Arnold writes: Attached is photographic proof that when my grandson, William Sheeran, runs, he literally flies! He's the one in the blue shirt behind the kid from Interlake HS--he's the tall, skinny, gangly one!!! Notice that both feet are off the ground. He recently turned 17 years old, and has run the mile in 4 minutes and 20 seconds, although his goal is to match his father, who ran the mile in 4 minutes, 10 seconds when he was in high school.
Our daughter Kirsti, William's mother, was also one of top distance runners in the State when she was in high school. As a member of Bellevue High School's track team, William competes in the 800 meter run, the 1600 meter run and the 3200 meter run; he also is on the cross country team during the fall months.
He's a junior at Bellevue High, where he's a 4.0 GPA student, is on the Student Senate and plays the trumpet in the jazz band. Likely colleges include Georgetown (his father's undergraduate alma mater), Columbia, Dartmouth or Johns Hopkins (a natural fit since he's planning a career in neuroscience). Perhaps most important, he's a really nice guy--you'd never catch him bullying anyone; and he doesn't have a mean bone in his lanky body.
His grandfather is obviously very proud of him, although I could never run like he does during any part of my life!!!
Arnold R
Arnold R
