It is so hard that not only is my baby boy a senior and will be done with high school in a little more then a month, then off to college in three months from now. In just about the same amount of time his high school running career will be over. This mom will have to now travel out of state to see him compete at the next level.
Just at Friday's nights meet there were kids talking about him from another team saying how fast he is and this and that. Another kid said yea he has had D1 schools approaching him. Yes he could compete in any Division college he chooses since he has had many school coaches and recruiters contact. He has choose to run for a D3 school since he loves the choice of school he has made and they have the exact degree he wants. The coach texts him daily to see how things are going.
For cross country he finished his year ranked 3rd in the league, 14th in the section and 29th in the state. In our state there are over 15,000 high school runners for boys I was amazed by that number.
Not only does he run cross country, indoor and outdoor track for the Varsity team, he runs many road races with his friends during the summer and school breaks. Summer does not mean break time for this kid he has done college running and work out schedule with his friends for a couple of years now to improve him self
Revelry happens in any sport just in running it is more individual. This was posted on the running site for our section said that these two would battle it out until the end of the season in cross country for that number 3 ranking as well as picture of first and second battling it out. Not one of those top 4 spots stayed the same until the end of sectional run in October back and forth the 4 of them went. Was the same for Kenny and two others for indoor track and right now in 3200 same for Kenny and one other. You can find these boys talking at any given meet they are all at, like they are old friends, which is a good thing
When your a senior in high school you don't ever want the text's this poor kid received in August, one day it is "Kenny want to know when you want to start practice" from his coach. Not two day's later he recieve's another text from him "Kenny, I want to be the one to tell you that I just officially retired, please know it is the adults in the program not the athletes" Luckily he ended up with a coach that he has already been working with for both Cross Country and Track since the old coach was coach for both. He pushes Kenny and Kenny pushes him. Which thankfully has made the new coaches senior year easier for him since there are just more new then him
This kid works hard puts in the time. I have seen him finish a 5k cross the finish line, not stop and run right back on that course to cheer and motivate his team mates. During cross country these kids brought home a invitational 1st trophy (never done before), brought home a league championship (first one in 34 years). Kenny went to states after finishing 3rd individual at sectionals which it has been quite a few years since they have had a kid attend the state meet.
I have never been scared as I was Friday night to watch my son compete in an event. He decided he wanted to try the 3000 meter steeple chase. Although he is a distance runner he is not a hurdler. I just could not believe his coaches were going to let him do this event where he could hurt himself or end his running career before getting to college. He talked his coaches into letting him do this. All I kept saying was your going to break your foot. I could not even watch the first lap around the track and during the whole race my mom was sitting there saying just don't fall. He did very well on the race a 4th place finish over all, they placed him in the faster heat, which also pushed him to do great. He finished the race with a 10:08.92 . Best part he did not break a foot, he did however twist his foot and it started swelling a little so the coaches would not allow him to compete in his 3200 m race so he would not be injured. He is already state qualified for that race besides
Kenny had a reason for running this event Friday night not only did he want to try and state qualify for it which he thinks he did, if not he is the fastest at it in the section so will have no problem in state quails and going on to states. There was a school record that needed to be beat. I will say when Kenny goes for a school record he doe's not just beat it he decides he needs to destroy it and make sure it is his for a time to come. He beat the school record by 23 seconds. He had both coaches giving him times on either side of the track so he knew what he had to do they never need to tell him what to do on the track he knows and they know he knows what to do. Just yell him his lap times and he is good. His head coach told him he was going to make sure it was announced Monday and that it was also put on their record board on Monday. Both coaches knew he could destroy it but still proud of him. I am just glad he didn't break a foot during the race
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