After intensive work with the best throwing coach in the biz (that would be the shortie wearing the ribbon), Coupeville senior Emma Smith smashed her PR in the discus Thursday at districts. (Konni Smith photo)
Two Coupeville High School track records fell Thursday, while another one came dangerously close to finally being cracked after 33 years.
Toss in three titles and nine PR’s, and day one of the district meet was a roaring success for the Wolves.
Competing under the scorching sun at Lynden Christian High School, CHS senior Danny Conlisk and junior Maya Toomey-Stout both shattered school records in the 100.
Toomey-Stout, living up to her nickname of “The Gazelle,” got historical, running a 12.84 in her race.
Coupeville’s previous best was 12.89, set by legendary Wolf track star Janiece Jenkins back in 2005.
Conlisk was also on fire under the burning sun, winning the 100 and 400, plus running a leg on a triumphant 4 x 100 relay squad.
That unit, which included Tiger Johnson, Sean Toomey-Stout, and Jean Lund-Olsen, overcame a bad hand-off to blitz the field in 44.16 seconds, missing a school mark set in 1986 by just 0.02.
While they couldn’t get that mark (yet), BOTH Conlisk and Lund-Olsen took down Jacob Smith’s year-old school record in the 100.
Before graduating last year, Smith ran 11.12 in the event, erasing a mark which had stood since ’87.
This time around, Conlisk, a senior, out-leaned Lund-Olsen, a junior, nipping his running mate by the narrowest of margins at 11.04 to 11.06.
Both Wolves are assured of advancing to next week’s bi-district meet, the last stop before state, as the top four at districts move forward.
Though any CHS athletes outside the top four don’t need to despair just yet.
District 2, which is just the Emerald City League, gets three automatic qualifiers, which when added to the four from District 1 (Coupeville’s North Sound Conference and the Northwest League), gets us up to seven.
Every event at bi-districts, held May 16 and 18 at Coupeville, will go 16 deep, however, so entries 9-16 will be pulled from the best remaining performances from the two district meets.
The Wolves return to Lynden Saturday to wrap up districts, first, though, with most of the throwing events, a ton of relays, and an assortment of running races still to be determined.
At the mid-point, the Meridian boys and King’s girls are atop the team standings.
Coupeville sits 3rd and 4th, respectively, in the 10-team royal rumble, with the boys just 17 points off Meridan and the girls 26.5 points back of King’s.
Complete Thursday results:
GIRLS:
100 — Maya Toomey-Stout (3rd) 12.84 *PR* *SCHOOL RECORD*; Ja’Kenya Hoskins (6th) 13.73 *PR*
400 — Mallory Kortuem (3rd) 1:01.78
1600 — Lucy Sandahl (15th) 6:11.87
100 Hurdles — Lindsey Roberts (2nd) 15.50; Ja’Tarya Hoskins (6th) 17.93 *PR*
4 x 100 Relay — M. Toomey-Stout, Ja’Tarya Hoskins, Kortuem, Roberts (2nd) 50.99
Discus — Emma Smith (5th) 93-01 *PR*
Pole Vault — Kortuem (4th) 8-06
BOYS:
100 — Danny Conlisk (1st) 11.04 *PR* *SCHOOL RECORD*; Jean Lund-Olsen (2nd) 11.06 *PR*; Sean Toomey-Stout (3rd) 11.48 *PR*
400 — Conlisk (1st) 51.18
110 Hurdles — Jakobi Baumann (8th) 18.14 *PR*
4 x 100 Relay — Conlisk, Tiger Johnson, S. Toomey-Stout, Lund-Olsen (1st) 44.16
Shot Put — Ryan Labrador (5th) 42-04.50; Keahi Sorrows (15th) 31-10
Javelin — Lucious Halstead (17th) 102-06
High Jump — Koa Davison (4th) 5-08
Long Jump — S. Toomey-Stout (2nd) 20-09.50 *PR*
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