Announcement
Performing at the New York Madison Square Garden gives everyone the gitters and it was no different for PSJA’s High School Sophomore Alex Chavez. Alex was one of the two youngest person’s walking the prestigious 102nd Millrose Games One-Mile in New York this Friday. He was able to finish in 9th place setting another personal best time of 6:52:9 beating three-time U.S.A. Olympian Curt Clausen; 2006 Junior Athlete of the Year Michael Kazmierczak, now a Junior at Rhode Island University and previous National Champion Don Lawrence.
Also walking among the eleven fastest racewalk One-Milers in the country were former South Texas Walking Club twins Ricardo and Roberto Vergara of Edinburg, now freshmen at Lindsay Wilson College in Kentucky. They, after a four month layoff from racewalking, were able to capture 6th and 7th place respectively, just ahead of Alex with times of 6:41 and 6:43.
Winning the men’s event was two-time USA Racewalk Olympian and South Texas Walking Club Assistant Coach Tim Seaman of California. Tim became the second person to ever win this event for a record five times since its inception. Winning 4th and 5th place in incredible times of 6:14 and 6:37 were high school Junior Trevor Barron, our current USA high school leader from Pennsylvania and Tyler Sorenson, a high school freshman from California. Tyler has been breaking many American Junior Olympic Records the past two years.
Rachell Lavallee, Canada’s fastest women racewalker, won the women’s event over ten of America’s fastest women racewalkers. Rachel broke the Millrose Games Record in the process. Rachell is also one of Coach A.C. Jaime’s club assistants’ helping provide clinics to many on the local elementary school children during the past three years.
