Former WKU Track and Field athlete Kyree King is set to compete in the 4×100 meter relay pool for Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics, WKU announced on Wednesday.

Even though he graduated from the University of Oregon, King’s time on the Hill was marked by success.

King was a member of the 4×100 relay team that finished fifth at the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships. That same team won the 2016 C-USA Outdoor Championship, and King himself won the C-USA 100 meter dash event.

That same year King placed 14th in the 200 meter dash, earning him the title of “All-American.”

King transferred to the University of Oregon for the 2016-17 season where he was the Pac-12 100 meter dash champion, 200 meter dash champion, 4×100 meter relay champion and he was named Pac-12 Men’s Track Athlete of the Year.

According to WKU Athletics, King was also a member of Team USA for the 2024 World Athletics Relays, he was a silver medalist at the 2022 NACAC Championships and he was a semifinalist at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

The Team USA 4×100 relay team is set to compete on Aug. 8 in Paris. The opening ceremony begins Friday, July 25, and the events can be viewed on NBC, Peacock, USA and the NBC Olympics App.

The full Track and Field Olympic schedule can be viewed on the Olympics’ website.

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