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Tack back on the track attack!!

Posted in Track, Wolves in college on March 5, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Dylan Tack (far right) and his relay squad.

Tack in uniform and semi-serious. (Charlie Collins photo)

Dylan Tack is being all he can be.

And while that slogan may be from the wrong branch of the military, it is true the Coupeville High School grad is excelling at the next level. Currently attending the United States Merchant Marine Academy in New York, he has also found time to star on the track oval.

Picking the biggest highlight from his indoor track season might be tough, as there have been a bunch of them.

Running at the Fast Track Challenge in mid-February, he helped set a Landmark Conference record in the distance medley relay. With Tack running a crucial leg, his squad blew across the finish line in 10 minutes, 33.87 seconds.

He has also been chipping away at the USMMA record book, having run the fourth-fastest time in school history in the 600 meters (1:12.16) and 12th-fastest time in the 500 meters (1:07.54).

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King caps indoor track season with burst of speed!!

Posted in Track, Wolves go GQ, Wolves in college on March 1, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Tyler King may not be the fastest miler in the country, but he is the most stylish.

Tyler King closed out the indoor section of his track season Friday by coming within half a second of his best time in the mile.

The Coupeville High School grad, now running for the University of Washington, covered four trips around the track oval in four minutes, 12.05 seconds. His best college time is 4:11.35.

King was running at the UW Final Qualifier, an event set up to give athletes one last chance to set a time worthy of advancing to the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships March 9-10. The top 16 times in the nation qualify in each event.

To make the cut, King would have had to run a sub-four minute mile. Husky teammate Joey Bywater, who won the mile Friday, clocked in at 4:01.81.

Chris O’Hare of Tulsa has the best time in the nation this year at 3:52.98, with the 16th fastest time currently belonging to Tyler Stutzman of Stanford (3:58.85).

King and his UW teammates move into the outdoor section of the track season starting March 22-23 at the Trojan Invitational in Los Angeles.

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Tyler King refuses to slow down!!

Posted in Track, Wolves in college on February 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »

“Nope, not gonna do it. Not gonna run slow. Wouldn’t be prudent.” (How Lao photo)

With the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships less than two weeks away, Tyler King and his University of Washington teammates are running in high gear.

King, a redshirt freshman from Coupeville, placed 12th in the 5000 meters at the MPSF Championships in Seattle Feb. 23. His time of 14 minutes, 21.44 seconds was just off his personal record (14:18.92).

He was the fastest Husky in the event, while Drew Jordan of Washington State won the event.

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Is Iowa ready for Valkomania?!?!

Posted in Football, Wolves in college on February 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »

A young Caleb Valko (left) pledges, “One day I’ll be a football star and everyone will scream for me!!”

Today.

The Beatles invaded America. Now The Page Hit King is invading Iowa.

Having signed to play football at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, the mop-topped heartthrob of Wolf sports, the one man wrecking crew that is Caleb Valko is mere months away from bringing his act to the Midwest.

Cue the screaming mobs of fans as they to find out what plane he will arrive on. Chaos may reign at the Sioux Gateway Airport (thank you, Google!), as Valko descends from his plane and into local sainthood.

Northwestern is a private Christian liberal arts college affiliated with the Reformed Church in America. It was founded in 1882. (Thank you, Wikipedia!)

Recruited to play on the offensive line for the Red Raiders, who went 9-3 in 2012, Valko received the following top-secret communication from his future line coach:

Caleb, thanks for the film! We’re excited that you’ll be on campus too! We are interested in having you play OL for us. That is one position we are in need of right now. You would be a great fit for how we play here. Our OL is aggressive, knockdown oriented position. Plus they have a lot of fun together too! Looking forward to meeting with you.”

Rumors that the line coach screamed like a little girl with a new pony and then passed out after meeting the Coupeville legend are unconfirmed. But believable.

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Tyler to Kyle: “There can only be one King!!”

Posted in Track, Wolves in college on February 10, 2013| 1 Comment »

Tyler (left) and Kyle King (right) pose with the best athlete in the family, older sister Brianne. (Angela Chenoweth photo)

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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