Kirkland resident Kyle Fremd has just completed his eighth and final year of track and field on May 11 at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championships. The event was hosted at Western Oregon University, which anchored his Central Washington University 4 x 400 Relay team.

The team was able to place third with a time of 3:18.77, and Fremd’s personal split of 48.63.

Fremd has participated in a track and field championship since his first year in high school in 2006. He has competed at the WIAA 1A level for Bellevue Christian School in the 4 x 400 Relay twice, open 200 meters once, and the open 400 meters once and 4 x 100 relay (State Champion 2009) four times.

While attending CWU in Ellensburg for the past four years, he has qualified for all four indoor GNAC Championships and all four outdoor GNAC Championships – once in the open 200 meters, twice in the Distance Medley Relay, seven times in the open 400 meters, and all eight times in the 4 x 400 Relay.

He is an Eagle Scout from Troop 572 at Rose Hill Presbyterian Church and his Eagle project was a map locator in Kirkland’s Watershed Park. He will graduate from CWU in December with a degree in Geography and a minor in Information Technology Web Design and Database Management.

Fremd currently works at the Metropolitan Market in Houghton during school breaks.

The Central Washington University 2013 4 x 400 Relay team. From left: Zach Armstrong, Kyle Fremd, Demarcus Garner and Chayce Sather. CONTRIBUTED