2009 Cross Country: King was EWU’s top finisher during the season as he placed 18th at the Big Sky Cross Country Conference Championships in Greely, Colo., where he had a time of 26:51.7 to help the Eagle men clinch a fifth-place finish. He later ran in the NCAA West Regional Championships in Eugene, Ore., where he finished 120th with a time of 33:38.29.

2008 Cross Country: King finished 15th at the Big Sky Conference Cross Country Championships with a time of 24:34.1 on the 8,000-meter course. He went on to finish 157th at the NCAA West Regionals with a time of 33:52.44 in the 10,000 meters. He was named Big Sky All-Academic for cross country.