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Runnin’ (fast) in the rain!!

Posted in Cross Country, tagged CHS Wolves, cross country, Danny Conlisk, Henry Wynn, Sehome Invitational on September 9, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Wolf harriers Henry Wynn (left) and Danny Conlisk braved the rain at Saturday’s Sehome Invitational. (Dawnelle Conlisk photo)

The return of rain didn’t scare away the runners.

Bellingham’s Civic Stadium was flooded with nearly a thousand harriers Saturday, as the Sehome Invitational played out across nine races.

Somewhere there, in the mass of humanity, were two Wolves, as Danny Conlisk and Henry Wynn continued to pursue their sport as a small, but resilient team.

The meet was broken down by grades, with competitors running against athletes their own age.

Conlisk covered the 3,200 meter course in 11 minutes, 27 seconds, claiming 27th out of 112 runners in the boys juniors race.

Wynn, running as a senior, clocked in at 11:52, finishing 39th in a field of 83 runners in his heat.

The duo train and travel with South Whidbey, since Coupeville High School doesn’t have an active cross country program.

They’ll be back in action next Saturday, Sept. 16, when they should be joined by freshman Sam Wynn, who is catching up on practices.

Their destination? A short jaunt down South to Langley, their home away from home, for the 39th annual Carl Westling South Whidbey Invitational.

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Lone Wolf laps the pack!!

Posted in Cross Country, tagged CHS Wolves, cross country, Danny Conlisk, lone wolf, season opener on September 6, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Danny Conlisk, seen here at a Ragnar event, opened the high school cross country season Wednesday. (Dawnelle Conlisk photos)

A splash of red against a sea of blue as Conlisk runs with his South Whidbey training mates.

Where in the world is Danny Conlisk?

The Lone Wolf came to run.

Kicking off a new cross country season by himself, Coupeville High School junior Danny Conlisk finished 18th out of 92 runners Wednesday at The River Meadows Run in Arlington.

He covered the 3,000 meter course in 11 minutes, 2.78 seconds.

That was a PR, though, to be completely honest, it’s partially because every cross country event Conlisk ran in as a sophomore was a 5,000 meter race.

Grant Van Valkenburg of Cedarcrest hit the tape first in 9:44.27.

With five of the first 10 finishers, the 2A Red Wolves strolled to the boys team title, with host Granite Falls a distant second.

The River Meadows Run featured all seven schools from the 1A/2A Cascade Conference, and one guy in a red and black uniform repping the 1A Olympic League.

That was Conlisk, who trains and travels with South Whidbey, but competes as a Wolf, since Coupeville doesn’t have its own active cross country program.

CHS is sending three runners South this year, up from two last season, but Wolf senior Henry Wynn and freshman Sam Wynn didn’t have enough practices to be eligible for the season’s first meet.

The next stop on the schedule for the Coupeville trio is the 32-team Sehome Invitational this Saturday, Sept. 9.

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CHS harriers blaze a trail!!

Posted in Cross Country, tagged CHS Wolves, cross country, Danny Conlisk, Henry Wynn, Sam Wynn, South Whidbey on August 21, 2017| Leave a Comment »

CHS junior Danny Conlisk is one of three Wolf cross country runners who will train and travel with South Whidbey this fall. (Dawnelle Conlisk photo)

The trail is long and winding, and they have many miles to go.

For a second straight season, Coupeville High School will be back in the cross country game — but without a team based out of its own campus.

The Wolves will send senior Henry Wynn, junior Danny Conlisk and freshman Sam Wynn down the Island to train and travel with South Whidbey.

The trio will wear CHS uniforms during meets and split from the Falcons for postseason events.

It’s a compromise for now, but there is a substantial push to revive Coupeville’s own cross country program, which has a rich history, including state champions Natasha Bamberger (1985) and Tyler King (2010).

While nothing is set in stone, there have been indications CHS could restart its own harrier program in 2018, in time for Conlisk’s senior season.

He and Henry Wynn are back for a second season of competing as mercenaries, while Sam Wynn will make his high school debut this season.

Henry Wynn competed in six events last season, topping off his campaign with a PR in the Olympic League Championships and a 26th place finish at districts.

Conlisk, who was bothered by injuries, ran in four events during the 2016 season, and his time of 18 minutes and 36 seconds at the 5,000 meter Nike Twilight Invitational was the best by a Wolf runner.

If the CHS trio compete at every event South Whidbey is scheduled to be at, including a late September trip to a meet in Montana, they would be on target to run in as many as 11 meets this season.

The cross country schedule:

Wed-Sept. 6 @ River Meadows Run (Arlington)
Sat-Sept. 9 @ Sehome Invitational
Sat-Sept. 16 @ Carl Westling Invitational (South Whidbey)
Sat-Sept. 23 @ Bellevue Cross Country Invitational
Sat-Sept. 30 @ Mountain West Classic (Montana)
Thur-Oct. 5 @ Cascade Conference meet (South Whidbey)
Sat-Oct. 7 @ Nike Hole in the Wall XC Invitational (Lakewood)
Thur-Oct. 12 @ Cascade Conference Meet (Shoreline)
Thur-Oct. 19 @ Olympic League Championships (Sequim)
Sat-Oct. 28 @ Districts (University Place)
Sat-Nov. 4 @ 1A State Meet (Pasco)

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It’s the runners life for me!!

