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End of the trail for Wynn!!

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on October 29, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Henry Wynn (John Fisken photo)

Henry Wynn (783) tears up the turf at an early-season meet. (John Fisken photo)

He had a nice run.

Coupeville High School junior Henry Wynn capped his first season as a cross country runner Saturday, finishing 26th at the Westside Classic in Tacoma.

The event, run at the American Lake Veterans Golf Course, was the final step before the state meet.

Only one team and the top seven harriers from other teams punched their ticket, leaving Wynn on the outside looking in.

Charles Wright Academy edged Port Townsend for the team title, while Jared Donnel of Bellevue Christian won the individual crown.

Wynn, who was one of just two Wolves running this season, covered the 5,000 meter course in 20:00.1, finishing ahead of 18 rival runners.

Coupeville doesn’t have an active cross country program, so Wynn and sophomore Danny Conlisk trained and traveled with South Whidbey this year, then split with the Falcons once the postseason started.

Conlisk, who has been battling an Achilles tendon injury, wasn’t able to run Saturday, but both Wolves are expected to return next season.

Pick up enough interest from other runners and there’s even an outside chance CHS could be inspired to restart its program, which has a distinguished history including two individual state champs in Nastasha Bamberger (1985) and Tyler King (2010).

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Wolf harriers kick off postseason run!!

Posted in Cross Country, tagged , , , , on October 20, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Henry Wynn (Dawnelle Conlisk photo)

   Coupeville High School junior Henry Wynn ran Thursday at the Olympic League Cross Country Championships in Sequim. (Dawnelle Conlisk photo)

The Wolves are on their own journey now.

After training and traveling with South Whidbey this season, Coupeville High School harriers Danny Conlisk and Henry Wynn have parted ways with the Falcons.

After competing against Cascade Conference runners until now, the two-man Wolf team introduced themselves to a new batch of foes Thursday at the Olympic League Cross Country Championships in Sequim.

Unfortunately, only one of the two Wolves made it through warm-ups.

Conlisk, who has been bothered by an Achilles tendon injury, was scratched and brought his sophomore campaign to an end.

Wynn, a junior, covered the 5,000 meter course at The Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course in 18 minutes, 47.47 seconds, finishing 35th in a field of 63 runners.

Andrew Simon of 2A Kingston won the race in 16:12.77 while Port Townsend’s Brennan LaBrie (9th in 17:34.26) was the top 1A male finisher.

All 11 Olympic League schools (seven 2A teams and Coupeville’s fellow 1A rivals Chimacum, Klahowya and Port Townsend) were joined by 1B Clallum Bay.

Wynn returns to action Oct. 29 when he runs at the district meet in Tacoma.

In that race, he will face off only with 1A runners, with the top team and the seven best individual finishers not on the championship team advancing to state.

CHS, while having a proud, award-heavy cross country tradition — including state champs in Natasha Bamberger (1985) and Tyler King (2010) — doesn’t currently have an active harrier program of its own.

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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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