Coupeville junior Lindsey Roberts finished 2nd in the 100 hurdles, capturing the fifth medal of her prep track career. (Dawnelle Conlisk photos)
Jerseys hang waiting for Danny Conlisk and Jacob Smith, who combined to bring home six medals from Cheney.
Allison Wenzel, here throwing the javelin in an earlier meet, smashed her PR in the discus Saturday by almost 10 feet. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)
Ariah Bepler soared to a fifth-place finish in the high jump.
Wolves (l to r) Danny Conlisk, Randy King and Jacob Smith celebrate Coupeville’s smashing success of a weekend. (Dawnelle Conlisk photo)
Tyler King, the most-decorated track athlete in Coupeville High School history, finished 2nd five times at the state meet.
Those runner-up finishes (and two state titles) were part of an 11-medal haul for the guy who would go on to be an All-American on scholarship at the University of Washington.
So, when I say the 2018 Wolves emulated King Saturday, it’s something for them to be proud about.
While none of Coupeville’s athletes were able to win a state title during the 1A state track and field meet in Cheney, they did the next best thing, capturing four second-place medals in one day.
Hauling in medals in six events Saturday, including three runner-up finishes, the Wolf boys roared up the team standings, as well.
By the time the day was done, the current squad had claimed 5th, the best showing since the CHS boys took home 4th in 2008.
Coupeville finished with 34 points, just back of Riverside (36), while King’s (58), Lakeside (50) and Stevenson (48) rounded out the top three.
Island rival South Whidbey finished 12th.
The Wolf girls, who had a lot less bodies in action, claimed 24th, while South Whidbey was 10th and Lakeside claimed the team title.
The few Coupeville girls in action Saturday all made an impact, however.
Allison Wenzel (Discus) and Lauren Bayne (Javelin) both set PR’s, with Wenzel smashing her career mark by nearly 10 feet.
The spotlight was brightest on Lindsey Roberts, though, as she stormed past her arch-rival, Aubry Botkin of Port Townsend, beating the RedHawk for the first time this season.
Roberts finished second, a hair off of Chewelah sophomore Lillian Kirry, while claiming the fifth state meet medal of her career.
Botkin, who entered state ranked #1, had held off Roberts at the league and district meets, and Saturday was the final time the two Olympic League stars will likely face.
Though she’s a junior, Botkin is graduating early and joining the military.
While Roberts came out triumphant in her final duel, the CHS boys were on fire all day.
Senior Jacob Smith became just the second Wolf to ever win four medals at one state track meet, joining Jon Chittim, who did so in 2006.
Smith claimed 2nd in the 100 and 200, then sparked his 4 x 4 relay team to an unexpected 5th place finish.
The Wolves had slipped into the final as the eighth and final entry.
Capping off his incredible run, Smith was also part of a 4 x 1 squad which claimed 7th.
With his furious finale, Smith finished his career with six state meet medals, which ties him for the fourth-most in CHS track history.
The fourth 2nd place finish Saturday came courtesy junior Danny Conlisk.
Gliding through the 400 while looking like he didn’t have a care in the world, the lanky, serene Wolf passed a runner in the final steps, set a PR, but was out-leaned by La Salle speed demon Peterson Bohannon.
The defending state champ in the 400, Bohannon picked up two more state titles in his final year, also out-leaning Smith in the 200.
That race was decided by .05 of a second.
Senior Ariah Bepler capped the day, and the weekend, by finishing 5th in the high jump, the final event concluded in boys action.
He tied his PR of 6-02 and actually finished in a three-way for third, just two inches off the 6-4 that won a state title.
Bepler dropped to fifth based on which of the three at 6-02 had the most misses, but his finish was high enough to clinch Coupeville’s spot in the top five for the team standings.
His performance, which came on the same weekend cousin Payton Aparicio teamed with Sage Renninger to claim 4th at the girls tennis state tourney, just missed giving Ariah family bragging rights.
Dad Mark Bepler finished 4th in the discus in 1986, and will remain the king of the house, at least in terms of state track meet finishes.
All total, Coupeville picked up 14 medals in 2018, with nine athletes claiming at least one.
Smith led the way with four, Conlisk and Sean Toomey-Stout nabbed two apiece, and Cassidy Moody, Henry Wynn, Roberts, Jean Lund-Olsen, Cameron Toomey-Stout and Bepler each collected one.
Complete Saturday results:
GIRLS:
100 Hurdles — Lindsey Roberts (2nd) 15.63
Discus — Allison Wenzel (9th) 106-04 *PR*
Javelin — Lauren Bayne (11th) 109-02 *PR*
BOYS:
100 — Jacob Smith (2nd) 11.64
200 — Smith (2nd) 22.75
400 — Danny Conlisk (2nd) 49.70 *PR*
4 x 100 Relay — Cameron Toomey-Stout, Smith, Sean Toomey-Stout, Jean Lund-Olsen (7th) 45.16
4 x 400 Relay — Smith, Henry Wynn, S. Toomey-Stout, Conlisk (5th) 3:31.00
Shot Put — Ryan Labrador (16th) 36-04.75
High Jump — Ariah Bepler (5th) 6-02
Long Jump — C. Toomey-Stout (14th) 20-00 *PR*; S. Toomey-Stout (15th) 19-06.50
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