1/2/08
When I checked my mailbox this morning, there were at least 20 articles clipped out of the Rochester D&C newspaper in there! Thank you to all the teachers and staff who thought of us being out of town and nabbed them for us! I have pasted the article here for all those out of towners to read!
Walworth's Colin Earns National Championship
John BoccacinoStaff writer
(December 23, 2007) — Every second counts in cross-country running. That's a lesson Colin Kerr learned when he first started running, and his attention to detail has earned him a national title.
Colin capped an eventful month of running by capturing the 2007 Junior Olympics Midget title in Lawrence, Kansas, Dec. 8, edging out 268 other runners ages 10 to 12 to win his first national championship. Colin's winning time in the two-mile race was 10 minutes, 27 seconds, 0.95 seconds faster than the runner-up on the University of Kansas track.
"This is a really cool feeling. I wasn't expecting this, but my coaches really helped get me here," said Colin, 12, a seventh-grader at the T.C. Armstrong Middle School at Wayne Central and a Walworth resident.
Colin took the lead 25 yards into the race but went back and forth with Washington's David Goldstone until David pulled ahead with a little more than 300 yards remaining. On the final downhill stretch Colin, in his first year running cross country, pulled away.
"The two hills in the race were the difference," said Colin, who captured the Regional Junior Olympics title Nov. 18 to qualify for nationals. "Running strong on those helped me get ahead of the other guys."
Carl Johnston is the varsity coach for Wayne and started working with Colin this fall on identifying and developing good race strategies."He doesn't get too caught up in his success and he knows he can continue to improve," said Johnston, 42, an Ontario resident. "For him to evolve as quickly as he did is unusual. For his age, he really knows how to run a race."
Colin and his friends and family celebrated his win with a big party on Dec. 14.JBOCCACI@DemocratandChronicle.com
We are sure Colin is way over this and ready to move on, but his parents are still on cloud 9. Even Connor loves to wear his gold medal! He now practices with the varsity indoor track team to stay in shape for baseball in the spring! He is doing well in school and continues to play trumpet in jazz band, concert band and has Area-All State and solofest coming up in March.
Connor is in Pirate Cove! He loves listening to the Pirates of the C. CD and searching for treasure at home. Thanks to all who sent pirate gear! It's quite fun! He mentioned a pirate ship B day cake in February! Wish me luck making that one! He and I listened to the Pirates CD on the way to work this morning, and I think he can hum and "play drums" to every tune!
I probably won't update for a week now, but just needed to say thanks and share with you all!
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Mr., Ms., and Master Kerr,
David Goldstone sends his congratulations, and would like to point out that Federal Way is in Washington (the state), not California.
Jack Pearce also sends his congratulations, even if we were rooting for his friend David to win when it became obvious it would be Colin or David! Colin ran an incredible race and certainly earned the title. Enjoy the feeling!
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