Kevin Havel breaks Jorge Torres's jr. high 1600m record
Frank Shorter said everybody in high school was a 4:30 miler. But occasionally, a junior high runner can say that and mean it. My son runs in the same USATF age division as this kid Kevin Havel, so I've seen him produce numbers similar to Jorge Torres when he was at this age level. Kevin Havel ran at the same junior high and for the same coach who also is the club coach. But, I believe Kevin Havel will go to a different high school than where the Torres brothers went. There was some controversy with the Torres brothers, the high school coach, and the club coach. The Torres brothers favored their club coach, who is a great coach. Eventually, the Torres brothers were disqualified from the their senior high school track season, reinstated, but Jorge decided to run in a meet out of state, which ended his Ill. H.S. Assoc. career. He never ran in the state track meet his senior year and never won a state track title, but won three state XC championships. Don Sage, a high school junior at the time, won the 3200 and the 1600 the Torres brothers' senior year. Not sure what controversy - if any - awaits when Kevin Havel enters high school this fall. He's a good person, too. http://www.iesa.org/activities/tr/2004/completeResults.asp?Sex=Boys&GradeLevel=8&Class=AA Illinois Elementary School Association State Track Meet Peoria, Ill. May 14-15, 2004 Boys 1600 Meter Run 8th Boys AT Boys: 4:33.26 * 1995 Jorge Torres, Prospect Hts. MacArthur Class AA Boys: 4:33.26 + 1995 Jorge Torres, Prospect Hts. MacArthur Finals Name School H 1 Kevin Havel Prospect Heights MacArthur 4:31.75 * 3 2 Matt Smith Prospect Heights MacArthur 4:46.75 3 3 Dave Sayre New Lenox Liberty 4:48.65 3 4 Devin White Dixon Reagan 4:51.15 3 5 Marcus Taylor Washington Beverly Manor 4:51.57 3 6 Nick Musick Eureka 4:53.12 3 7 Kyle Harvey Sullivan 4:53.84 3 8 Peter Corsi Lemont Old Quarry 4:54.19 3 9 Brent Rhodes Monticello 4:55.02 3
