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An All-American and Heptagonal and IC4A champion in the steeplechase, King excelled on the track and on the trail. King won the steeplechase as both a junior and senior, breaking the previous school record by more than 10 seconds when he ran an 8:40.12 in his final campaign. A two-time first-team All-Ivy honoree in cross country, King finished second overall at Heps as a senior. An NCAA qualifier, King graduated with the fourth-best time in school history at New York’s famed Van Cortlandt Park. He captained both the cross country and track and field teams. He continued to excel after graduation, finishing sixth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2012 Olympic Trials. He won the World Mountain Running Championship in 2011 in Albania, becoming the first American to capture the title in 14 years, while also capturing the Xterra Trail Run World Championships in 2008, 2009 and 2010. In 2010, King was 16th in the World Mountain Running Championships, first in the US 1/2 Marathon Trail Championships, second at the US 50K Trail Championships and sixth at the Baltimore Marathon. His time of 2:15 at the marathon earned him a second bid to the U.S. Marathon Trials.
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