Ross Kidau started running competitively at 10, and started taking it seriously when he was around 12. By 13, he was running at the Junior Olympics, and at 14 ran a state-middle-school-record 11.3-second 100 meter dash.
He’s now a freshman at Waunakee High School and Badger Large Conference champion in both the 100 (11.20) and 200 (22.84) – a feat that surprised even him.
“I thought I’d do good, but didn’t think I’d win,” he said in an interview ahead of tonight’s sectional meet in Verona. But something about the meet felt different…