Tyler King
Tyler King stayed up late to finish his college track season.
The former Coupeville High School standout, now a junior at the University of Washington, didn’t take to the track for his race at the NCAA West Preliminaries Championship Thursday in Austin, Texas until a hair past 10 PM.
Then, since he was running in the never-ending 10,000 meter race, he stayed up well past his bed time.
By the time he was done King had rolled across the line in 30th (out of 48 runners) in a time of 31 minutes, 39.57 seconds.
The top 12 finishers advanced on to the NCAA D-1 Outdoor Track Championships in Eugene, Oregon June 10-13.
The Huskies are sending seven athletes on, four women and three men.
They include Baylee Mires (800), Gianna Woodruff (400 hurdles), Maddie Meyers (5000), Kristina Owsinski (pole vault), Meron Simon (3000 steeplechase), Curtis Clauson (javelin) and Izaic Yorks (1500).
During his days at CHS, King won state championships in both track and cross country.
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