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Wynn right in stride!!

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , , on October 13, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Henry Wynn (John Fisken photo)

   Henry Wynn (783), seen here in an earlier race, finished 23rd Thursday at the final regular-season cross country meet. (John Fisken photo)

Henry Wynn was truly the Lone Wolf Thursday.

With Coupeville High School running buddy Danny Conlisk sidelined with a hurting Achilles tendon, Wynn wrapped up cross country’s regular season with a 23rd-place finish at a four-team meet in Shoreline.

He motored across the line in 14 minutes, 50.16 seconds, while Cedarcrest junior Ben Benson won the King’s Roller Coaster Trail Run in 13:01.78.

There were 53 runners in the 2.4 mile boys race and 26 in the girls race, with Cedarcrest winning both team titles.

Wynn and Conlisk have been training and traveling with South Whidbey, since CHS doesn’t have an active cross country program.

The duo split from the Falcons now, though, and head to Sequim Oct. 20 for the Olympic League Championships.

While there, they’ll compete with runners from 1A schools Chimacum, Port Townsend and Klahowya, as well as the league’s eight 2A schools.

After that comes districts Oct. 29 and (if they qualify) state Nov. 5.

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Run, learn, repeat!!

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on October 6, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Henry Wynn (right), seen here in an earlier meet, finished 30th Thursday at a cross country meet which drew 99 runners. (John Fisken photo)

   Henry Wynn (right) finished 30th Thursday at a cross country meet which drew 99 runners. (John Fisken photo)

Every day is a learning experience.

As Coupeville High School runners Henry Wynn and Danny Conlisk wade through their first cross country season, each meet is unique.

Thursday, the two Wolves found themselves in Langley for a Cascade Conference meet which drew 147 runners (99 on the boys side).

Despite having put in a hard leg work out in PE shortly before running (and Conlisk’s shoelace coming untied mid-race), the duo acquitted themselves quite nicely.

Wynn finished 30th in 19 minutes, 15.18 seconds, while Conslisk was half a step back in 31st (19:15.76).

Ian Fay, a senior from 2A Cedarcrest, won the race in 16:43.60, beating the field by nearly 30 seconds.

Wynn, a junior, and Conlisk, a sophomore, train and travel with South Whidbey, as Coupeville doesn’t have its own cross country program.

They have one regular-season meet left (Oct. 13), then break from the Falcons when the postseason starts.

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Faster and faster!!

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on October 1, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Danny Conlisk (Dawnelle Conlisk photos)

   Danny Conlisk gazes out across the Cedarcrest Golf Course. (Dawnelle Conlisk photos)

Conlisk and family, post race.

Conlisk and family, post race.

Danny Conlisk motors for home at his first high school cross country race. (John Fisken photos)

The heir to Kyle and Tyler King. (John Fisken photo)

Coupeville High School sophomore Danny Conlisk has run in three cross country meets in his short prep career, and he’s dropped time every step of the way.

Saturday, running at the 10th annual Nike Twilight XC Invitational in Marysville, he busted his PR by a full minute and 12 seconds, covering 5,000 meters in 18:35.99.

That put him up in the top half of his race, the varsity boys’ 1B-2A heat, as he claimed 93rd in a field of 198 runners.

The event drew thousands of harriers to the Cedarcrest Golf Course, with 12 different races being run — six each for boys and girls.

Conlisk’s race pitted runners from 1B, 2B, 1A and 2A schools against each other, and he was joined by his training and traveling partners from South Whidbey.

Silas Griffith, a senior from 2A Ridgefield who finished 5th at state last year, won the race in 15:37.14.

Coupeville’s only other runner this season, junior Henry Wynn, skipped the race to be at his dad’s 50th birthday party.

The Wolf duo have two more regular season races (Oct. 6 at South Whidbey and Oct. 13 at King’s), then break away from the Falcons for the postseason.

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Quick and quicker!!

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on September 24, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Danny Conlisk (Dawnelle Conlisk photos)

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

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   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).

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Call of the trail lures Wolves!!

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on September 17, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Danny Conlisk motors for home at his first high school cross country race. (John Fisken photos)

   Danny Conlisk motors for home at his first high school cross country race. (John Fisken photos)

Henry Wynn

Wolf junior Henry Wynn (783) runs with the pack.

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Coupeville’s dynamic duo.

Cross country is back.

While Coupeville High School doesn’t have its own team, two Wolves have picked up the mantle on their own, with hopes of reviving memories of when CHS harriers Tyler King and Natasha Bamberger won state titles.

Wolf sophomore Danny Conlisk and junior Henry Wynn are training and traveling with South Whidbey, though competing under their own banner.

Saturday brought them their first taste of competition, as the duo ran through the rain in Langley at the 34th annual Carl Westling Cross Country Invitational.

Competing in a field of 97 varsity runners from 2A, 1A, 2B and 1B schools, Wynn finished 70th in 20 minutes, 18 seconds, while Conlisk was one slot off his pace in 20:20.

Cooper Arons of Overlake won the race in 17:12.87.

The 5000 meter (3.1 miles) race covered a mix of forest trail, grass, gravel and track.

36 teams showed up for the event, with runners divided into four races — JV over 22 minutes, JV under 22 minutes, small school varsity and big school (3A/4A) varsity.

South Whidbey has four other meets left on its regular season schedule, and then Conlisk and Wynn will split with the Falcons once the postseason begins.

The Wolf duo will begin their possibly journey to state with an appearance at the Olympic League Championships Oct. 20.

 

To see more photos (purchases fund college scholarships for CHS student/athletes), pop over to:

http://www.johnsphotos.net/Sports/XC-20160917-Coupeville-at-West/

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