Kyle Butler's Second Shot
After flunking out of college and joining the military, Kyle Butler gets another shot at running at Florida Southern College.

ByMatt McCue;PublishedAugust 20, 2014

This fall, Kyle Butler enters his junior year at Florida Southern College, where, at 26, he is older than his coach. His first attempt at college ended abruptly. A 9:46 2-miler in high school, he was part of three Florida cross country state championships. After earning a partial scholarship to Florida Atlantic University, he joined the cross country team in 2007, quickly became the No. 2 runner and over the course of the next year cut down his 8K PR down to 26:07. He didn't put that same kind of effort into his homework, however, and was kicked out of school his sophomore year. "I didn't really go to class," he says.