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King kicks up his heels in Eugene!!

Posted in Cross Country, Wolves in college on October 6, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Tyler King

Tyler King faced down some of the baddest dudes in the Northwest Saturday and acquitted himself quite nicely.

Running at the prestigious Bill Dellinger Invitational in Eugene, the Coupeville High School grad finished 26th in a field of 115 runners.

His time of 24 minutes, 52 seconds made him the third fastest runner on the University of Washington squad, as they competed at an event named in honor of a Hall of Fame runner.

Fellow Husky Aaron Nelson won the individual title, while highly-ranked hosts University of Oregon took the team title. Boise State claimed second and the U-Dub and Portland tied for third overall.

The Husky women, led by Amy-Eloise Neal, ran away with the team title. Neal, a ten-time state champ at Glacier Peak High School, made her college debut and busted out a third place finish.

King, a redshirt sophomore, and his teammates now have two weeks off before heading to Wisconsin for the Adidas Invitational Oct. 19.

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Tyler King: Older? Maybe. Faster? Absolutely!!

Posted in Cross Country, Wolves in college on September 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Tyler King: American Hero

Glossy. So glossy… So that’s what all that alumni money goes to pay for. (Photo courtesy Jay Roberts)

New season, same old Tyler King.

The let’s-go-run-in-the-snow-shirtless beast of Coupeville High School track and cross country legend continues to churn along under scholarship at the University of Washington.

Opening a new collegiate cross country season, he graced a spread in Dawg Digest, the bible for U-Dub sports fans, and busted out an impressive run in the season opener.

Running at the Sundodger Men’s Invitational Sept. 14 in Seattle, King finished third in 24 minutes, five seconds, helping to propel the Huskies to a team title.

Washington won both the mens’ and womens’ titles at the event, the seventh straight season the Huskies have pulled off the feat.

King and his teammates next compete at the Bill Dellinger Invitational in Oregon Oct. 5.

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Move over, Hasselhoff! Kyle King has this beach!!

Posted in A freakin' American hero, Cross Country, Track, Wolves in college on July 23, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Kyle King, American Hero (Katerina Koeva photo)

The Dude abides.

Faster than you can cue up the theme from “Baywatch,” Kyle King is there to save the day.

The Coupeville High School grad, now a standout college track and cross country runner who ran on scholarship for national power Oklahoma this past season, is also working as a life guard. And he’s doing pretty darn well at his secondary vocation.

Though he’s characteristically modest about his accomplishments, he recently helped save a group of swimmers, including three young children, who were caught in a rip tide at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

King’s recollection of the day:

“We were breaking our chairs and umbrellas down at the end of the day when I heard on the radio we had a Code 2, which is a water emergency. I was a couple hundred yards away so I sprinted down with my buoy.

There were about a total of ten people pulled out in a rip and three little kids, with all the adults trying to hold the kids above the water, so we grabbed the little kids first, all around four years old, and pulled them in.

Most of the adults could make it in once they didn’t have to swim for the kids and themselves. We had to pull one adult in who was completely exhausted from holding his child up.

The whole beach ended up clapping for us once it was all said and done. It was honestly pretty crazy; definitely the craziest moments of my life.

The rip current was so tough it felt like a river.

We didn’t have time to swim out of it though, because there were so many people that needed to be rescued, so we pulled straight against it and handed the kids off to the third lifeguard who was wading in at chest deep. Just two of us were out swimming with the victims.

Everything ended up being 10-4 though.

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It’s good to be the King!!

Posted in Cross Country, Track, Wolves in college on January 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »

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.

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Kyle King has your Christmas present right here!!

Posted in Cross Country, Track, Wolves in college on December 22, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Legendary.

People ask me what it takes to be a high-level Division 1 college athlete, and the answer is simple.

I’m sure hard work, dedication and a lot of natural talent helps, but there is one thing, and one thing only, that truly sets apart the greats. And that is the ability to be freakin’ awesome in a robe.

Good thing Coupeville High School grad and all-time Wolf legend Kyle King knows the secret. Otherwise he’d be running cross country and track for Middle Tennessee State and not national power Oklahoma.

But he’s running for the Sooners, cause he (and his robe) are awesome like that.

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