Coupeville Sports

   “Of course I’m still fast. How dare you question the very laws of the universe?!?”

There’s been a lot of buzz lately about former Wolves playing college football.

It’s deserved, certainly, but we can’t forget the Coupeville High School alum, who, while not a gridiron warrior, is currently competing at the highest level of college sports.

Tyler King, an All-American cross country runner on scholarship at the University of Washington, is three races deep into his final year as a Husky and he hasn’t lost a stride.

The UW senior opened his final campaign with an 11th place finish at the UW-Seattle U Open Sept. 1 (he zipped through 4.5 miles in 22 minutes, 19.32 seconds).

After that has come runs at the Sundodger Invitational Sept. 19 and the Washington Invitational Oct. 2.

King was 14th at Sundodger, covering 8,000 meters in 24:44.04, then claimed 33rd at Friday’s race.

In a highly-competitive field which included two of the top five schools in the nation in Stanford and Oregon, he ran a 23:55.3.

That was a step up from his junior year performance in the race (24:20) and garnered him praise from Husky coach Greg Metcalf on the school’s official web site.

King and his teammates travel to Madison for the Wisconsin Invitational Oct. 16, then charge into the post-season.

The Pac-12 Championships are Oct. 30, followed by the NCAA West Regionals Nov. 13 and the NCAA Championships Nov. 21.