Coupeville Sports

Tyler King: American Badass (Angelo Comeaux photo)

After battling illness for most of the season, Tyler King will now have to wait to see whether he gets one more cross country race.

The Coupeville High School grad, now a redshirt sophomore at the University of Washington, finished 97th (out of 187 runners) at the NCAA West Regionals in Sacramento Friday morning.

He and his Husky team placed 9th in the 27-team battle. Stanford and Oregon claimed the top two spots, earning guaranteed berths at the national championship meet Nov. 23.

Washington will now have to wait to see if it can claim one of the 13 at-large berths when the full 31-team bracket is announced. Last year the Huskies missed an invite by one slim spot.

Running 10,000 meters for the first time this season, King covered the course at Sacramento State’s Haggin Oaks Golf Complex in 31 minutes, 56 seconds. Edward Cheserek of Oregon won in 29:35.