Bellevue High School grad moving athletes forward one step at a time with track shoe invention

Kate Cox had seen that walk before. In fact, she had done it.

A competitor in track and field during her days at Bellevue High School, and later at Western Washington University, Cox was all too familiar with the sight of an athlete awkwardly maneuvering about on his or her heels to avoid grinding down their spikes once leaving the track surface to go to the bathroom or grandstand.