Senior Moment - Kevin Meserve
I am not sure what middle school Kevin Meserve ran for when he was an eighth grader if any. I first really noticed him in a race, because he was the guy running with a smile on his face. We soon discovered he was running with a smile because he wasn’t running too fast. My suggestion to him was he needed to perhaps hurt a bit more. It wasn’t long before he was smiling less, but running faster. So basically, I took a happy person made him more miserable which in turn made him happier? Did I mention Kevin handed in his sweats?
Kevin traveled with us to Stanford last fall where he helped the JV team to a second place finish and was instrumental in pushing our team to a state berth. He loved the SK course and always did well there. He was nearly a member of the 5 minute Club missing it by only two seconds. Had he not come down with bronchitis this year I’m sure he would have easily dipped under five. Did I mention Kevin handed in his sweats?
Kevin is attending Ripon College next fall where he plans to major in journalism and run. I googled the college and it looks like a nice fit. It’s good to know his running career is not over.
One of Kevin’s dreams is to be the Editor of Time Magazine. Speaking of dreams, I had a dream about Kevin recently. Kevin had entered the New York City Marathon to write an article about the race from a competitor’s perspective. He was up at the front, before the start, interviewing runners when the gun sounded. He was caught up in the mass of humanity which is the NYC Marathon and found himself swept off with the lead runners. He knew he was doomed and could not possibly keep up the pace, but then just ahead he spied the pace vehicle and inspiration. It was a Hostess Twinkie truck. Hostess was a major sponsor of the race. Kevin shot to the lead and chased that vehicle madly for the rest of the race and finished with a new world record. At the finish, he screamed for them to open up the truck so he could gobble his fill. They obliged, after all he was the new world record holder, but to his dismay the truck was empty. Frustrated and angry he then devoured the entire truck. When interviewed by the press he said, “A lot of people don’t know this, but I handed in my sweats.”
Seriously though, it has been fun coaching Kevin and I’m expecting big things from him in the future in and out of college. He will be missed by us all.
This ends my tribute to the Senior distance runners. These are amazing people and we haven’t heard the last from them. Most importantly I know with their enthusiasm and hard work this world is going to be a better place and social security might possibly outlive me.
Kevin traveled with us to Stanford last fall where he helped the JV team to a second place finish and was instrumental in pushing our team to a state berth. He loved the SK course and always did well there. He was nearly a member of the 5 minute Club missing it by only two seconds. Had he not come down with bronchitis this year I’m sure he would have easily dipped under five. Did I mention Kevin handed in his sweats?
Kevin is attending Ripon College next fall where he plans to major in journalism and run. I googled the college and it looks like a nice fit. It’s good to know his running career is not over.
One of Kevin’s dreams is to be the Editor of Time Magazine. Speaking of dreams, I had a dream about Kevin recently. Kevin had entered the New York City Marathon to write an article about the race from a competitor’s perspective. He was up at the front, before the start, interviewing runners when the gun sounded. He was caught up in the mass of humanity which is the NYC Marathon and found himself swept off with the lead runners. He knew he was doomed and could not possibly keep up the pace, but then just ahead he spied the pace vehicle and inspiration. It was a Hostess Twinkie truck. Hostess was a major sponsor of the race. Kevin shot to the lead and chased that vehicle madly for the rest of the race and finished with a new world record. At the finish, he screamed for them to open up the truck so he could gobble his fill. They obliged, after all he was the new world record holder, but to his dismay the truck was empty. Frustrated and angry he then devoured the entire truck. When interviewed by the press he said, “A lot of people don’t know this, but I handed in my sweats.”
Seriously though, it has been fun coaching Kevin and I’m expecting big things from him in the future in and out of college. He will be missed by us all.
This ends my tribute to the Senior distance runners. These are amazing people and we haven’t heard the last from them. Most importantly I know with their enthusiasm and hard work this world is going to be a better place and social security might possibly outlive me.
posted by Milldog at 8:00 PM
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