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Kyle King (left) and lil’ bro Tyler (center) celebrate America and their own awesomeness.

Someone call the cops — the King boys are beatin’ up on people again.

Of course, since they’re doing it on the track oval, it’s probably OK. I’m sure their college coaches are just fine with it.

Running at the highest level of Division 1, former Coupeville High School stars Kyle and Tyler King kicked off their indoor track seasons with a bang.

Kyle, a redshirt senior at the University of Oklahoma, finished third in the 3,000 meter race at the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas Jan. 26. His time of eight minutes, 12.09 seconds was barely a half of a second behind race winner Trevor Vidlak of Nebraska (8:11.58) and was the ninth-fastest time in school history.

That followed on the heels of a second place finish in the mile (4:17.69) at the J.D. Martin Invitational in Norman, Oklahoma Jan. 19.

Tyler, a redshirt sophomore running for the University of Washington, got things started with a ninth place finish in the 3,000 at the UW Invitational Jan. 26. His time of 8:09.47 was a personal record.

Both Kings are also hitting the books, as well, much to the relief of parents Randy and Laurie King. Tyler was a Pac-12 All-Academic Team honorable mention selection during his cross country season, while it’s rumored that Kyle scored straight A’s in the first semester of the school year.