Saturday (with an eye on nabbing her first state title), she’ll finish with eight medals.
That will leave her third all-time behind just Tyler and Kyle King, who won 11 and 10, respectively.
Conlisk will jump from three to six, making him just the eighth Wolf to reach that total.
Kortuem is also guaranteed three medals Saturday, lifting her to four total, while fellow juniors Lund-Olsen and Maya Toomey-Stout will cop two apiece, giving them three career medals.
Sisters Ja’Kenya and Ja’Tarya Hoskins will win their first medals (each sibling is a part of a different relay unit), while Emma Smith, Sean Toomey-Stout, and Ryan Labrador are in contention for medals Saturday, but have no guarantee since their field events have fields of 16 competitors.
One way or another, Coupeville competes in 10 finals Saturday, with medals guaranteed in seven events.
Smith (shot put) and Maya Toomey-Stout (long jump) were the only Wolves to compete in finals Friday, but both missed out on medals.
“The Gazelle” came close, however, finishing just a half-inch out of 8th place in her jumping event.
Complete Friday results:
GIRLS:
400 (Prelims) — Mallory Kortuem (2nd) 59.28
100 Hurdles (Prelims) — Lindsey Roberts (2nd) 15.75
4 x 100 Relay (Prelims) — Maya Toomey-Stout, Ja’Tarya Hoskins, Kortuem, Roberts (7th) 51.30
4 x 200 Relay (Prelims) — Roberts, Ja’Kenya Hoskins, Kortuem, M. Toomey-Stout (4th) 1:47.59
Shot Put (Finals) — Emma Smith (12th) 33-00
Long Jump (Finals) — M. Toomey-Stout (10th) 16-02
BOYS:
200 (Prelims) — Danny Conlisk (1st) 22.75; Jean Lund-Olsen (5th) 23.02
400 (Prelims) — Conlisk (1st) 49.65 *PR*
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