Tyler (left) and Kyle King pose with the best athlete in the family, older sister Brianne. (Angela Chenoweth photo)
The protege has become the master.
On a day when they both set personal records, little brother Tyler King waved at older brother Kyle as he sped past him in the 3,000 meter race at the Husky Classic in Seattle Saturday.
The former Coupeville High School stars, who entered college bearing the weight of multiple state title medals on their chests, have blazed through the Division 1 cross country and track worlds.
Kyle, who ran for three strong years at Eastern Washington, is now a senior at Oklahoma, while Tyler, a redshirt freshman, reps the purple and gold for Washington.
Running against some of the best of the best Saturday, Tyler blew across the finish line in a hair over eight minutes (8:07.38), nipping Kyle, who “straggled” in at 8:12, possibly slowed by his aging bones.
Ryan Hill of North Carolina State won the event, not that anyone on Whidbey Island cares one little bit.
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Evidently, they couldn’t be Kings of the Hill on this day.