Lock the door, Martha! Tyler King is coming!!

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Lock the door, Martha! Tyler King is coming!!

November 10, 2012 by David Svien

Mr. Intense, back in his high school glory days.

Tyler King is a natural.

Running 10,000 meters for the first time in his college career Friday, the University of Washington red shirt freshman cruised to a top finish at the NCAA West Regional cross country meet.

The former Coupeville High School stud covered the course at Jefferson Park Golf Course in Seattle in 30 minutes, 27 seconds, the third-fastest time for any Husky. He finished 40th out of 185 runners, helping pace Washington to a fifth-place team finish.

Lawi Lalang of Arizona won the race in 29:02.

While King’s teammate, All-American Joey Bywater, nabbed an automatic berth for the Nov. 17 NCAA championships, the rest of the Husky team will have to wait to see if they get an at-large bid when the full 31-team field is announced Saturday. The top two teams from the regional automatically advanced, as well as the top four individual runners not on one of those two squads.