AMAZING KEVIN STORIES

Kevin And The Rochester Track Meet

Once upon a time, when Kevin was 6 years old, he went to Rochester for the All Comers Track Meet. He wore a brand new pair of Pro Pacer tennis shoes, which he was very proud of. When he entered the Mile Race, the Six And Under group did not have many entrants, so the officials placed Kevin with the Twelve And Under group. A tall, slender, 12 year old girl who had never been beaten was also in this group. In all, the race had around 26 entrants. The starter (a man with the peculiar name of Offa Frack!!) fired the starter gun and the runners took off running down the track. On the first lap, the tall girl was in front and Kevin was near the rear. On the second lap, the tall girl was in front and Kevin was in the middle of the pack. On the third lap, the tall girl was in front and Kevin was near the front. On the last lap, at the half way mark on the far side of the track from the bleachers, the tall girl was in front, but Kevin was right behind her. People in the stands were saying, “Look, at the little boy behind Angela. He‘s catching up to her. He‘s going to pass her!!” At the third turn of the last lap, Kevin was right beside the tall girl and the people began to shout, “Look, that little boy is passing Angela!!” On the last turn and coming into the finish line, Kevin passed the tall girl and won the race. Everyone cheered for him and came out of the stands to congratulate him. As you remember, many people came to those summer track meets in Rochester. Many people saw that handsome, nicely built, reddish blonde haired boy with his new Pro Pacer tennis shoes win the race.

Kevin At The Park And Rec Swimming Pool

Once upon a time, when Kevin was 7 years old, he and his sister, Helen, attended Home School. Besides regular school work, they played keyboard, ran, lifted weights, and performed gymnastics. For fun on the weekends in the summer, they traveled to Rochester and entered the All Comers Track Meet. After the track meet, they had pizza at Waldo’s, then went over to Rochester’s huge Park And Recreation center for swimming in the double Olympic swimming pool. The pool also had roof high diving boards at one end. On one of those trips, they were playing water games at the shallow end of the pool and Kevin decided to go to the diving boards at the other end of the pool. With his dad right behind him, he pulled himself out of the water, stood up, and walked towards the diving boards. As he walked, the lights from overhead made his wet body glisten. One of the lifeguards saw him, turned to another life guard and said, “Did you see the muscles on that little boy?”

Kevin And The 5 Mile Run

Once upon a time, when Kevin was about 9 years old, he and his dad went for a 5 mile run. They did this every day. But, this day would be different. They ran and talked for the first 4 miles. But, as they made the turn in the road that goes back into Meriden, Kevin said to his dad, “Can I go on ahead? I want do something at home.” His dad said, “OK. Go ahead.“ His dad was running as fast as he could. At that point, Kevin increased his speed and left his dad far behind as he ran towards Meriden and home.

Kevin And The All City Track Meet

Once upon a time, when Kevin was 10 years old, he entered the softball throw at school and won. In fact, he set a new school record for his grade. This win entitled him to enter the All City Track Meet in May.

So, every day, after school, for a month, he and his dad went outside and practiced. For the first few minutes, Kevin warmed up by throwing his dad’s heavy barbell weights, then a large medicine ball, then a big mush ball, then a softball, and then a baseball. Kevin threw the baseball last just for the fun, as you will see. When we threw the softball and baseball, Kevin stood by the east side of the house and throw to Dad who stood by the east side of the garage. Gradually, Kevin would take one step backwards until he was throwing from the tar road in front of the house.

By the time May arrived, Kevin was throwing the baseball far into the field behind the garage. That was fun for Kevin because it made dad chase the ball and exclaim, “Wow, what a throw that was, Kevin!!”

At the All City Meet, Kevin won the softball throw. His final throw went so far that it would have set a new All City record. Unfortunately, the official, who was judging the event and writing down the distances on a clipboard, was distracted by another official just as Kevin began his final throw. Because of this distraction, the official didn’t see Kevin’s steps to the throw-line and made Kevin throw again. Sadly, this throw was several feet shorter then the previous throw. No one at the meet came close to Kevin’s best throw. As you can imagine, Dad watched Kevin’s feet closely and he never scratched once in any of his throws. But, sometimes that’s life.

Dad remembers a race in which M____ beat Kevin’s older sister‘s hurdle record. Because the newspaper was predicting that M_____ would set a new record, Dad was at the track when it happened . It was a cold, cloudy, windy day. And, around 5:00 PM that day, M____ did set a new record. But, the wind that day was directly from the south at 22 mph. In other words, because the 100 meter hurdle runs from south to north, M____ had a 22 mph wind assist. To verify his observation, Dad called the radio station after he left the track, and they confirmed the 22 mph wind speed. Dad protested the race to the coach. But, he said that there was nothing he could about it. Nevertheless, because we know the day and time on which the race was run; and the weather bureau keeps a record of meteorological events, we can check on this fact to this day.

But, that’s life.

The official is now watching Kevin on the re-throw.  Notice that the ball is traveling at an almost perfect 45⁰ angle.

Kevin knew that a missile, fired at 45⁰, travels the maximum distance.

100 meter dash, good form, good start

Kevin And The Ant

Once upon a time, in July, 1987, when Kevin was 5 years old, he walked from the sand pile into the garage and asked his dad a question, “How much would this stone weigh compared to an ant?” His dad was busy and absentmindedly replied, “About 10 ton.” His dad thought to himself, “The questions of this little boy are merely the chatter of a child.” Kevin looked around the garage, saw a thick, heavy, steel, 5 foot power bar used to break concrete, then asked another question, “How much would that iron bar be compared to an ant?” Again, his dad without thinking replied, ”About a battleship, 100,000 tons.” Kevin thought for a moment, then continued, “How much would I be compared to an ant?” Patiently, his dad answered, “About 2 battleships.” The next morning, Kevin and his dad were again working in the garage and Kevin began asking questions again, “How much would this bar be compared to me?” Again, his dad unthinkingly replied, “3 bars would equal you.” The garage became very quiet for several minutes. Then, Kevin said, “Then, you lied to me yesterday.” Stung by Kevin‘s words, his dad retorted, “How come?!” Kevin said, “Well, if 3 bars equals me, then how can I equal 2 battleships if 1 bar is a battleship compared to an ant?”

Well, children, that’s all for tonight. Did you like the stories? In the Ant story, could you figure out how many bars equaled Kevin? If you didn‘t, that’s OK, some of his brothers and sisters are still working on it. Let’s see….. 1 rock is 10 tons compared to an ant. And, 1 iron bar is 1 battleship compared to an ant. And, 1 Kevin is 2 battleships compared to an ant. And, 1 Kevin is 3 bars. So that means, if I carry 1 battleship, minus 3 iron bars, times 2 rocks, I’ll get…. I’ll get…… hmmm, da boy is a geeeneeeous.

No matter how you slice it, Kevin is a bright, handsome, talented human being. The world needs Kevin.

Good night, sleep tight, you’re the greatest, love you, see you in the morning.

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