Derek King

Position:
Distance
Position:
Distance
Height:
5-10
Weight:
0
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Keller, Texas
High School:
Keller HS

OU INDOOR COLLEGIATE BESTS
800-Meter Run: 1:54.26, 2021
1000: 2:32.84, 2021
Mile: 4:17.34, 2019
3,000 Meters: 9:05.14, 2018

OU OUTDOOR COLLEGIATE BESTS
800-Meter Run: 1:52.90, 2019
1,500 Meters: 3:59.05, 2018

2021

(Outdoor) Competed at the Big 12 Championships in the 800-meter run, placing 27th with a time of 1:56.96 … Competed at the John Jacobs Invitational and placed fifth in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:54.76 and fourth in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:28.36 … Finished fourth in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:02.02 at the Sooner Invite … Took third place in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:57.24 at the North Texas Classic ... Finished sixth at the TCU Invitational in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:04.91 …

2020

(Indoor) Ran a 2:00.35 800 meters at the J.D. Martin Invitational … Competed in the 800 at the Mark Colligan Memorial … Took sixth in the 1,000 meters at the K-State Invitational, clocking in at 2:44.17.

2019

(Outdoor) PRed in the 800 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, finishing 11^thin 1:52.90 … Took third in the 1,500 at the John Jacobs Invite, clocking a 4:02.04 … Won the 800 at the TCU Invitational, finishing in 1:53.21. (Indoor) Ran the 3K at the Big 12 Indoor Championships … Took first place in the 800 meters at the UCO Alumni Classic with a time of 1:56.86 … Finished first in the mile at the Sooner Challenge with a time of 4:17.34 … Placed seventh in the mile at the Corky Classic, finishing in 4:35.43.

2018

(Outdoor) Ran the 1,500 at Big 12 Outdoors, crossing the line in 4:02.41 to place 13th… Took fourth in the 800 meters at the John Jacobs Invite with a time of 1:54.68… Ran on the 4x4 relay team that took fourth at the John Jacobs, finishing in 3:23.17… Helped the men’s DMR team take an eighth-place finish at Texas Relays in a time of 10:00.69… Competed in the 800 and 1,500 at the Aztec Invitational… (Indoor) Helped the men’s DMR team to a seventh-place finish at the Big 12 Indoor Championship, finishing in a time of 9:55.48… Took seventh in the 800 at the Tyson Invite with a time of 1:55.85… Finished seventh in the mile run at the J.D. Martin with a time of 4:19.95… Helped the men’s 4x4 team place fifth in the 4x400-meter relay at the Texas Tech Classic, finishing in a time of 3:22.38… Helped the 4x4 team win the 4x400 relay title at the Leonard Hilton Invite with a time of 3:23.59…

HIGH SCHOOL
Earned Academic All-District honors in 2016 and 2017 ... Also participated in tennis and ultimate frisbee.

PERSONAL
Son of Steven and Mary King ... Has four siblings ... Plans on majoring in computer science.