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*
Boys:
200 — Jacob Smith (1st) 22.51 *PR *SCHOOL RECORD**
800 — Danny Conlisk (1st) 2:07.02
4 x 400 Relay — Henry Wynn, Smith, Mitchell Carroll, Conlisk (1st) 3:33.24
Shot Put — Chris Battaglia (8th) 37-04.25 *PR*
High Jump — Ariah Bepler (1st) 5-10 *PR*; Battaglia (5th) 5-04
Long Jump — Carroll (2nd) 20-02.50 *PR*; Cameron Toomey-Stout (6th) 19-03.00
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