Posted in Running, tagged CHS Wolves, Danny Conlisk, Jacob Smith, Lauren Bayne, Lucy Sandahl, Ragnar, running on August 18, 2017| 1 Comment »

CHS runners (l to r) Danny Conlisk, Lauren Bayne, Jacob Smith and Lucy Sandahl get ready for Ragnar. (Photos courtesy Deb Smith)

Smith conserves his energy, pre-run.

The team banner flies proudly.

Bayne shows her selfie stick game is strong.

Sandahl dreams of PRs.

A rare moment to sit down.

Conlisk (sporting green shoes) moves through the pack.

It’s the ferry life for them.

Running season never ends.

Somewhere, right now, there’s a Ragnar event going on, of that I’m sure.

The distance relay events, which draw a wide range of runners, spring up every time you turn around.

Generally the way you notice is when you hear the Viking horns outside your bedroom window at 6 AM on a Saturday … but I digress.

Packs of Coupeville runners are off at Crystal Mountain Ski Resort Friday and Saturday for the Ragnar Trail-Rainier event.

One such team, featuring CHS runners Lauren Bayne, Jacob Smith, Lucy Sandahl, Abby Parker and Danny Conlisk as well as CMS coach Bob Martin and Wolf mom Deb Smith, is seen in the photos above.

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Fleet feet can’t be beat!!

Posted in Track, tagged CHS Wolves, Danny Conlisk, districts, Jacob Smith, state-bound, track and field on May 20, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Wolf junior Mckenzie Meyer competed in three events Saturday at the district meet. (John Fisken photo)

Do you know the way to Cheney? Longtime CHS track guru Randy King certainly does, and he’ll be taking 10 Wolves with him this year. (Deb Smith photo)

Speed demons Maya and Cameron Toomey-Stout, in the brief moment when they’re moving slow enough to be captured on film. (Beth Stout photo)

Gentlemen, you’re on your way.

Tickets for a trip next weekend to Cheney (and the state 1A track and field meet therein) were punched left and right Saturday by Coupeville High School male athletes.

The Wolf boys won four of the six events they competed in at day two of the West Central District III meet in Renton, while advancing competitors in five events.

Jacob Smith and Danny Conlisk paced the Wolf attack, winning the 200 and 800, respectively.

Dropping his time by .08 of a second, Smith broke his own school record in his race.

The duo then teamed up with Mitchell Carroll and Henry Wynn to roar to victory in the day’s final event, the 4 x 400.

Toss in a huge win in the high jump for Ariah Bepler and a second-place showing in the long jump from Carroll, and the Coupeville boys were sizzlin’ Saturday.

Using quality over quantity, the Wolf boys finished fourth in the team standings. Bellevue Christian won the nine-team battle.

On the girls side, the high point of the day came from freshman Maya Toomey-Stout, who finished third in the 200 to qualify for state in a fourth event.

She was already going in the 100 and as a member of the 4 x 100 and 4 x 200 relay units.

The Wolf girls finished third as a team, just four points (109-105) off of second-place Bellevue Christian.

Charles Wright Academy finished atop the heap with 134 points.

Coupeville will send 10 athletes to the state meet May 26-27, and they are scheduled to compete in 14 events.

Four Wolves will vie in three events apiece in Cheney, while Toomey-Stout leads the pack, having qualified in four.

State-bound this year are:

Lauren Bayne (High Jump)
Ariah Bepler (High Jump)
Mitchell Carroll (Triple Jump, Long Jump, 4 x 4)
Danny Conlisk (400, 800, 4 x 4)
Lauren Grove (4 x 1, 4 x 2)
Mallory Kortuem (4 x 1, 4 x 2)
Lindsey Roberts (100 Hurdles, 4 x 1, 4 x 2)
Jacob Smith (100, 200, 4 x 4)
Maya Toomey-Stout (100, 200, 4 x 1, 4 x 2)
Henry Wynn (4 x 4)

It’s the first trip to state for Bepler, Bayne, Kortuem and Toomey-Stout.

Of the six going back to state, Grove is making her third and final trip, while it’s the second trip for the other five.

Roberts became the first Coupeville girl in 116 years to win three medals at the same state track meet as a freshman last year (beating Makana Stone to the record by a half hour).

She finished with a 3rd (4 x 200), 4th (100 Hurdles) and 6th (4 x 100).

Grove also has three medals, stretched over two years. She joined Roberts on those relay teams last year, and also ran a leg for a 4 x 200 team that finished third her sophomore year.

In his first go-round last year, as a sophomore, Smith claimed a 4th place medal in the 200.

The other three state returnees — Carroll, Conlisk, and Wynn — are seeking their first medals.

Districts (Day 2) results:

Girls:

200 — Maya Toomey-Stout (3rd) 26.76 *PR*; Lauren Grove (4th) 27.27

800 — Lucy Sandahl (5th) 2:38.48 *PR*; Mallory Kortuem (6th) 2:39.09

300 Hurdles — Mckenzie Meyer (7th) 54.34; Allison Wenzel (8th) 1:01.10

4 x 400 Relay — Natalie Hollrigel, Ashlie Shank, Meyer, Sandahl (5th) 4:46.30

Discus — Wenzel (4th) 84-00 *PR*; Skyler Lawrence (6th) 80-02; Alexxis Otto (7th) 80-01

Javelin — Lauren Bayne (4th) 92-11; Naika Hallam (7th) 87-02

Pole Vault — Meyer (4th) 6-06

Triple Jump — Aurora Zanardi (6th) 30-10.50 *PR*