Wolves (l to r) Emma Smith, Maya Toomey-Stout, and Lindsey Roberts helped the Coupeville High School girls finish 9th in the team standings at the 1A state track and field championships. (Photos by Dawnelle Conlisk and Konni Smith)
Both Mallory Kortuem and Danny Conlisk broke school records in the 400.
Toomey-Stout and Kortuem celebrate a 3rd place finish in the 4 x 200 relay.
Small numbers, but powerful results.
We’re just here to break all your records.
Conlisk, who won two state titles, Jean Lund-Olsen (center) and Sean Toomey-Stout guided the Wolf boys to 5th in the team standings.
All the work, all the sweat and toil, the drive and determination, the search for something bigger, better, and bolder, paid off Saturday afternoon.
Coupeville High School, one of the smallest 1A schools in all the land, made everyone sit up and take notice at the state track and field championships in Cheney.
By the time the day was done, the Wolves had two state titles — their first since Tyler King won track and cross country championships in 2010 — four new school records, and several handfuls of medals.
Despite only having a fraction of the bodies of many of its competitors, Coupeville claimed 5th in the boys standings and 9th in the girls battle.
Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) and Okanogan won those team trophies, respectively.
It’s the second straight season the Wolf boys have finished 5th in the team standings.
How it broke down for Coupeville’s 10 athletes on the final day of the three-day state meet, with each listed in alphabetic order.
Danny Conlisk:
The senior sprinter closed his prep career with one of the best days ever put together by a Coupeville track star.
After opening with a 2nd place performance in the 100, where he hit the line in 11.25 seconds, Conlisk won state titles in the 200 and 400, shattering school records in both events.
In the 200, he blazed to victory in 21.99 seconds, erasing his own school record of 22.20, which he set earlier this season.
The record Conlisk broke in the 400 has been around a lot longer.
Jon Chittim won a state title in 2006 in a crisp 49.33 seconds, but 13 years later his successor tore to victory in 49.14, finally capturing the last record he had in his sights.
Conlisk will graduate holding school records in the 100, 200, and 400, and he becomes just the ninth Wolf in 100+ years to win a state title.
With two titles at the same state meet, he also joins an even more ultra-exclusive club, one which possibly gives out velvet smoking jackets to its members.
And if not, why not?
Looking at you Randy King. You, and you alone, can make this happen.
With his daily double, Conlisk joins Natasha Bamberger (1600, 3200 in 1984), Chittim (200, 400, 4 x 4 in 2006), Kyle King (3200, 4 x 4 in 2006 and 1600, 3200 in 2007), and Tyler King (1600, 3200 in 2010) as the only Wolves to win multiple titles at the same state championships.
Saturday’s hero has another connection to the other four.
He broke Chittim’s record, the King boys are the son of Conlisk’s track coach, aforementioned living legend Randy King, and Bamberger returned to CHS to coach cross country this year, where her star pupil was … Conlisk.
While the titles are huge, and Conlisk will soon add two new plaques to Coupeville’s Wall of Fame in the gym, Saturday was about more than winning a race or two.
He ran in front of his parents, his grandma, and numerous great and great-great aunts and uncles on his biggest day.
“First time he ran in front of many of them,” said mom Dawnelle Conlisk. “He blew my mind.
“His humble attitude and shaking hands, being in lots of conversations and talking to his competitors. Not to mention multiple two-arm hugs to the lady doing his hand time was really Mama heartwarming.
“Don’t get me wrong, the titles are absolutely amazing, but listening to others talk about what kind of kid you have, not in just his athletic abilities, but deep down, is priceless.”
Ja’Kenya Hoskins:
The only Wolf freshman at state, the little sister in a family chock full of CHS track stars was part of a 3rd place finish in the 4 x 200 relay.
She, Maya Toomey-Stout, Lindsey Roberts, and Mallory Kortuem combined to rip through the event in a toasty 1:46.61.
Ja’Tarya Hoskins:
The Wolf junior claimed her first state meet medal as part of a 4 x 100 relay unit which finished 5th in 50.54 seconds.
Joined by Kortuem, Maya Toomey-Stout, and Roberts, she also broke the school record in the event, which was held … for a hot second by the same foursome after zipping to a 50.57 earlier this season.
Mallory Kortuem:
The Wolf junior joined Conlisk and Lindsey Roberts in winning three medals Saturday, which gives her four for her career.
She was part of the 4 x 1 and 4 x 2 relay teams, but her biggest triumph came in the 400, where she claimed 2nd while nailing a PR of 58.02 seconds.
With that final burst of speed, Kortuem unseated former CHS great Makana Stone from the record board, where she had held the school record of 58.13 since 2014.
Ryan Labrador:
The Wolf senior claimed 11th in the shot put, launching the orb 44 feet, eight inches in his final prep meet.
That was just short of his career-best of 44-10.50, which Labrador landed in this year’s inaugural North Sound Conference Championships.
Jean Lund-Olsen:
The Wolf junior claimed two medals, finishing 4th in the 100 in 11.37 seconds, and 7th in the 200 in 22.82.
He just missed his PR (22.57) in the second race, and now has three state meet medals to his credit.
That makes Lund-Olsen one of just 25 Coupeville track stars to have achieved that feat during their prep careers.
Lindsey Roberts:
The Wolf senior exits as the most-decorated female athlete in CHS track history, with a three-medal performance Saturday giving her eight state meet medals.
That pushes her past Stone (7) and Bamberger (6) on the career chart, with just Tyler (11) and Kyle King (10) ahead of her in the all-time medal count.
Along with running legs in the two relays, Roberts finished 3rd in the 100 hurdles, leaning across the line in 15.38 seconds, just off her PR of 15.21.
Emma Smith:
The volleyball and track standout competed in two events at state during her senior season — the shot put and discus — and finished 13th in the latter event Saturday.
Her throw of 91 feet, 10 inches was the third-best of her four-year high school career.
Smith’s PR of 92-08 came at this year’s district meet.
Sean Toomey-Stout:
The Wolf junior soared to 10th place in the long jump, sailing 20 feet, 3.50 inches.
While he failed to earn a medal, it was the fifth-straight meet “The Torpedo” broke the 20-foot barrier, and he came in just off his PR of 20-9.50.
Maya Toomey-Stout:
The Wolf junior, who is the only Coupeville female athlete to qualify for four events in the same state meet — something she also did as a freshman — collected medals with both of the relay squads.
That gives her three medals for her high school career, and pushes her ahead of her twin brother 3-2 in the race for family superiority.
With one more season left for both, expect next spring to be a bare knuckle brawl between the duo.
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