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Conlisk cruises through summer track season

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on June 22, 2019| Leave a Comment »

The weather is nicer, and the races are shorter now for Danny Conlisk. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Two finals down, two to go.

Coupeville grad Danny Conlisk stormed through the Saturday session of the three-day USATF Pacific Northwest Association Junior Olympic Championships, picking up two top-five finishes.

Running at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma, Conlisk, who is competing with the Kitsap Fliers this summer, finished 2nd in the 400, and he and his teammates claimed 5th in the 4 x 100.

He zipped across the line in 50.52 seconds in his individual event.

The Fliers relay squad struggled in the early legs, but got a big surge down the backstretch from their Coupeville ace and finished in 44.76.

Conlisk competes in two more finals Sunday, when he’ll run in the 200 and the 4 x 400 relay.

After that, he returns to action June 29 at the 5th annual Kitsap Fliers Invitational.

Conlisk is also scheduled to appear at the USATF Region 13 Junior Olympic Championships July 4-7 and the Pacific Coast Championship Games July 13-14.

After wrapping up the summer track season, the two-time state champion is off to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, where he’ll run for the NCAA D-II school on scholarship.

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Conlisk right in stride

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on June 21, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Danny Conlisk graduated from CHS, but he’s still tearing up the track oval. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

They threw weather at him, and a packed field, and yet he endured.

Coupeville’s Danny Conlisk stared down cold, windy conditions and a group of 31 other runners Friday, winning his prelim heat in the 200 at the USATF Pacific Northwest Association Junior Olympic Championships.

The two-time state champ, who is running for the Kitsap Fliers this spring and summer, hit the tape in 22.58 seconds at Mount Tahoma High School in Tacoma.

That was the best showing in heat #5, and seeds him #3 for the finals in the event.

It also qualified Conlisk for the Junior Olympic Regionals, which go down July 4-7.

His current meet is a three-day affair, with Conlisk scheduled to run in two finals each of the next two days.

He’ll lace up his running shoes for the 400 and 4 x 100 relay Saturday, then head to the line Sunday in the 200 and 4 x 400.

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Conlisk cruises to more medals

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on June 15, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Coupeville’s Danny Conlisk (right) and Klahowya’s Dylan Jackson, competitors in high school, now teammates on a summer running team. (Dawnelle Conlisk photos)

Conlisk and Co. seek out some shade after running all day in the Tacoma heat.

At this rate, he might need a bigger trophy case.

Coupeville’s Danny Conlisk is in that break period between winning state titles as a high school track runner, and competing as a college athlete.

So he’s filling some of his days by running with the Kitsap Fliers program for a second spring/summer, and Saturday he brought home three more medals.

Conlisk was competing at the South Puget Sound Track Festival at Mt. Tahoma High School in Tacoma, which meant leaving Whidbey at the crack of dawn, and coming home in a race with the fading daylight.

While on the oval Saturday, Conlisk zipped to a 1st place finish in the 4 x 100 relay, while adding a pair of 2nds in the 100 and 200.

He finished 1st in his prelims in the 100.

The relay was the cherry on top of the sundae, as Conlisk and three Fliers teammates — a group which had never even practiced together — crossed the line in a smoking hot 44.12 seconds.

The former Wolf ran the anchor leg, and told his mom it went like magic.

“Danny said it was the best hand-off he has ever had,” Dawnelle Conlisk said. “It was so smooth, like butter.”

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Conlisk caps summer running season!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , , on July 27, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Coupeville’s Danny Conlisk (left) and Kitsap Fliers teammate James Dillow wait for their race at the National Junior Olympics in North Carolina. (Dawnelle Conlisk photos)

A brief nap before bringing the speed to the oval.

Conlisk was awarded this for setting a Fliers record in the 400.

Hanging out with mom.

After all the training, all the fundraising, all the cross-country travel, all the dodging of rain and lightning, the big event was over in less than a minute.

Running in Greensboro, North Carolina Friday morning, Coupeville’s Danny Conlisk finished his summer track season by competing in the 400 at the USATF Hershey National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships.

The Wolf senior, a four-time state meet participant at CHS, flew around the oval at Irwin Belk Stadium at North Carolina A&T University in 52.39 seconds.

Conlisk, running for the Kitsap Fliers, was competing in the boys 17-18 division, with 60 other runners from across the country.

There were eight heats in the 400, with the top eight times overall (regardless of where runners placed) advancing to Sunday’s final.

Those eight fleet-footed track stars will receive All-American status.

Derrick Price of New Era Track led the way Friday, burning through the heat and humidity to run a 47.35.

Conlisk, the student rep on the school board, now returns to CHS, where he’ll help the Wolves launch an in-house cross country program after a two-decade absence.

He also has one more track season remaining, where he’ll go for a fourth-straight state meet appearance.

Conlisk finished 2nd in the 400 as a junior, and was the only non-senior in the eight-man 1A finals this spring.

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Fly, Danny, fly!!

Posted in Track, tagged , , , , on July 7, 2018| Leave a Comment »

   Coupeville High School senior Danny Conlisk is North Carolina-bound after qualifying for the Junior Olympics national meet. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

   Conlisk and Fliers teammate James Dillow finished 3rd and 5th in the 400, respectively, both qualifying for nationals. (Dawnelle Conlisk photo)

Not even an injured groin could slow him down.

Battling through a nagging injury, Coupeville High School senior Danny Conlisk ran strongly Saturday at regionals, clinching a trip to the USATF Hershey National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships.

Conlisk, who is running with the Kitsap Fliers this summer, finished third in his top event, the 400, hitting the line in 50.21 seconds while competing in Bend, Oregon.

That was just off his PR of 49.70, which he set in May while finishing second at the 1A state meet.

The top five finishers Saturday punched their tickets to nationals, which are held in Greensboro, North Carolina.

When he’s in the deep South (nationals run July 23-29), Conlisk could also be competing as a member of a Fliers relay team.

He’ll run in the 4 x 400 Sunday afternoon, seeking to punch a second trip to nationals.

With just five teams entered, all the Fliers have to do is run a clean race to advance.

Conlisk was originally entered in two other races at regionals, the 200 and 4 x 800, but opted out to protect his groin.

In a positive sign, the injury didn’t seem to bother him much in the 400.

“He went out in the first 200 softer, noticed he didn’t hurt so he picked it up in the 300 and still didn’t hurt so he did “The Danny” in the final 100,” said mom Dawnelle Conlisk.

Doing “The Danny” is synonymous with flying down the backstretch and shredding the hearts and souls of foes as they fall beneath his final burst of speed.

Sort of his trademark move.

When Conlisk returns to school this fall, he’ll be gunning for a second-straight trip to state as a cross country runner and a fourth-straight trek as a track supernova.

One difference is, after training and traveling with South Whidbey’s harriers in recent years, he will get to be at the forefront of a cross country revival in Coupeville.

The Wolves have restarted their own in-school program after a two-decade absence, with Natasha Bamberger, the most-accomplished runner in CHS history, hired as coach.

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