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He’s the King of award winners

Posted in awards, Running, tagged , , , , on September 23, 2026| Leave a Comment »

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Kyle King (left) receives an award from U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Thomas B. Savage. (Photo property U.S. Marine Corps/Staff Sgt. Claudia Nix)

Kyle King has still got that zing, running his way to awards near and far.

The Coupeville grad, a five-time state track and field champion during his Cow Town days, was honored September 15 at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, when he was tabbed as the Marine Corps 2025 Male Athlete of the Year.

Currently an artillery officer and branch head of Human Performance Branch, Training and Standards Division, Training and Education Command, King has been a member of the All-Marine Running Team for the last decade.

He’s a three-time winner of the Marine Corps Marathon, hitting the tape first at the fourth-biggest marathon in the US in 2022, 2024 and 2025.

King has had a busy September, running in the London Big Half where he finished 29th in a field of 17,876 runners.

Randy and Laurie’s middle child was the third-fastest American in the field and helped the All-Marine team beat its British rivals from both the Royal Navy and Royal Marines as part of the Warriors Across the Sea competition.

A 2008 CHS grad, King won state titles in the 3200 three straight years (2006-2008), added the 1600 crown in 2007, and ran a leg on a triumphant 4 x 400 relay unit in 2006.

He went on to run for two NCAA D-I schools – Eastern Washington University and the University of Oklahoma — and competed in the marathon at both the US Olympic Team Trials in Atlanta and the CISM Military World Games in China.

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Kyle King still has that special zing

Posted in Running, tagged , , , , on September 8, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Kyle King (second from left) and some other fast guys. (Photos property All-Marine Running Team)

He’s part of the 0.001%.

Coupeville grad Kyle King, a five-time state track and field champ during his Cow Town days, continues to run at the head of the pack.

Competing in the London Big Half Sunday, the current Marine Corps Major hit the tape 29th in a field of 17,876 finishers, covering the 13.1-mile course in one hour, nine minutes, and 50 seconds.

He was the third-fastest American in the field.

Britain’s Kadar Omar Abdullahi claimed top honors in 1:01:51, while Scotland’s Eilish McColgan returned to competition after sitting out five months with a fractured leg to earn the women’s title in 1:10:54.

King ran as part of the All-Marine team at the event, which beat its British rivals from both the Royal Navy and Royal Marines as part of the Warriors Across the Sea competition.

The London Big Half is in its ninth year, with the course “taking participants along the Thames to Canary Wharf and back across Tower Bridge, heading through Bermondsey, Rotherhithe and Deptford on their way to the finish line at the Cutty Sark in Greenwich.”

King refuels.

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One King to rule them all

Posted in Running, tagged , , , , on October 26, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Kyle King, remaining eternally laid back in a pic I poached from his Facebook.

Some Kings are welcome in DC.

For 26.2 miles, at least.

Running like a bolt of lightning Sunday, Coupeville grad Kyle King ran away with the title at the 50th edition of the Marine Corps Marathon, nailing down his third crown after also winning in 2022 and 2024.

The “People’s Marathon” is one of the largest in the United States, drawing a race-record 35,000 runners to the start line in Virginia this year, and went on despite the government being shut down.

King, a five-time state track and field champ during his high school days in Cow Town, hit the tape in two hours, 18.51 minutes, finishing more than four minutes ahead of runner-up Wojciech Kopec of Poland.

The Marine Corps Marathon was launched in 1976, with a mission to “promote physical fitness, generate community goodwill, and showcase the organizational skills of the United State Marine Corps.”

The fifth-largest marathon in the US, it is run on the final Sunday in October, so that it hits right before the Marine Corps’ birthday Nov. 10.

King, who is currently a Major in the Marines, is a 2008 Coupeville High School grad.

While running for dad Randy at CHS, Kyle won state titles in the 3200 three straight years (2006-2008), added the 1600 crown in 2007, and ran a leg on a triumphant 4 x 400 relay unit in 2006.

After graduation, King competed as an NCAA D-I runner at Eastern Washington University and the University of Oklahoma.

He has also competed at the US Olympic Team Trials and the CISM Military World Games in China.

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King still has that ol’ zing

Posted in Running, tagged , , , , , on October 28, 2024| 1 Comment »

Kyle King

Not a fluke.

When Coupeville grad Kyle King won the Marine Corps Marathon in 2022, it was the first time an active-duty Marine had tasted victory in the event in 30+ years.

Jump forward two years, and the former Wolf, a five-time state track and field champion back in his CHS days, was once again atop the victory stand.

Hitting the tape with a mark of two hours, 25 minutes, and six seconds, King outdueled his closest competition, Air Force Capt. George Henry Crist (2:26:20) and Army Capt. Kyle Smith (2:27:03).

The speedy sensation who sprang from the fertile fields of Cow Town is currently a Major stationed at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center 29 in Palms, California.

The Marine Corps Marathon, which was celebrating its 49th run Sunday, starts at the Pentagon and ends at the Marine Corps War Memorial.

Along the way, runners deal with a rough course full of hills.

King only had six weeks to train for the 2024 race, as he had numerous job responsibilities to juggle, he told an Armed Forces Sports reporter.

To read that story, pop over to:

https://armedforcessports.defense.gov/Media/News-Stories/Article-View/Article/3947395/marine-airman-and-soldier-take-top-three-in-49th-marine-corps-marathon/

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Bigger the mats, better the performance

Posted in Wrestling, tagged , , , , on April 13, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Izzy LeVine and proud pops Sean.

Not Coupeville, maybe, but closer.

Former Wolf Izzy LeVine, who now attends school in Arizona, was back in Washington state this weekend, competing at the US Marine Corps Women’s National Championships wrestling tourney in Spokane.

While there, the youngest member of the LeVine clan split four matches, winning two and losing two while missing the quarterfinals by just a single match.

And she’ll be back.

“She gained some awesome national experience and will still be able to compete in U17 again here next year!” said dad Sean LeVine.

Izzy, currently a sophomore at Casteel High School in Chandler Heights, is the younger sister of Coupeville Sports Hall o’ Famers Micky and Jae LeVine.

During her Cow Town days, she used to give me rocks at Jae’s softball games, while now she has grown up to rock fools on the wrestling mat.

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