NORTH WARREN TRACK & FIELD CLUB FIND REASON TO WALKER
As the track began to empty after the last 4x400m had crossed the line, there was one team gathered around the results board. The boys of the North Warren Track & Field Club huddled anxiously as they waited to see their time. Suddenly their coach ran across the track with his arms high in the air and all the boys began celebrating.
They finished sixth.
For the boys of North Warren, sixth place secured them a coveted medal at the USATF Youth Indoor
Track & Field Championships and came with a 20 second club record of 4:34.47.
The boys knew that they weren’t the fastest team, but to make it to nationals from their small town of Hardwick, N.J., field a full relay and have their anchor Kyle Walker healthy enough to compete was reason enough to celebrate.
Months before, it was not clear if Walker would be able to compete at this year’s Youth Indoor Championships. Dealing with a brain tumor, Walker was facing much tougher competition.
AT YOUTH INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS BY KATIE BRANHAM
CELEBRATE
In September of 2012, Walker was at his middle school’s soccer practice when he suffered a seizure and was rushed to the emergency room. Walker had always been a healthy and active boy, and he was suddenly faced with the reality that he had a brain tumor. In October, he was transferred to the pediatric intensive care unit at New York Presbyterian Hospital to have brain surgery.
Thankfully for Walker and his family, the tumor was benign. However, his journey back to healthy was far from easy. Weeks after his surgery, he began to develop an infection in his head and his family had to make the difficult trek into New York City the day after the city was ravaged by hurricane Sandy. The
NORTH WARREN REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
ADDS TRACK AND FIELD After three years of competing as a club team, the North Warren Board of Education approved adding track and field as a recognized school sport for North Warren Regional High School and Middle School. The club is looking into fundraising options for the future construction of a track. For more on North Warren Track & Field, visit
http://www.northwarrentrack.org/.
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