Kevan Hueftle

Well, 32 years old at the time, which is kind of old to be a sprinter. I was getting made fun of out there because my leg was old, I was old. I played a place in 7th and 8th and 100 and 200 and 3rd and the 400 meter dash.

But I met a person out there called Nick Stilwell who runs an organization called the Never Say Never Foundation who gets prosthetics usually to kids because these aren't covered. Sprint legs aren't covered for insurance. Oh. So if you want a sprint leg, you have to pay for it. It's out of pocket.

But I met a person out there called Nick Stilwell who runs an organization called the Never Say Never Foundation who gets prosthetics usually to kids because these aren't covered. Sprint legs aren't covered for insurance. Oh. So if you want a sprint leg, you have to pay for it. It's out of pocket.

But I met a person out there called Nick Stilwell who runs an organization called the Never Say Never Foundation who gets prosthetics usually to kids because these aren't covered. Sprint legs aren't covered for insurance. Oh. So if you want a sprint leg, you have to pay for it. It's out of pocket.

It's all carbon fiber and it's very expensive. And so to get that set up for kids most of the time, it's unrealistic. You can't get it. Every kid should grow up running. So he does mostly kids, but for me, he saw my leg and saw I was fast. He's like, dude, what are you on? And I'm like, what I have.

It's all carbon fiber and it's very expensive. And so to get that set up for kids most of the time, it's unrealistic. You can't get it. Every kid should grow up running. So he does mostly kids, but for me, he saw my leg and saw I was fast. He's like, dude, what are you on? And I'm like, what I have.

It's all carbon fiber and it's very expensive. And so to get that set up for kids most of the time, it's unrealistic. You can't get it. Every kid should grow up running. So he does mostly kids, but for me, he saw my leg and saw I was fast. He's like, dude, what are you on? And I'm like, what I have.

And so he set me up with a guy in Seattle, Washington named Greg Davidson, who runs Davidson Prosthetics. And he sent me a new foot out there, a new socket, everything for free just to fly it out there. And I started training really, really hard. Yeah, and then I got fast. Got fast. Were you fast when you had two legs? Yeah, I was a state record holder in a 4x4. We ran 326.8.

And so he set me up with a guy in Seattle, Washington named Greg Davidson, who runs Davidson Prosthetics. And he sent me a new foot out there, a new socket, everything for free just to fly it out there. And I started training really, really hard. Yeah, and then I got fast. Got fast. Were you fast when you had two legs? Yeah, I was a state record holder in a 4x4. We ran 326.8.

And so he set me up with a guy in Seattle, Washington named Greg Davidson, who runs Davidson Prosthetics. And he sent me a new foot out there, a new socket, everything for free just to fly it out there. And I started training really, really hard. Yeah, and then I got fast. Got fast. Were you fast when you had two legs? Yeah, I was a state record holder in a 4x4. We ran 326.8.

I ran a 48.5 400 in high school. That's kind of fast. And then I never ran the 100 and 200 because that wasn't my events. But for the Paralympics, the only events I get to choose from in Paralympics, I'm a T64, which is a below-the-knee amputee. That's my category. Okay. So we run with the T62s, which is the doubles in the 100, but then the 200-meter dash, we're just our T64s.

I ran a 48.5 400 in high school. That's kind of fast. And then I never ran the 100 and 200 because that wasn't my events. But for the Paralympics, the only events I get to choose from in Paralympics, I'm a T64, which is a below-the-knee amputee. That's my category. Okay. So we run with the T62s, which is the doubles in the 100, but then the 200-meter dash, we're just our T64s.

I ran a 48.5 400 in high school. That's kind of fast. And then I never ran the 100 and 200 because that wasn't my events. But for the Paralympics, the only events I get to choose from in Paralympics, I'm a T64, which is a below-the-knee amputee. That's my category. Okay. So we run with the T62s, which is the doubles in the 100, but then the 200-meter dash, we're just our T64s.

But I only get the 100, 200-meter dash. Javelin, shot put, discus, high jump are the only events I get to choose from for the Paralympics. So I'm a 4.8 runner, but at the age I am, probably not so much a 4.8 runner. So I hadn't been in blocks, starting blocks, in my life until 2017 to try to be a sprinter for one of the fastest people in the entire world.

But I only get the 100, 200-meter dash. Javelin, shot put, discus, high jump are the only events I get to choose from for the Paralympics. So I'm a 4.8 runner, but at the age I am, probably not so much a 4.8 runner. So I hadn't been in blocks, starting blocks, in my life until 2017 to try to be a sprinter for one of the fastest people in the entire world.

But I only get the 100, 200-meter dash. Javelin, shot put, discus, high jump are the only events I get to choose from for the Paralympics. So I'm a 4.8 runner, but at the age I am, probably not so much a 4.8 runner. So I hadn't been in blocks, starting blocks, in my life until 2017 to try to be a sprinter for one of the fastest people in the entire world.

So it was a little bit of a learning curve there right away, but I got fast really quick. I started running a lot of college track meets. I mean, I'm training three times a day, 5 a.m. workouts on my own, and I'm taking kids to the weight room after that, and I'm an hour and a half workout in the track. I'm doing all this with the beef company, running too many head of cattle, still farming.

So it was a little bit of a learning curve there right away, but I got fast really quick. I started running a lot of college track meets. I mean, I'm training three times a day, 5 a.m. workouts on my own, and I'm taking kids to the weight room after that, and I'm an hour and a half workout in the track. I'm doing all this with the beef company, running too many head of cattle, still farming.

So it was a little bit of a learning curve there right away, but I got fast really quick. I started running a lot of college track meets. I mean, I'm training three times a day, 5 a.m. workouts on my own, and I'm taking kids to the weight room after that, and I'm an hour and a half workout in the track. I'm doing all this with the beef company, running too many head of cattle, still farming.

I pretty much had to have my dad come out of retirement. He was almost 70 to take over my slack because I was gone an hour and a half in the middle of the day. I had to train when it was hot out because all the track meets you go to – are hot. So there's no point in me training earlier in the evening.