Coupeville Sports

Eat big, run big. (Haley Jacobson photo)

Tyler King ran fast Friday, but now he’ll have to sit and wait to see if he gets to run again.

The Coupeville High School grad, currently a redshirt junior at the University of Washington, finished 33rd out of 192 runners at the NCAA Division I West Regional cross country meet in California.

King covered the 10,000 meter course at Stanford in 30 minutes, 11.6 seconds, the fourth fastest time by a Husky man.

The 33rd place finish, on his birthday, was seven slots better than his career best at the event (40th as a freshman).

The top two teams at the regional — Oregon and Portland — move on as a group to the NCAA Championships in Terra Haute, Indiana Nov. 22.

The Dawgs, who entered the 29-team regional ranked #11 in the nation, finished fifth in the team battle.

Washington now has to wait and see if it receives one of 13 “at-large” berths into the 31-team championships. If it does, it would be the first time the U-Dub mens’ team had advanced to nationals since 2009.

In the individual standings Friday, Maxim Korolev of Stanford (29:33.5) edged out Oregon’s Edward Cheserek (29:35) for the title.

Aaron Nelson was the top Husky, finishing seventh in 29:45.2, while Izaaic Yorks (24th) and Meron Simons (32nd) were between him and King.

The Washington women finished fourth as a team, led by Maddie Meyers, who finished 7th, covering a 6,000 meter course in 20:17.1.