Coupeville’s Danny Conlisk (left) qualified for the national Junior Olympics in the 400. (Dawnelle Conlisk photo)
His middle name is “Never Quit.”
Despite battling a nasty summer cold, Coupeville track supernova Danny Conlisk roared from behind Saturday to pull off a major gut-check.
Sitting in dead last at the halfway point of his 400 heat at the USATF Region 13 Junior Olympic Championships in Tacoma, he surged big-time down the stretch.
Hitting the line in 50.15 seconds, Conlisk earned 5th place, which qualifies him for nationals.
That meet goes down July 22-28 in Sacramento.
The middle day of the three-day regional event at Mount Tahoma High School was bittersweet for Conlisk and his Kitsap Fliers teammates.
They got off to a great start in the 4 x 100 relay, only to have a bad hand-off on the first exchange disqualify them.
Conlisk, a two-time state champ during his senior season at Coupeville High School, has two more finals Sunday.
He’s scheduled to run in the 200 and 4 x 400 relay, and a top-five finish in either event would punch another ticket to the year’s biggest event.
This is the second-straight season Conlisk has run with the Fliers during the summer, and also the second-straight year he’s qualified for nationals.
Last year, he advanced in the 400.
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